CBS Channels Watergate: ‘What Did Donald Know and When Did He Know It?’

[See NewsBusters for more.] Rampant speculation abounded on Thursday’s CBS This Morning. Co-host Charlie Rose on Thursday channeled Watergate with a question about Donald Trump and Russian hacking.  Talking to John Heilemann of Bloomberg Politics, Rose wondered, “What did Donald know and when did he know it?” This, of course, was meant to echo Senator Howard Baker’s 1973 famous question during the Watergate hearings: “What did the President know wand when did he know it?” Heilemann responded, “And what did Vladimir know and when did he know it?” Co-host Norah O’Donnell also jumped to conclusions, wondering, “I guess the question to me is... why would Putin want Trump as president? And what are the implications of that?”