Special counsel Robert Muller's indictment a few days ago of 12 Russian intelligence officials proves his investigation is "not a witch hunt," veteran reporter Carl Bernstein told CNN's "Reliable Sources" on Sunday.
He said everyone should be wary of President Donald Trump's intentions during the Helsinki meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding this issue.
"The president's object has been, throughout, to make this appear as a 'witch hunt,'" Bernstein said. "It is now demonstrable to all, for all to see, this is not a witch hunt."
Bernstein, who helped uncover the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation, said reporters need to push back during the summit if Trump tries again to make the probe appear to be a witch hunt.
He also stressed that journalists must help make the main message clear for the public.
"I think as in Watergate, a lot of the details are very hard to keep up with; even for reporters," Bernstein said. "But I think more important, we have just seen, at the end of the week, on Friday, a tremendous development, which puts an end to the fiction that the president, that Republicans in Congress, that Fox, that others have promoted about a witch hunt."
He stressed that "What we do know is that the Mueller investigation is going forward. We are seeing the president's narrative undermined by fact… and the attacks on Mueller's investigation by the president and his affiliates no longer carry the same kind of even perspective authority they did several days ago."
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