Tag: My work
Forbes publishes an investigation I’ve been working on for a year
Michael Cohen interviewed me about my reporting (and lifetime ban from Trump’s D.C. hotel)
I’ve joined Forbes as a staff writer reporting on money and politics. Yes, there is a newsletter.
The first issue of the Checks & Imbalances newsletter at Forbes.
The last issue of the 1100 Pennsylvania newsletter.
NBC News published my analysis of the post-presidency scene at Trump properties
“Trump’s Florida clubs remain a must stop for Republican stars and hopefuls alike”
Also, I recently shared some of my 1100 Pennsylvania’s reporting on Matt Gaetz’s campaign finance issues with Suzanne Rowan Kelleher for Forbes:
“Matt Gaetz’s travel records don’t do what he claims they do”
Slate published my look at the Trump Hotel D.C.’s future
Mother Jones, NBC News published my reporting on the Trump Organization
Mother Jones‘s September/October 2020 issue featured my package on the Trump Hotel D.C.:
- “Stay to Play: Inside the Sordid History of Trump’s DC Hotel”
- “The 8 Types of People You Meet at the Trump Hotel”
And in January 2021 NBC News’s opinion section, Think, published “Trump’s leaving office now — and businesses are leaving him. Can his toxic brand survive?”
New York Times cited 1100 Pennsylvania as a key source for its deep dive on Trump’s D.C. hotel
The New York Times’s blockbuster investigation last fall of how Trump “earned millions as a gatekeeper to his own administration” relied on 1100 Pennsylvania:
“The Swamp That Trump Built” by Nicholas Confessore, Karen Yourish, Steve Eder, Ben Protess, Maggie Haberman, Grace Ashford, Michael LaForgia, Kenneth P. Vogel, Michael Rothfeld, and Larry Buchanan
Other recent articles that cited 1100 Pennsylvania’s reporting on the Trump Organization include
- “Young conservatives mingled maskless at Mar-a-Lago and partied with a money cannon” by Paulina Villegas and David A. Fahrethold for The Washington Post
- “As His Term Ends, Trump Faces More Questions on Payments to His Hotel” by Eric Lipton for The New York Times
- “Trump’s D.C. Hotel Jacked Up Its Prices as Trump Began Plotting a D.C.-Based Convention” by William Bredderman for The Daily Beast
- “Trump’s DC Hotel Is Jacking Up Rates For QAnon’s Next Special Date” by Suzanne Rowan Kelleher for Forbes
- “Trump—Who Gave The Proud Boys A Major Shoutout—Now Claims He Doesn’t Know Who They Are” by Jemima McEvoy for Forbes
- “‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic Drops Lawsuit Against DOJ Under Belief That Trump Has Received His Pardon Petition” by Jerry Lambe for Law & Order
- “At Least 7 Notable Companies Are Planning to Cut Ties with Trump’s Businesses” by Ben Werschkul for Yahoo Finance
- “Trump’s DC Hotel Seemingly Admits Election Defeat by Unblocking Hotel Rooms for Week of Biden’s Inauguration” by James Crump for The Independent
- “Trump’s D.C. Hotel Appears To Concede Election By Unblocking Hotel Rooms” by David Moye for HuffPost
- “Subtle change by Trump hotel highlights disturbing theory” by Nick Whigham for Yahoo Finance
- “Young, Conservative and Working for Trump? The Dating Pool Is Small” by Katie Rogers for The New York Times
- “Trump’s DC Hotel Is Hiking Prices for March 4, the Day QAnon Followers Think the Former President Will Be Sworn In” by Joshua Zitser for Business Insider
And going back to a previous job, my reporting for Eater Louisville popped up in the book Classic Restaurants of Louisville by Stephen Hacker.
Chatting with the BBC about the impact of Jan. 6 on Trump’s businesses
On Thursday, I joined “BBC News with Katty and Christian” to discuss the impact of January 6 on Donald Trump’s business empire/
NBC News published my opinion on the Trumps selling the D.C. hotel’s lease
In late October, the Trump Org announced it was considering selling the lease to the Trump Hotel D.C. I had thoughts. And today NBC News’s opinion section, Think, published them:
“The Trump family’s Washington hotel is one of the worst swamps in D.C. Selling it won’t help.”