A Brief Oral History of Wayne Barrett, the First Journalist to Doggedly Cover Donald Trump

NATO Fallout • GOP Impeachment Crusade • VP Stefanik? [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( A Brief Oral History of Wayne Barrett, the First Journalist to Doggedly Cover Donald Trump Good morning from Hive newsroom! The White House slammed Donald Trump’s “appalling and unhinged” claim over the weekend that he’d “encourage” Russia to attack a NATO ally if the country didn’t meet its financial obligations, Jack McCordick [writes](. Trump-backing GOP senator Marco Rubio, for one, said on CNN he had “zero concern” with the comments. Elsewhere, we have an [exclusive excerpt]( today from Tricia Romano’s The Freaks Came Out to Write, a forthcoming oral history of the Village Voice. Romano revisits the life and work of the late Wayne Barrett, a self-described “detective for the people” who was the first journalist to doggedly cover Trump. Thanks for reading. [A Brief Oral History of Wayne Barrett, the First Journalist to Doggedly Cover Donald Trump]( By [Tricia Romano]( [Then a fresh-faced real estate scion, Trump was seen as the “embodiment of a rising city,” Barrett recounts in Tricia Romano’s excerpt of The Freaks Came Out to Write. But, as his former colleagues at The Village Voice recall, Barrett instantly saw through the façade.]( [Read more button](   [Trump Claims He Would “Encourage” Russia to Attack NATO Countries If They Don’t Pay In]( By [Jack McCordick]( [The former president’s fiery comments generated immediate backlash from the White House, top Democrats, and European leaders.]( [Read more button](   [Elise Stefanik Suggests She Would Have Broken the Law for Trump Were She VP on January 6]( By [Bess Levin]( [Which is pretty worrisome given that she’s apparently under consideration to be Trump’s next VP.]( [Read more button](   [“I Should Not Be Charged”: Trump Claims Hur Report Is “Selective Prosecution”]( By [Jack McCordick]( [The GOP frontrunner alleged that the Justice Department is “trying desperately to spin the Biden document disaster into a ‘Oh, but wasn’t Trump worse?’”]( [Read more button](   [Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Calls Allegations “Baseless” Ahead of Second Impeachment Vote Expected Tuesday]( By [Jack McCordick]( [“Congress is the only one who can fix it,” Mayorkas said, referring to the border crisis after Republicans blew up a bipartisan immigration deal last week.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast