What will Lester Holt do when Donald Trump says that he opposed the Iraq war from the beginning? Holt, 57, the most-watched daily news broadcaster in the country, has been tapped to moderate the first presidential debate Monday between Trump and Hillary Clinton. But he has shown persistence, in exclusive interviews with both candidates in recent months, in pinning the candidates down where they would rather speak unaccountably. Trump supporters may hope that a different Holt shows up, one closer to the amiable broadcaster who co-hosted a weekend morning show for 12 years. But whether Holt checks that “fact” at the debate or not, it is false.

Source: The Guardian September 26, 2016 10:00 UTC