If Politico says so it must be true. [sarcasm]
Exactly. The willingness to join in unsupported accusations is astonishing. Wilson no doubt knew of the accusations but then so did dozens of people related to the National Restaurant Association, including those who worked with it but not on its staff. That these accusations would come out was being discussed by people in Washington weeks before the Politico story. Has Wilson said he told the story to anyone at Politico?