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ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent. Author of "RETRIBUTION: Donald Trump and the Campaign that Changed America" - Order here:

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1May 11, '25ABC EXCLUSIVE: President Trump is poised to accept a luxury jet as a gift from Qatar. It’s to be used as Air Force One and then transferred to the Trump library by January 2029. Pe141×10.5M16k4k1.8k
2Nov 28, '23ABC News Exclusive: Pence notes reveal he had initially decided not to preside over electoral count on January 6: “Not feeling like I should attend electoral count. Too many questi82.5×6.2M8.1k2.4k418
3Sep 18, '23This is big — Trump secretary Molly Michael told federal investigators that Trump wrote her notes - to-do lists! - on the back of documents marked classified, using the documents a65.3×4.9M16k4.3k419
4Oct 24, '23“Obviously we didn’t win.” ABC EXCLUSIVE — Mark Meadows has testified before a grand jury in exchange for immunity - according to sources familiar with the former chief of staff’s 48.4×3.6M12k3k282
5Oct 15, '25The journalists who cover the Pentagon had to choose today between signing a pledge that would make it impossible to do independent journalism and turning in their Pentagon press b36.1×2.7M36k9k810
6Jul 17, '24I am told Chuck Schumer had a blunt one-on-one conversation with Biden Saturday afternoon in Rehoboth. Schumer forcefully made the case that it would be best if Biden bowed out of 34.4×2.6M4.6k942422
7Jul 6, '24This is malpractice. When you give the interviewer questions, it is no longer an interview. Why did the White House do this?28.3×2.1M4.7k904146
8Oct 5, '23ABC SCOOP: An Australian billionaire – Mar-a-Lago member – has told investigators Trump shared potentially sensitive info about the capabilities of America’s nuclear subs. The Aust26.9×2M10k2.8k190
9Jan 7, '24“So what?” - Donald Trump when told Mike Pence had to be evacuated because his supporters were attacking the Capitol. White House aide Nick Luna, according to the sources, told inv24.5×1.8M7.3k1.9k220
10Dec 11, '23In case you missed it … last night Trump said a general (unnamed) told him this about his post-Access Hollywood debate with Hillary Clinton: “…fantastic general actually said to me24.3×1.8M3.8k589197
11Sep 18, '23And there’s more. Molly Michael told investigators that when she told Trump the FBI wanted to talk to her, he replied: "You know nothing about the boxes." NB: It was Molly Michael 23.9×1.8M8.3k2.1k146
12Jan 7, '24EXCLUSIVE: Scavino told investigators he went in to see Trump as soon as he saw violence had broken out at the Capitol … he described Trump sitting in the small dining room next to23.6×1.8M8.1k1.9k281
13Nov 11, '23Trump is again confused about who is president ... He tells the crowd that Hungarian leader Viktor Orban has called for Obama to step down as president to be replaced immediately b23×1.7M4.8k1.4k180
14Sep 19, '23Molly Michael will be a central witness for Jack Smith. She quit her job as Trump’s personal secretary last fall—not long after the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago. She told investigators 17.2×1.3M5.9k1.3k84
15Oct 16, '20SIREN! The Biden Town Hall on ABC drew 2.3 million more viewers than the Trump town hall on NBC. There is nothing @realDonaldTrump cares about more than ratings.14.4×053k13k216
16Jan 25, '24"The Court is accustomed to defendants who refuse to accept they did anything wrong, but in my 37 years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of c12.8×956k9.2k1.9k262
17Nov 15, '18FYI — Robert Mueller did not work for Obama for 8 years. He ran the FBI under George W Bush for nearly 8 years. He remained FBI Director under Obama for 4 years, confirmed to exten9.5×035k11k84
18Jun 14, '22These photos — which were published exclusively in “Betrayal” — show the scene at the White House on election night. Look at the faces — these people did not think they were winnin7.6×030k6k514
19Feb 10, '20Cold rain, snow and lots of Trump supporters. Despite the miserable weather, there are already more people lining up outside the venue of @realDonaldTrump ‘s rally tonight than you7.2×026k5.7k26
20Oct 25, '25The Supreme Court case (arguments scheduled for 11/5) will be interesting. Does a TV ad quoting Ronald Reagan qualify for the kind of emergency that would allow the president to ci7.1×531k6.3k1.6k313
21Jun 5, '20This is a flagrant violation of CDC guidelines on social distancing and a move that puts reporters at risk for the purpose of turning the press corps into a prop for a so-called "p6.8×015k5k128
22Aug 4, '23Today in Washington: The 1,090th person to be charged in connection with the January 6 attack on the US Capitol appeared in federal court. Sketch by Bill Hennessy5.6×415k6.2k1.2k55
23Jan 18, '21Rudy Giuliani now says he won’t on the Trump impeachment defense team. “Because I gave an earlier speech [at the January 6 Trump rally], I am a witness and therefore unable to part5.4×022k3.1k122
24Jul 7, '20I was quoting your words -- verbatim.5.4×027k3.2k60
25Aug 27, '20It’s a sight I never before imagined: the South Lawn of the White House transformed into the stage of a political convention.5.1×015k3.6k154
26Oct 3, '20“About 48 hours ago the president received a special antibody therapy directed at the coronavirus” - Dr Garabaldi, Walter Reed. 48 hours ago? Thursday morning? Before he tested pos4.4×017k4.5k106
27Aug 27, '18In the Oval Office just now I asked @realDonaldTrump if he had any thoughts on the legacy on John McCain. He heard me but did not answer.4.3×012k4.6k20
28Oct 11, '20The truth matters. The requests for Dr. Fauci and the other members of the task force were made directly to you — multiple times. In this email, for example:4.3×016k4.2k133
29Jan 6, '22Trump didn’t just lose the election. He lost 60-plus legal challenges. He lost in his efforts to get Republican state legislatures to undo the results He lost the votes in Congress3.8×015k3.7k252
30Apr 10, '18SCOOP: ABC News has learned Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is recused from the Michael Cohen investigation. He had no role in raid of Coh3.8×012k4.9k23
31Jul 21, '24NEW — Hunter Biden statement: “For my entire life, I’ve looked at my dad in awe. How could he suffer so much heartache and yet give so much of whatever remained of his heart to oth3.7×280k5.7k915156
32Feb 28, '22Putin meets with his top advisors today.3.6×010k1.8k286
33Feb 12, '21Wow - @NikkiHaley on Trump in an interview w @TimAlberta - “We need to acknowledge he let us down. He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we3.6×07.6k2.1k356
34Oct 2, '20We now know Hicks had symptoms on Wednesday night and tested positive yesterday morning. We also know she she had been with @PressSec. My question for @PressSec: What did you know,3.5×014k3.2k46
35Jul 7, '20.@PressSec offers an interesting take on the Mary Trump book: "I have yet to see the book, but it is a book of falsehoods"3.5×013k2k37
36Sep 2, '20ABC EXCLUSIVE: The DHS intelligence bulletin warning about foreign interference in the 2020 election was supposed to go out on July 9 but was blocked by Chad Wolf's chief of staff.3.4×09.2k5.5k178
37Sep 10, '20My question: "Why did you lie to the American people and why should we trust what you have to say now?"3.3×013k2.6k98
38Jan 6, '22Significant words: Minutes before he walked into the House chamber, VP Dick Cheney, one of the most prominent Republican elder statesmen in America, just told me he is “deeply disa3.3×013k2.4k81
39Dec 5, '21He finally conceded …3.2×016k1.3k127
40Dec 5, '22Attending the Kennedy Center honors tonight with Speaker Pelosi — Paul Pelosi.2.9×014k1k30
41Jul 22, '24You might say @KamalaHarris just won the New Hampshire primary. @NHDems delegates endorse Harris2.9×213k4.5k1.1k68
42Jul 27, '22This just in … the RNC is warning Trump it will stop paying his legal bills if he launches a presidential campaign. That’s right. They are still paying his personal legal bills — m2.8×08.8k2.9k132
44May 17, '17The White House was blinded by the Special Counsel announcement -- given only about a 30-minute heads up2.5×08k2.9k0
45Oct 11, '20The White House would not allow Dr. Fauci to speak this morning. In fact, the White House press office would not allow anyone on the President’s task force to be interviewed. Quite2.4×07.1k3.1k55
46Jan 9, '19When I asked the President if he would sign spending bills unrelated to the border wall, he repeatedly demanded to know if that is what I would do. It may be tempting to answer suc2.4×07k1.8k30
47Oct 21, '20At a fundraiser tonight, @KamalaHarris played trivia and answered questions from the cast of The Avengers. And with that, the Democratic VP nominee has now taken more questions fro2.3×07.3k2.1k32
48Jan 9, '21I have asked @PressSec and her deputies if the president has any comment on the "Hang Pence" threats coming from Trump's supporters. No answer to repeated inquiries. Does the Presi2.3×08.2k2.3k51
49Jun 27, '21"It was all bullshit." That's what Bill Barr told me he thought of Trump's claims of election in an astonishingly candid interview for my upcoming book on the final days of the Tru2.3×06.6k2.2k363
50May 19, '21Here are the 35 Republicans who defied @GOPLeader and the rest of the Republican leadership to support the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol 2.3×08.3k1.9k167
51Dec 31, '25"An exceptionally brilliant portrait of how politics pulled America, kicking and screaming, into 2025 by one of the best, toughest and non-partisan reporters the United States is s2.1×160k2124432
52Apr 23, '17According to the ABC/WP poll, among 2016 voters, @realDonaldTrump would beat Hillary Clinton in a rematch -- in the popular vote, no less.2.1×05.9k3k0
53Nov 13, '19After President Trump urges Erdogan to call on “a friendly reporter from Turkey”, Lindsey Graham turns to me and says, “There aren’t any others left.”2.1×06.6k2.6k59
54Nov 10, '21Here’s the memo, never before made public, that Johnnie McEntee's Presidential Personnel Office wrote making the case for firing Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Written on 10/19/22.1×05.6k2.4k527
55Aug 25, '20No sitting Secretary of State has ever spoken at a political convention. And none of the six previous Secretaries even attended a convention while in office. Republican and Democra2.0×07.6k2.1k50
56Jul 6, '20For the record: I did not take anything out of context in my question. The press secretary is saying the president said something he did not say.2.0×08.2k1.6k48
57Jul 21, '17Strange times -- I just went to ask @PressSec (@seanspicer) a question about @Scaramucci. He slammed the door in my face.1.9×06k2.3k0
58Oct 3, '20REPORTER: “Why was the decision made to be transport him here?” CONLEY: “Because he is the president of the United States” He has been president since 1/20/171.9×05.9k1k16
59Oct 1, '20The line of people waiting to vote in Fairfax, VA goes on and on and on ...1.9×07.7k1.6k23
60Nov 16, '22NY Post: Florida man makes announcement, story on page 26.1.9×07.8k1.3k149
61Apr 15, '20Yikes. A rat just scurried by on the steps behind the President in the Rose Garden1.8×05.3k97154
62Sep 29, '19FLASHBACK: “Is there any concern about at least the appearance of a conflict there?” Here is how the Obama White House responded to my questions about Hunter Biden’s business deali1.7×04k2.4k160
63Jul 25, '22These are Trump’s handwritten edits to his January 7 statement. He deleted any mention of DOJ prosecuting the rioters. And he he crossed out this message to those who committed the1.7×05.6k2.1k211
64Feb 10, '21As the mob closed in on the Senate chamber — with Mike Pence’s life clearly in danger — Donald Trump tweeted this about his Vice President.1.7×05.5k2.1k122
65Sep 3, '20There he goes again. I didn’t say that. The intelligence analysts at the Department of Homeland Security did.1.6×07.5k1.3k28
66Nov 8, '22Winning candidates generally don’t complain about election irregularities. If you’re complaining, you probably think you are losing.1.6×04.8k68136
67Sep 10, '20“They’re being built in Ohio, they’re being built in South Carolina, North Carolina, they’re being built all over” - @realdonaldtrump on 9/7/20 Reality: There are no new plants in 1.5×04.9k2.1k51
68Oct 6, '20The tale of two tweets ... Seven months and 210,000 deaths separate these two tweets, but the president’s message is the same. (h/t @chrisdonovan)1.5×04.6k2k126
69Sep 24, '21This statement has been deleted from Trump’s website. What will he now say about the “highly respected auditors” who spent months going over Arizona’s ballots only to conclude Bide1.5×05.3k1.5k118
70Oct 5, '20.@PressSec was pulled off Marine One before the Bedminster trip Thursday because she had contact with Hope Hicks. She did not, however, quarantine as recommended by CDC guidelines.1.5×05.5k1.6k36
71Mar 29, '20Who are you talking about, Senator Rubio? Who feels “glee & delight” when more people are sick? Who?1.5×06.1k1k9
72Mar 10, '17I asked the President three times -- "Any proof on the wiretapping?" - He didn't answer; the press pool then escorted out of Roosevelt Room1.4×04k2.2k0
73Jan 2, '22On @ThisWeekABC just now, @Liz_Cheney said the January 6 committee now has “first-hand testimony” confirming Trump was in his private dining room watching TV as the Capitol riot un1.4×06.4k1k26
74Jun 18, '20.@realDonaldTrump on his AG: "He's not mentally qualified to be Attorney General" - SecState: "Dumb as a rock" - SecDef: "World's most overrated general" - National Sec Adv: "A dis1.4×04.6k1.3k118
75Jan 8, '19My question to the VP: "How can the American people trust the President when he says this is crisis when he says things over and over again that aren't true?"1.4×04k1k45
76Nov 6, '20Photo by @evanvucci1.3×05.5k1.1k46
77Nov 19, '19I was in the West Wing on the evening of January 20, 2017, talking to several incoming Trump officials as they moved into their offices. I saw no offices "filled with Obama books" 1.3×04.7k1.4k31
78Dec 2, '20And with that, @VP recognizes the certified results of the election in Arizona. cc @RudyGiuliani1.3×06.6k73025
79Feb 14, '19SCOOP: DOJ has warned the White House an emergency declaration is nearly certain to be blocked by the courts on at least a temporary basis, preventing immediate implementation of t1.3×03.8k1.5k9
80Nov 19, '20Unfortunately, as Rudy begins to sweat, his hair coloring is streaking down the sides of his face.1.3×04.5k2957
81Aug 11, '20Interesting - @realDonaldTrump basically stopped donating to Democrats after 2010, but he donated a total of $6000 to @KamalaHarris in 2011 & 2013 (@IvankaTrump gave another $21.3×04.9k1.4k47
83Sep 10, '20This is important. Fauci, in fact, had been advocating for a China travel ban for days BEFORE the president imposed the ban. The president has repeated said Fauci was against the b1.2×04.1k1.6k64
85Mar 27, '20Not the response I expected.1.2×04.6k62650
86Oct 11, '20You are not telling the truth and you know it. The emails are assessed to you.1.2×05.4k94619
87Dec 10, '21Today's 68-page ruling from the DC Court of Appeals rejecting Trump's claim of executive privilege should be read in its entirety. It's about more than Trump's claim of privilege -1.2×04.6k1.2k171
88Sep 9, '20Something appears to have delayed the White House press briefing1.2×04.8k49710
89Dec 13, '17If Republicans can lose in Alabama, they can lose anywhere1.2×04.6k1.1k0
90Nov 12, '19Interesting ... with a simple majority vote, the Senate could decide to make the vote on removing @realDonaldTrump a secret ballot ... via @JuleannaGlover1.2×03.5k1.5k48
91Feb 9, '21“Remember this day forever.” Donald Trump’s tweet on the evening of January 6 — hours after the Capitol riot. The most damning tweet of all?1.1×04.1k1.2k97
92Nov 20, '20The Republican leaders of the Michigan legislature put an end to the Trump legal team's crazy talk about having the legislature choosing the winner: “The candidates who win the mos1.1×05.5k56420
93Feb 12, '21PSA: Donald Trump was not impeached because he used the word fight.1.1×05.5k5948
94Nov 23, '20Nostradamus1.1×04.3k46642
95Jul 15, '20Navarro, a five-time failed political candidate, is a trade advisor to the president. He has no experience medicine or public health.1.0×04.9k6478
96Dec 22, '20"I am counting the days until he is gone." That's what a high-ranking Republican in Congress who has been an ally of the president told me. (It's 29 days)1.0×03.8k56024
97Jan 7, '21The White House is quiet and rather empty this morning, the door to the press office is locked. The press secretary hasn’t responded to calls, emails or texts as the extraordinary 1.0×03.9k92732
98Jul 31, '20In the midst of a pandemic that has already killed 150K Americans and shows no sign of abating, it is bizarre to listen to a senior member of Congress shouting at and berating the 1.0×04.3k75210
99Nov 19, '20Mr. @VP -- it's not a press briefing if you do not take questions. Why the refusal to answer a single question?1.0×04.6k4617
100Jan 6, '21"If you condemned looting and rioting this summer, you must condemn it now." -@KellyannePolls1.0×04.5k42322
101Mar 20, '20Let’s be clear: @PeterAlexander is a first-rate journalist and a stand-up guy. It’s outrageous to use the presidential bully pulpit to bully a journalist like Peter — especially at0.9×04.1k5497

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