Washington Post reporter Matt Zapotosky had emailed a DOJ official with questions about the meeting because his editors were “still pretty interested” in the story. He added, however, that he’d like to “put it to rest.”
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Zapotosky has written dozens of stories related to the DOJ’s Russia investigation, including a “Who’s who in the government’s investigation into Russia ties” on Friday. But last summer, confronted with news about a meeting between powerful people held in secret on an airport tarmac, he thought it best to “put it to rest.”
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