The Guardian's Position on the Indictment of Trump

Hugo Schwartz: We were informed by a very, very senior advisor to Trump on the campaign side that the letter was genuine. And then we were also advised by a second source who straddles the campaign and the legal team in some sense that the letter is genuine. When we put to them that we would be reporting the story, they did not wave us off. No one has disputed our report and we've run it by several people in Trump's orbit.Schwartz: I think there was a lot of confusion, just like everyone else, why there was now a grand jury in Florida taking evidence in this case. That mindset is now shifted to, you know, we believe