Rudy Giuliani, a source for the Post's story (as noted by the Post itself), told The New York Times he chose The Post because “either nobody else would take it, or if they took it, they would spend all the time they could to try to contradict it before they put it out.”
Another reporter on the story had little to do with the writing or reporting of it, according to 3 people with knowledge of how it was prepared. She learned that her byline was on the story only after it was published, the people said.
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