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David Cay Johnston

Photograph by Amy Boyle Johnston

About The Author

David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter and bestselling author of The Making of Donald Trump and It’s Even Worse Than You Think. He has lectured on economics, journalism, and tax policy on every continent except Antarctica and is a former president of Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE). Johnston has been a frequent guest on MSNBC, CNN, the BBC, ABC World News TonightDemocracy Now!, and NPR’s Morning Edition, among other shows, and was a consultant for the Netflix series House of Cards.

Books by David Cay Johnston