Two sources〜said that the internal team that helped Kelly prepare for the interview with Putin included, but wasn’t limited to, NBC News Chairman Andy Lack, NBC News President Noah Oppenheim, “Sunday Night” Executive Producer Liz Cole and NBC News executives David Corvo and David Verdi.
At no point in the unedited footage didKelly askPutin about the imprisonment, torture & murder of gay men in the Chechen Republic.She didn’t ask him about his incursion into Ukraine.She didn’t pointedly ask him,using specific names,about journalists&critics who have been murdered or imprisoned