What’s the Point of Investigating Trump?
Description
David Fahrenthold won the Pulitzer Prize for his 2016 reporting on how Donald Trump’s lifetime of charitable giving was largely a mirage.
Nine years later, he’s still reporting on how Trumpworld’s claims about financial matters don’t always add up—this time, looking closely at the cost-cutting from DOGE for the New York Times.
But does this kind of facts-first reporting still land? With Trump doing so much grifting and personal enrichment out in the open, Fahrenthold joins The Kicker to give his answer about why digging up presidential secrets is still worth the effort.
Read more:
*Fahrenthold’s Pulitzer-winning reporting on Trump’s charitable giving
*Some closer looks at DOGE’s so-called “wall of receipts”
*Who attended Trump’s crypto dinner at the White House?
Hosted by Josh Hersh
Produced by Amanda Darrach
United States
