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When we write stories like this, you know, basically accusing a very senior government official of not being honest with the public - and there's a very high bar there before you can publish something like that - you want to have everything locked down.Īnd, in fact, in this case, we had a colleague, Karen DeYoung, who had a previously scheduled interview with Flynn in his office in the West Wing of the White House, and so we huddled with her before she went over. That was, sort of, one of the more fascinating and interesting episodes I've ever lived through as a reporter. On deciding to publish the story that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn lied about his conversation with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak

Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Ultimately, Miller's story about Flynn contributed to Flynn's ouster from the administration - a fact Miller says brought him "no pleasure." But, Miller adds, "at the same time, as a reporter, there is nothing better than to be able to get to the bottom of a complex story that there are so many people who are trying to prevent you from getting at."Ĭlose overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Apprentice Subtitle Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy Author Greg Miller "Several of us started getting cards, actual letters in the mail, thanks from readers from faraway places, notes even on my doorstep at home."

"Weird things happen that had never happened to me as a reporter," Miller says. sanctions with Russian officials prior to Trump's inauguration, Miller experienced something new: notes from grateful readers. But after revealing that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had discussed U.S. Miller says that he's been "trolled a lot" because of his work. Just ask Greg Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist who has broken a number of stories related to the Trump administration's ties to Russia. These are highly charged times for politics reporters. President Trump speaks to the media from the Oval Office on Dec.