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David Fahrenthold
@Fahrenthold
Investigative reporter for the New York Times, focused on nonprofits. Tips? [email protected]
Washington, DC
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    David Fahrenthold
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    Jul 17, 2020
    In just two days, @realDonaldTrump’s campaign pumped $380K into Trump’s private business, in 43 separate payments. Trump Org says this was for a weeklong “donor retreat,” held in early March at Mar-a-Lago. Campaign donations turned into private revenue for POTUS
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    David Fahrenthold
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    Sep 28, 2018
    NEW: A federal judge in DC has ruled that 200 Dem members of Congress have standing to sue @realDonaldTrump for allegedly violating the "Emoluments Clause" of the Constitution, b/c he's still doing business w/ foreign govts. Story coming...
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    David Fahrenthold
    @Fahrenthold
    Nov 2, 2018
    BREAKING: Federal judge denies @realDonaldTrump's attempt to stop discovery process in "Emoluments Clause" lawsuit by DC/MD A.G.'s. Will allow AGs to get documents showing foreign-government customers at Trump Hotel D.C. Story coming soon...
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    David Fahrenthold
    @Fahrenthold
    Sep 20, 2018
    When a fire broke out at a seniors’ home in DC today, Marines from a nearby barracks ran over to rescue residents.
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    Lyndsey Medsker
    @lmedsker
    Sep 19, 2018
    Marines from 8 and I running towards the fire raging in SE DC.
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    David Fahrenthold
    @Fahrenthold
    Mar 23, 2020
    NEW: What happened before @realdonaldtrump called for re-evaluating lockdowns? His company had to close 6 of its top 7 revenue-generating clubs and hotels.
    Before Trump called for reevaluating lockdowns, they shuttered six of his top-earning clubs and...
    From washingtonpost.com
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    David Fahrenthold
    @Fahrenthold
    Jun 6, 2019
    NEW: We got leaked documents detailing 1,200+ different stays at @realDonaldTrump's hotel. Here's the guest who stayed the longest: a sheikh who wants to be president of Iraq, and who wants the U.S. to strike Iran. He spent 26 nights in a suite.
    A wealthy Iraqi sheikh who urges a hard-line U.S. approach to Iran spent 26 nights at Trump’s D.C....
    From washingtonpost.com
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    David Fahrenthold
    @Fahrenthold
    Feb 7, 2020
    NEW: @realDonaldTrump’s company charges Trump’s own Secret Service agents while they protect him — at rates as high as $650/night for a room and $17,000/month for a cottage. Taxpayers pay.
    Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump’s properties
    From washingtonpost.com
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    David Fahrenthold
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    May 17, 2020
    The state of Georgia made it look like its covid cases were going down ***by putting the dates out of order on its chart*** May 5 was followed by April 25, then back to May again, whatever made it look like a downslope.
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    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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    May 17, 2020
    Gov. Brian Kemp’s office issued an apology after a Georgia Public Health Department chart wrongly reported a downward trend in #coronavirus cases. The error was at least the third in as many weeks: bit.ly/3dMXwQ2
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    David Fahrenthold
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    Jul 25, 2018
    BREAKING: Federal judge gives go-ahead to lawsuit alleging that @realDonaldTrump is violating the Constitution b/c he still does business with foreign govts. Could open a window into secretive Trump Org.'s books and customers.
    Federal judge allows emoluments case against Trump to proceed
    From washingtonpost.com
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    David Fahrenthold
    @Fahrenthold
    Mar 21, 2020
    How did the US lose two months of preparation time? It wasn’t for lack of intelligence.
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    The Washington Post
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    Mar 21, 2020
    U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic wapo.st/3dkqTcH
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    David Fahrenthold
    @Fahrenthold
    Jun 27, 2017
    UPDATE: @time has asked the @realdonaldtrump's businesses to remove the phony magazine covers from their walls.
    A Time magazine with Trump on the cover hangs in his golf clubs. It’s fake.
    From washingtonpost.com
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    David Fahrenthold
    @Fahrenthold
    Nov 11, 2020
    NEW: @realDonaldTrump's campaign promised "shocking" proof of fraud in Michigan. Instead, they provided a list of small-bore complaints from GOP poll-watchers about the ballot-counting room in Detroit, including: --Loud noises --Mean stares --A big man
    In poll watcher affidavits, Trump campaign offers no evidence of fraud in Detroit ballot-counting
    From washingtonpost.com
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    David Fahrenthold
    @Fahrenthold
    Aug 24, 2017
    Charity events planned at @realDonaldTrump's Mar-a-Lago, per season. 2013/2014: 45 2014/2015: 52 2015/2016: 43 2016/2017: 38 2017/2018: 6
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    David Fahrenthold
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    Feb 8, 2019
    NEW: @realDonaldTrump’s Bedminster golf course employed so many undocumented immigrants that there’s an entire town in Costa Rica built on Trump paychecks. We found it. “My whole town practically lived there,” one said of the Trump course.
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    ‘My whole town practically lived there’: From Costa Rica to New Jersey, a pipeline of illegal...
    Accounts by former employees contribute to mounting evidence that even as the president denounces workers without legal status, he has long benefited from their labor.