Uncovering Trump: The Truth Behind Donald Trump's Charitable Giving [Paperback]

From David A. Fahrenthold, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, comes a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the stories and scandals of Donald Trump’s campaign.

In February of 2016, Donald Trump promised $6 million in donations, including $1 million from his own pocket, to local charities along his campaign trail. But by the time he won the New Hampshire primary, he had stopped giving away money and had donated far less than his pledged amount.Washington Postreporter David A. Fahrenthold went in search of the missing money, and found a bigger story than he ever expected.

In this collection of articles fromThe Washington Post, Fahrenthold chronicles his investigations on candidate Trump. From a deep dive into the Trump Foundation to breaking the news of the now-infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, the information he discovered shaped the course of the campaign and set the tone for the Trump presidency.

A must-read for anyone who followed the 2016 campaign,Uncovering Trumptakes you behind the scenes of Fahrenthold’s investigation, through the lens of his expertly reported news stories.David A. Fahrenthold is a political reporter for the Washington Post’s national staff. He has worked for the Post since 2000, when he arrived as a summer intern on the city desk. Since then, Fahrenthold has covered the D.C. police, the environment, New England, Congress, federal bureaucracy, and presidential and Congressional elections. During the 2016 election, Fahrenthold wrote extensively about Donald Trump’s unfulfilled promises to donate to charity – and about the Donald J. Trump Foundation, a charity run by the then-candidate that appeared to violate federal rules by using its money to buy large portraits of Trump, and to pay off the legal settlements of Trump’s businesses. He also revealed the existence of a 2005 video, taken during a taping of “Access Hollywol3{