David Fahrenthold

David Alan Fahrenthold (born January 3, 1978) is an American reporter who writes for The Washington Post and is a contributor to CNN. In 2017, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his coverage of Donald Trump, including the 2016 United States presidential election. 2Early life and education Fahrenthold was born and raised in Houston, Texas and attended Memorial High School. Fahrenthold's mother is a teacher and his father a CPA. At Harvard University, Fahrenthold wrote for The Harvard Crimson. He graduated with honors in 2000. 2Career Fahrenthold joined the staff of the Post in 2000, where he has covered the District of Columbia police department, the U.S. Congress, and the federal government. 3Reporting on Donald Trump donation claims and the Trump Foundation Fahrenthold covered the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, particularly reporting on the Donald J. Trump Foundation as well as claims Trump made as the 2016 Republican nominee for president that he had given away millions out of his own pocket. In May 2016, Fahrenthold began an effort to verify these personal donations; to solicit leads and for transparency, he periodically posted updates to Twitter via a hand-written list of charities he had contacted to ask whether they had received contributions from Trump, as well as the charities' responses. After four months, Fahrenthold and colleagues at the Post had contacted more than 400 major charities, with only one charity confirming they had received a personal donation from Trump between 2008 and May 2016 when Fahrenthold began publicly reporting on the question. Following Fahrenthold's reporting, the New York attorney general opened an inquiry into Trump Foundation fundraising practices, and ultimately issued a "notice of violation" ordering the foundation to stop raising money in New York. The Poynter Institute described Fahrenthold as "one of the journalism stars of the 2016 campaign due to a string of revelations about Donald Trump's charitable giving (or lack of same)