Isn't Michael S Schmidt the same reporter who released comey memos?

Russian diplomats held secret talks in London last year with people close to Julian Assange to assess whether they could help him flee the

A tentative plan was devised that would have seen the WikiLeaks founder smuggled out of Ecuador’s London embassy in a diplomatic vehicle and transported to another country.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/julian-assange-russia-ecuador-embassy-london-secret-escape-plan

Truth?