Jane Mayer

“There's an assault on facts.”

“I'm interested in the abuse of power.”

“I feel like I'm chronicling the decline of the American republic in some ways.”

“The press is an imperfect institution, but it's essential. It's not the enemy of the people.”

“You can't really cover politics in this country anymore without covering the money.”

“A lot of what I do is just follow the money.”

“Dark money is a term of art that means political spending that is not disclosed.”

“It's about the weaponization of philanthropy.”

“If you're going to have a functioning democracy, you need to have a well-informed public.”

“Most of the people who are funding this are doing it in secret.”

“It's a battle for the truth.”

“My job is to put the facts out there and let people make up their own minds.”

“The more secretive something is, the more I want to know about it.”

“It's a mistake to think that because someone is rich, they are smart about politics.”

“Investigative reporting is the kind of reporting that somebody doesn't want you to print.”

“The problem is that a lot of what's going on is hidden from public view.”

“The story of the Koch brothers is sort of a story of how a loose network of wealthy people with very, very radical views have been able to hijack the political system in this country.”

“This is not a partisan issue. It's about a corruption of the system.”