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Michael S. Schmidt

Michael S. Schmidt is a two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington correspondent for The New York Times. Over his fifteen years at the Times, he has covered the investigations of the Trump presidency, the Pentagon, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the war in Iraq. He started his career at The New York Times as a clerk answering the phones on the foreign desk before becoming a sports reporter covering performance-enhancing drugs and legal issues. He is a graduate of Lafayette College.

Books

Insurrection and Democracy in Decline

Last week’s invasion of the U.S. Capitol buildings and the ongoing insistence of some of our leadership that the U.S. presidential election was won fraudulently, on top of Presidential leadership practices over the past 4 years, have led to questions about whether we can, in fact, sustain a democracy. PRH and its client publishers have published numerous bestselling titles over the past few years that address many of these issues, and belong in bookstores and libraries during this challenging time.

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