The question around whether Substack can be a platform for deeply serious, long-form investigative journalism is an open one.

There’s no doubt around the fact that this reporting by Ryan Lizza is of profound importance.

This is a mind-blowing story of abuse and legal, judicial and political corruption.

Politico, owned by a German media conglomerate, is now threatening a journalist with the Trump tactics described in this story to curry favor with power — as opposed to confronting it.