'Rick Scott was one of the 2 creepiest criminals I ever met.'

In the mid-90s Kurt Eichenwald was a senior writer and investigative reporter at The New York Times, writing about "corporate corruption and related topics," according to his bio on the Times' website.

"In 1998, [Eichenwald] won a Polk Award ... for a series of articles about allegations of corruption at the nation's largest private hospital chain, the Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation."

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation is, of course, the company that Rick Scott founded and headed before being forced to resign in 1997.

So if anyone knows about Rick Scott, it's Kurt Eichenwald.

Yesterday, after a whistleblower spoke at a press conference calling Rick Scott "the leader of a criminal enterprise," Eichenwald - a journalist who probably knows more about Scott's criminality than anyone - took to Twitter, unleashing a blizzard of tweets about his dealings with Scott.

Sure, we all knew about this four years ago when Scott showed up out of nowhere and bought the election.

But this time around there's no excuse.

If Rick Scott is re-elected, we as Floridians will deserve every bit of ridicule that will no doubt be heaped upon us.

I have investigated dozens of corporate fraud cases. Rick Scott was one of the 2 creepiest criminals I ever met. Amoral machiavellian.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 6, 2014

Sorry for the Rick Scott rant. People who know this case - including FBI agents - have been dumbfounded 4 years that this crook is governor.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 6, 2014

Heres a story about the 100s of hospitals with 2 sets of books at Scott's company. I obtained 'em. Scott didn't know? http://t.co/TUYuhy8Tja
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 6, 2014

Had the Columbia/HCA case had broken after corporate fraud cases became huge focus during Bush Admin, Rick Scott would still be in jail.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 6, 2014

Whats amazing is senior citizens in Florida have voted for Scott, a man whose company defrauded MEDICARE of billions. Just because he's GOP?
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 7, 2014

True story about reporting on RickScott's Columbia HCA. I'm at executives house at night, interviewing. Dragging on and on. Getting no...
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 7, 2014

...good information. Bored. Interview wrapping up and I ask the same last question I always do. "Is there anything I should have asked u...
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 7, 2014

...that I didn't." Guy thinks for a second and says, "U want to see the memo where my boss ordered me to lie to Medicare auditors?" I say...
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 7, 2014

..."Ummm, yes." I thought he was kidding. He says, "OK, I'll go get it." And one minute later, he brings back the memo. My mouth dropped.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 7, 2014

For those who think the Columbia/HCA investigation by the NYT was just a hit piece, here is a story on the reporting: http://t.co/pweM5zDCZW
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 6, 2014