informed it and we urge the special counsel to make clear what he s disputing. that s where we are tonight. happy two years of the trump administration, right? this is how we re celebrating the two-year jubilee in our country with this week-long celebration of absolutely terrifying neck-snapping news. we re also in day 28 of a government shutdown. there s apparently not going to be a state of the union this year and the administration as of today is officially dropping sanctions on companies associated with the russian oligarch who was sanctioned for election interference. how is your family celebrating the anniversary, because that s what we re doing as a country. as i mentioned, the editor-in-chief at buzzfeed, ben smith, tonight has put out his own statement responding to the special counsel after the special counsel put out an incredibly rare statement disputing reporting from buzzfeed today. we re joined now by ben smith, who is the editor-in-chief of buzzfeed news. ben, th
of today is officially dropping sanctions on companies associated with the russian oligarch sanctioned for election interference. how is your family celebrating the anniversary? because that s what we re doing as a country. as i mentioned, the editor-in-chief of buzzfeed, ben smith, tonight has put out his own statement responding to the special counsel after the special counsel put out an incredibly rare statement disputing reporting from buzzfeed today. we re joined now by ben smith, who is the editor-in-chief of buzzfeed news. ben, thank you very much for joining us tonight. it s short notice. thanks for having me on, rachel. sorry i couldn t make it up there in person. that s okay. let me know, first of all, what s the status of reporting this out in your shop and the response that you guys are trying to assemble in terms of what the special counsel s office has said tonight. you know, we re obviously continuing to chase the story, as we have been for two years, and, yo