Frustrated Journalist: I Spent A Year On The Story ‘And His Son Just, Hit Tweet’
Independent journalist Jared Yates Sexton tweeted out his frustration on Tuesday after Donald Trump Jr. released emails confirming collusion with the Russian government.
Sexton said he worked on the story for a year and Trump Jr. “just, hit tweet.”
In the tweets, Jared Yates Sexton hilariously vents his frustration and bewilderment over the whole ordeal.
Sexton called the story the “dumbest and biggest crime in the history of American politics” and said Trump Jr. “just released the smoking gun.”
Here are the tweets:
That sound you just heard was every Trump lawyer in DC opening the window and screaming.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017
This is the dumbest and biggest crime in the history of American politics. There’s not even a close second.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017
The son of the president just released the smoking gun and the people are laughing about it on the news.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017
I chased this story for a year and he just…tweeted it out.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017
Like. I spent hours and days and weeks and months. And his son just, hit tweet.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017
I tracked down sources. Followed so many dead leads. Labored over this. And then, he just, you know, tweeted out the proof.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017
For the record, I’m beside myself in relief that this stuff is out there it’s just…my god. I cannot believe this.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017
I’m an independent journalist and I can tell you, there’s a lot of us who have just gone after this thing in our free time.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017
Hey. I’m good. I feel great. I’m just…absolutely baffled at the moment.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017
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