Greta Van Susteren — American Journalist born on June 11, 1955,

Greta Van Susteren is an American commentator and television news anchor on the Fox News Channel, where she hosts On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren. A former criminal defense and civil trial lawyer, she appeared as a legal analyst on CNN co-hosting Burden of Proof with Roger Cossack from 1994 to 2002, playing defense attorney to Cossack's prosecutor. In 2015, she was listed as the 99th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes... (wikipedia)

I've been a workaholic since I was 18.
My close proximity to many of the newsmakers can give me a different perspective about people in politics and what they might say than others who don't know them.
What person here illegally (and in his right mind), will go to the government, announce being here illegally (e.g. plead guilty), provide all sorts of information as to where that person lives etc. to get a work permit only to be a target for deportation in two years?
A lot of people in this business are born with money or family connections.
It is harder to lie in an interview. A good interview - and it can be polite - is not a one way street like a candidate controlled ad. An interview is not programmed by the candidate and so the candidate can't be exactly sure what will be asked.