Michael S. Schmidt
Investigative journalist and author
Michael S. Schmidt is a Washington correspondent for The New York Times who covers national security and federal law enforcement. He wrote Donald Trump v. The United States.
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American Born 1983 in Nyack, United States
About Michael S. Schmidt
Michael S. Schmidt is an American journalist, author and television producer. He has worked at The New York Times since 2005 and reports from Washington, D.C. on national security and federal law enforcement. Earlier in his career he covered sports, and he reported on doping in baseball. He later won two Pulitzer Prizes in 2018 for work from the year before. One was for reporting that President Trump had asked James Comey, then FBI director, to pledge loyalty to him. His first book, Donald Trump v. The United States, came out in 2020 and rose as high as third place on the Times bestseller ranking. In 2025 he co-created the Netflix limited series Zero Day and served as an executive producer.