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Jonathan Karl is an American journalist and author, best known as ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent. He has covered the White House, Capitol Hill, and U.
Known for: Retribution: The Battle for the Soul of the Trump White House, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
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Retribution: The Battle for the Soul of the Trump White House
In 'Retribution', ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl delivers an insider’s account of the final phase of Donald Trump’s presidency and the political aftermath that followed. Drawing...
Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
In 'Tired of Winning', ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl offers an insider’s account of Donald Trump’s post-presidency and the Republican Party’s transformation under his influence...
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The Election Aftermath
The days following the 2020 election were like a pressure cooker inside the West Wing. Advisers scrambled to understand the president’s mood—a mix of denial, fury, and fixation on conspiracy theories. My sources described scenes of shouting, pleading, and resignation. Staffers who had once managed T...
From Retribution: The Battle for the Soul of the Trump White House
The January 6 Capitol Attack
January 6, 2021, stands as a day when the fragile boundary between rhetoric and reality broke apart. In 'Retribution,' I trace the events leading to that moment with meticulous detail drawn from interviews and firsthand accounts. From Trump’s rally speech to the frantic phone calls as rioters breach...
From Retribution: The Battle for the Soul of the Trump White House
Trump’s Refusal to Concede and the Aftermath of January 6
When election night 2020 faded into the uncertainty of mail-in ballot counting, Donald Trump wasn’t ready to accept what the numbers showed—that he had lost. From my position as ABC News' chief Washington correspondent, I watched as denial transformed into strategy. Trump’s inner circle, from Rudy G...
From Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
The Mar-a-Lago Phase
After leaving Washington, Trump didn’t fade into political retirement; he built a new capital at Mar-a-Lago. In those gilded halls, surrounded by loyalists and sycophants, he constructed a version of reality where he remained the true president. I spent months tracing how, from this resort, he orche...
From Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
About Jonathan Karl
Jonathan Karl is an American journalist and author, best known as ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent. He has covered the White House, Capitol Hill, and U.S. politics for over two decades, earning multiple journalism awards. Karl is also the author of several bestsellers analyzing American poli...
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Jonathan Karl is an American journalist and author, best known as ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent. He has covered the White House, Capitol Hill, and U.S. politics for over two decades, earning multiple journalism awards. Karl is also the author of several bestsellers analyzing American poli...
Jonathan Karl is an American journalist and author, best known as ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent. He has covered the White House, Capitol Hill, and U.S. politics for over two decades, earning multiple journalism awards. Karl is also the author of several bestsellers analyzing American political leadership and the Trump presidency.
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