The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay to promote the ratification of the US Constitution. Their main purpose was to explain the newly proposed Constitution to the people of New York to get their support. They were published with the anonymous signature of "Publius."
"A. <span>Newspaper reporters wrote article after article as they investigated claims of corruption" is the best option from the list but there were other ways as well. </span>