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Kurt Alexander Eichenwald (born June 28, 1961) is an American journalist and a New York Times bestselling author of five books, one of which, The Informant (2000), was made into a motion picture in 2009. He was a senior writer and investigative reporter with The New York Times, Condé Nast's business magazine, Portfolio, and later was a contributing editor with Vanity Fair and a senior writer with Newsweek. Eichenwald had been employed by The New York Times since 1986 and primarily covered Wall Street and corporate topics such as insider trading, accounting scandals, and takeovers, but also wrote about a range of issues including terrorism, the Bill Clinton pardon controversy, federal health care policy, and sexual predators on the Internet.

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Early life and education

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Eichenwald was born in 1961. He graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas and Swarthmore College. His extracurricular activities during his time at Swarthmore included being a founding member of Sixteen Feet, an a cappella vocal octet.[1]

During his first months of college, Eichenwald sustained a concussion, which was soon followed by noticeable epileptic seizures. Diagnosed with epilepsy in November of his freshman year, he continued to attend school despite repeated grand mal seizures.[2]

After having two outdoor seizures on campus, he was dismissed from Swarthmore, in apparent violation of federal law.[2] He contacted the United States Department of Health and Human Services and fought his way back into school,[2][3] an experience that he has credited with giving him the willingness to take on institutions in his muckraking reporting.[citation needed] He graduated with his class in 1983, receiving a degree in political science, with distinction.[2]

Career at The New York Times

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Following a year at the Election and Survey Unit at CBS News, Eichenwald joined The New York Times in 1985 as a news clerk for Hedrick Smith, the paper's chief Washington correspondent. When Smith began writing his book The Power Game, Eichenwald became his research assistant,[4] leaving in 1986 to become associate editor at The National Journal in Washington.[5] During those years, he was a frequent contributor to The New York Times op-ed page, writing humorous pieces about political issues.[6][7]

Eichenwald returned to The New York Times later in 1986 as a news clerk for the national desk in New York, participating in the paper's writing program for aspiring reporters.[8]

His arrival on Wall Street coincided with the explosion of white-collar criminal investigations in finance. He wrote about the stock trading scandals involving speculator Ivan Boesky and junk bond king Michael Milken, as well as the Treasury markets scandal at Salomon Brothers. He also covered the excesses of the takeover era, including the biggest deal of the time, the acquisition of RJR Nabisco by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company.

In 1995, Eichenwald began writing about assorted corporate misdeeds. He wrote a multi-part series for The New York Times, exposing significant deficiencies in the American business of providing kidney dialysis treatments. The series led to a review by the Clinton Administration of ways to create financial incentives to improve quality in dialysis treatment, a focus of Eichenwald’s series. The articles were honored in 1996 with a George Polk Award for excellence in journalism, the first of two that he was awarded.

After his dialysis series, he joined with Martin Gottlieb, a health reporter with the newspaper, in a multi-year investigation of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, which at the time was the largest health-care company in the world.[9]

In 1998, Eichenwald was attached to The New York Times’ senior reporter program. He also teamed with another of the newspaper's reporters, Gina Kolata, for a multi-year investigation into how business interests affect the nation's system for medical research. Eichenwald and Kolata both were honored as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for their work.

With the explosion of corporate scandals in 2002 – Enron, WorldCom, Arthur Andersen, Tyco and others – Eichenwald reported on the unfolding scandals and becoming a television fixture on such programs as Charlie Rose and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer in explaining the meaning of the latest developments. Eichenwald, along with several other New York Times reporters, was selected as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for his work on the corporate scandals.

In 2005, he wrote a group of New York Times articles about online child pornography. One of those articles was about Justin Berry, a then-18-year-old who operated pornographic websites featuring himself and other teen males.[10][11] For this reporting, Eichenwald received the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism for "preserving the editorial integrity of an important story while reaching out to assist his source, Justin Berry, in reporting on Berry’s involvement in child pornography."[12]

Five months after publication of the article, Eichenwald and Berry both gave Congressional testimony about online child abuse before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Eichenwald claimed in the testimony that he had stumbled across Berry while reporting on documents that proved to be fraudulent, leaving him believing there was no story but fearful there was a child in danger. "I began trying to figure out if it was real, not for the purpose of doing a story because truthfully I did not, it did not occur to me there would be a story there," Eichenwald testified.[13]

After confirming that Berry was a real person in danger, Eichenwald testified, he along with two others launched an effort to rescue the young man. Weeks after that effort had been completed, during which Eichenwald met Berry, Berry contacted him and said he wanted to reveal everything he knew about the online child pornography business for a news article in hopes of "bringing down" the illicit enterprise.

In 2007 it came to light that Eichenwald had given Berry an undisclosed $2,000 before writing the reports;[14][15] The New York Times published a note stating that "the check should have been disclosed to editors and readers".[16] During his testimony that same day as a prosecution witness against one of Berry's abusers, Eichenwald said he and his wife had used the money as a means of forcing Berry to reveal his identity during the rescue effort.[17] Eichenwald testified that when Berry offered to become a source for a news article, he told the young man that he could not begin any reporting until the financial conflict was resolved by Berry's returning the money to him from a lawful source of funds. Eichenwald testified that Berry obtained a loan from his grandmother which he used to repay him in July 2005, at which point the reporting began.[18][19]

Condé Nast Portfolio

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In the fall of 2006 Eichenwald left The New York Times and joined the staff of newly created business magazine Condé Nast Portfolio as a senior writer.[20] He was recruited by Jim Impoco, a former New York Times editor and managing editor of the new Portfolio. The first edition of the magazine was published in April 2007. However, both Eichenwald and Impoco had a very short tenure at Portfolio. An Eichenwald article about terrorism that had been championed by Impoco was killed by editor-in-chief Joanne Lipman, leading to a significant dispute between the two editors. After several months of tension between them, Lipman fired Impoco in August 2007;[21] Eichenwald resigned on the same day. Portfolio was not a commercial success, and was closed in April 2009. The failure of such a high-profile project was seen as a major setback for Condé Nast.

Vanity Fair and Newsweek

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In 2012, Eichenwald joined Vanity Fair as a contributing editor where he wrote business articles for the magazine and an online column focusing on government and politics.[22] In 2013, while continuing his work for Vanity Fair he joined Newsweek as a senior writer.[23]

In October 2016, Eichenwald wrote an article published in Newsweek alleging coordination between Russian agents and then presidential candidate Donald Trump, on the grounds that Trump quoted from a retracted Sputnik article at a campaign event. In February 2017, Sputnik editor Bill Moran filed a libel lawsuit against Newsweek, which later removed the two relevant stories by Eichenwald as part of a settlement. At the time of the settlement, Eichenwald was no longer employed by Newsweek.[24][25]

In December 2016, Eichenwald was criticized for breaching journalistic ethics by tweeting an unsubstantiated claim that Donald Trump was "institutionalized in a mental hospital" in 1990.[26][27]

Books

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Eichenwald's reporting on Prudential led to his first book, Serpent on the Rock (1995), which focused primarily on the limited partnership scandal at Prudential Securities, which is alleged to have defrauded 340,000 people out of eight billion dollars.[28] The book was positively reviewed by Kirkus reviews, with a comparison to the bestseller Barbarians at the Gate.[29]

External videos
video icon Part One of Booknotes interview with Kurt Eichenwald on The Informant, February 4, 2001, C-SPAN
video icon Part Two of Booknotes interview, February 11, 2001, C-SPAN

In 2000, he published his second book, The Informant. While still a business book, The Informant was much more of a non-fiction police procedural depicting the inner workings of the FBI in detail. The book was subsequently adapted as the feature film a film adaptation. The movie, a dark comedy directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon, was released in 2009.

Eichenwald's investigation of Enron led to his third and most successful book, Conspiracy of Fools (2005). The book made The New York Times bestseller list in April 2005.[30] The book was marketed as "a gripping corporate thriller with more plot twists than a John Grisham novel" by Random House.[31] It was optioned as a movie by Warner Brothers, to potentially star Leonardo DiCaprio.[32] However, the film was never made.

In 2012, he published his fourth book, 500 Days. Also a New York Times bestseller,[citation needed] the book chronicled the events in governments around the world in the 500 days after the 9/11 attacks. It revealed details of the American program of NSA eavesdropping, torture policy, the American government's briefings on the coming attacks before 9/11, and the details of debates within the British government.

Eichenwald's fifth book, A Mind Unraveled, was published in 2018 by Random House. The book is a memoir about medical struggles that almost killed Eichenwald when he was a young man.[33]

Awards and recognition

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Eichenwald is a two-time winner of the George Polk Award for Excellence in Journalism in 1995 and 1997, for articles about the dialysis industry and fraud at the nation's largest hospital company, Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation.[34][35] He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, along with his New York Times colleague Gina Kolata, for an investigation of medical clinical trials.[36] In 2006, he won the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism and the Best in Business Enterprise Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.[37]

Personal life

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Epilepsy

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In a 1987 article about his illness for The New York Times Magazine, Eichenwald wrote about his epilepsy diagnosis at the age of 18 in 1979:

The doctor warned me – and so did members of my family soon afterward – that if I did not keep my epilepsy a secret, people would fear me and I would be subject to discrimination. Even now, seven years after that scene in the dining hall, it is difficult for me to say that I have epilepsy. Back then, it was impossible. In the years since, I have had hundreds of various types of seizures. I have experienced the mental, physical and emotional side effects caused by changes in the anticonvulsant drugs I take each day. Yet, for the first two years, I refused to learn about epilepsy. My fears of being found out were my real concern.[2]

His willingness to reveal his personal battle to readers won him praise.[citation needed] He was awarded a journalism prize from the Epilepsy Foundation of America for his 1987 article.[citation needed] In a 2002 NewsBios article titled "Kurt Succeeded Where So Many Others Would Have Quit," Dean Rotbart wrote:

While Eichenwald has never since hidden his epilepsy, he also didn't make it a centerpiece of his life. After writing his story, his mission was clear and it was not to become a poster boy for the illness. "My whole life from the time I got sick was focused on making sure that I was a student, a journalist, a husband, and a father," Kurt tells me. "Not that I was someone with this condition."[3]

In late 2016, after making critical remarks about Donald Trump, Eichenwald was intentionally sent epileptogenic GIFs over Twitter.[39][40] In mid-December, Eichenwald participated in an interview regarding Trump with Tucker Carlson.[41] Following that, a second epileptogenic GIF arrived over Twitter, causing Eichenwald to have a seizure. He announced he would be taking a short break from Twitter while he pursued legal action against the sender.[42][43][44]

In March 2017, a Maryland man was arrested in connection with the incident and charged with cyberstalking.[45][46][47] The federal cyberstalking charge was later dropped, although he still faced one count of aggravated assault,[48] with the tweet being considered "a deadly weapon".[49] The trial of the suspect began on December 16, 2019.[50] In September 2020, Eichenwald won his civil suit, although the criminal trial is still pending.[51]

Family

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Eichenwald is married to Theresa Pearse, an internist.[52] They have three children.[53]

Bibliography

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References

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Kurt Eichenwald (born June 28, 1961) is an American investigative journalist and author known for detailed reporting on corporate fraud and financial scandals, most notably his coverage of the Enron collapse. Eichenwald joined The New York Times in 1986, where he specialized in white-collar crime and business investigations until departing in 2006. His work on Enron contributed to public understanding of the company's deceptive practices, culminating in the 2005 book Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story, which drew on extensive documents and interviews to reconstruct the events leading to the firm's bankruptcy. He also authored The Informant (2000), an account of the Archer Daniels Midland price-fixing scandal adapted into a 2009 film directed by Steven Soderbergh. After leaving The New York Times, Eichenwald contributed as a senior writer to Newsweek and Vanity Fair, producing pieces on topics including Microsoft’s corporate challenges and political critiques. Eichenwald's career has been marked by personal health challenges related to epilepsy, diagnosed in his youth, which have intersected with professional controversies. In 2001, his New York Times series on online child pornography earned praise but later scrutiny after he revealed that frequent seizures had caused memory lapses, raising doubts about the reliability of his recollections in the reporting. In December 2016, amid his publication of articles criticizing Donald Trump, Eichenwald suffered a seizure after clicking on a Twitter-linked animated strobe image intended to provoke epileptic episodes, an incident that resulted in the criminal arrest of the sender for aggravated assault and a subsequent $100,000 civil damages award against him.

Early Life and Education

Childhood and Early Health Challenges

Kurt Eichenwald was born on June 28, 1961, in . Public records provide limited details on his pre-adolescent years, with no verified accounts of chronic health conditions during early childhood. Eichenwald's documented health challenges began in late adolescence, during his freshman year at in 1979, when he experienced his first grand mal seizure. This event followed a and initiated a pattern of partial-onset seizures originating in the , later diagnosed as . The seizures were frequent and severe, causing memory disruptions, confusion, and physical pain, which his initial neurologist attributed to the cumulative effects of uncontrolled episodes. Eichenwald has described being advised by early medical providers to conceal the diagnosis as a "seizure disorder" to avoid stigma, reflecting broader attitudes toward at the time. These episodes severely impacted his education, with convulsions dominating his first two years of college and leading to his dismissal from Swarthmore in 1981. The institution cited concerns over his ability to manage the condition independently, a decision Eichenwald contested as discriminatory amid inadequate treatment options and misdiagnoses that delayed effective care. Despite these obstacles, he eventually graduated with distinction in 1983, though the early mismanagement of his contributed to long-term neurological effects, including impairments verified by later neurological assessments.

Academic Background

Eichenwald attended , where he majored in . He received a degree in 1983, graduating with distinction. His undergraduate studies were marked by health complications from , which he later detailed in his 2018 memoir A Mind Unraveled, including an initial dismissal from the college amid miscommunications with administrators about his condition; he successfully appealed and reinstated to complete his degree. No record exists of Eichenwald pursuing .

Journalistic Career

New York Times Tenure (1986–2007)

Eichenwald began his substantive tenure at in 1986 as a news clerk for the national desk, building on an earlier 1985 role assisting Washington correspondent Hedrick Smith. By 1988, he had transitioned to reporting for the business section, where he initially focused on activities, corporate takeovers, and the era's prominent investigations. His work examined regulatory lapses and enforcement challenges, such as public access to broker violation records and overturned convictions in high-profile cases. As he progressed to senior writer and investigative reporter, Eichenwald expanded into broader corporate accountability issues, authoring the "Market Place" column from onward. Key investigations included scandals at , systemic flaws in U.S. dialysis care, and corruption at Columbia/HCA Corporation. He also scrutinized business influences on medical clinical trials and accounting manipulations at firms like and WorldCom; for the latter, his 2002 reporting highlighted how unchecked acquisitions eroded operational controls, contributing to the company's $11 billion revelation. His coverage, detailed in articles tracing the firm's rise and collapse through off-balance-sheet entities and executive decisions, informed public and legal scrutiny of the . Eichenwald's reporting earned significant recognition, including the Award in 1996 for exposing deficiencies in dialysis care that endangered patients. In 1998, he shared another Polk Award with Martin Gottlieb for business reporting on fraud allegations at Columbia/HCA, involving overbilling Medicare by millions. He was named a finalist in Investigative Reporting in 2000, alongside Gina Kolata, for revealing how pharmaceutical funding skewed outcomes and safety data. Eichenwald left The New York Times in September 2006 to assume a senior writer role at Condé Nast Portfolio, concluding over two decades of contributions to the paper's business journalism.

Transitional Roles at Condé Nast Portfolio and Vanity Fair (2007–2012)

After departing The New York Times in September 2006, Eichenwald joined Condé Nast's newly launched business magazine Portfolio as a senior writer and investigative reporter, focusing on corporate accountability and financial scandals. His role involved high-profile business journalism, building on his prior expertise, but the magazine faced operational challenges including editorial disputes and financial underperformance from its April 2007 debut. Eichenwald's tenure ended abruptly with his resignation on August 7, 2007, coinciding with the firing of deputy editor Jim Impoco amid broader staff turnover and internal conflicts at the publication. Portfolio ceased operations in 2009, reflecting Condé Nast's struggles with the title's commercial viability. In the years following his exit from Portfolio, Eichenwald shifted toward independent projects, including book authorship on and corporate issues, amid personal health challenges related to that he later detailed publicly. This period marked a transition from daily newsroom duties to more flexible, project-based work. By 2012, he secured a contributing editor position at Vanity Fair, another Condé Nast publication, where he produced in-depth features. His notable contributions included the August 2012 article "Microsoft's Lost Decade," which drew on interviews with executives and internal emails to critique CEO Steve Ballmer's leadership, highlighting organizational dysfunction, stack-ranking performance systems, and missed opportunities in mobile and search technologies during the 2000s. The piece, based on dozens of sources, argued that internal and fear-driven contributed to Microsoft's stagnation relative to competitors like Apple and . Eichenwald's Vanity Fair role emphasized long-form investigative pieces on corporate strategy, aligning with his established style while adapting to magazine formats.

Newsweek, MSNBC, and Freelance Work (2013–Present)

In October 2013, Eichenwald joined as a senior writer, authoring investigative and opinion pieces on topics ranging from corporate accountability to political controversies. His contributions included a December 2014 article titled "The : So Misunderstood It's a Sin," which argued that certain conservative interpretations of biblical texts misrepresented historical scholarship and translations, drawing rebuttals from theologians who contested its selective sourcing and factual claims. Other Newsweek pieces covered economic policy, such as critiques of proposed tax reforms under the Trump administration for ignoring fiscal precedents, and business decisions like affecting workers. Eichenwald also served as a contributor to MSNBC, providing on-air analysis tied to his reporting, including a September 29, 2016, appearance on where he discussed a article alleging that a entity violated U.S. sanctions against in 1998 through hotel bookings. These segments positioned him as a frequent commentator on political scandals and election-related investigations during the 2016 cycle and beyond. Alongside these roles, Eichenwald maintained freelance engagements, continuing as a contracted contributing editor at Vanity Fair—where he had worked since at least 2007—through at least early 2018, producing pieces on issues like reform. In May 2020, he took on a senior special projects writer position at , focusing on long-form investigations, while his Newsweek tenure overlapped with these independent contributions into the mid-2010s. This period marked a shift toward multimedia and opinion-driven freelance output, often intersecting with his epilepsy advocacy through personal essays and .

Major Investigations and Books

Corporate Scandal Reporting

Eichenwald's investigative reporting on corporate scandals during his New York Times tenure from 1986 to 2007 centered on malfeasance, including , accounting irregularities, and executive misconduct. He joined the business section in 1988 and became a senior writer in 1998, producing articles that exposed systemic abuses leading to regulatory scrutiny and legal actions. His early work included coverage of the scandal, investigating abuses at Prudential-Bache starting in 1989 and reporting via the "Market Place" column from 1992. A December 17, 1993, special report detailed rule-breaking in brokerage practices, such as unauthorized trading in client accounts and misleading sales of limited partnerships, which defrauded investors of billions through high-risk ventures promising unrealistic returns. This reporting sustained public and regulatory pressure on the firm, contributing to a 1995 settlement exceeding $1 billion with harmed investors. In the mid-1990s, Eichenwald probed price-fixing at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), drawing on insider accounts from executive Mark Whitacre, who alleged a conspiracy with foreign competitors to inflate lysine prices, a key animal feed additive. His investigations supported an FBI probe that prompted raids on ADM offices on June 27, 1995, ultimately leading to $100 million in fines and prison terms for three ADM executives in 1999 for antitrust violations. A 1998 series on Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation revealed fraudulent Medicare billing, including upcoding of services and kickbacks, implicating the hospital chain in over $1 billion in improper claims. This work earned Eichenwald the Award for business reporting and spurred a federal investigation resulting in $1.7 billion in settlements by 2003. Eichenwald extensively covered the collapse in 2001–2002, reporting on off-books entities like special-purpose vehicles that hid debt and inflated profits by billions, alongside executive stock sales totaling over $1 billion by and . His October 3, 2002, article outlined 's aggressive asset acquisition strategy funded by questionable financing, underscoring failures in oversight by auditors . On WorldCom, Eichenwald reported in June 2002 on the reclassification of $3.8 billion in line costs as capital expenditures, artificially boosting reported earnings by the same amount and misleading investors ahead of the company's July 2002 filing, the largest in U.S. history at the time with $107 billion in assets. His June 28 analysis highlighted auditors' failure to detect the despite internal warnings, raising questions about firm diligence.

Authored Books and Their Reception

Kurt Eichenwald's first book, Serpent on the Rock, published in 1995 by , chronicles the scandal involving fraudulent sales of limited partnerships to investors in the 1980s, drawing on his investigative reporting for . The narrative details how Prudential's brokers misled thousands of clients, leading to billions in losses, and exposes internal cover-ups and regulatory failures. Reception was mixed; while praised for its detailed exposé, critics noted it as promising yet uninspired in its investigative style. The book contributed to Eichenwald receiving a Publisher's Award from for his related journalism. In 2000, Eichenwald released The Informant: A True Story, published by Broadway Books, which recounts the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) lysine price-fixing conspiracy through the perspective of informant Mark Whitacre, an ADM executive who secretly recorded colleagues for the FBI. Based on over 100 interviews and thousands of documents, the book highlights Whitacre's eccentric behavior, mental health issues, and the FBI's investigative missteps amid a scheme that inflated global prices and resulted in ADM's $100 million fine. Critics lauded it as a gripping, spellbinding narrative comparable to business thrillers like Barbarians at the Gate, with meticulous reporting that captured corporate intrigue and deceit. The New York Times described it as a valuable account of white-collar crime imitating art, while CNN called it an exciting untangling of complex events. The work was adapted into the 2009 film The Informant! directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Matt Damon as Whitacre. Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story, published in 2005 by , provides a comprehensive account of the , detailing the energy company's collapse in 2001 due to accounting fraud, entities, and executive manipulations that concealed billions in debt. Eichenwald, leveraging his New York Times coverage, reconstructs events through internal documents and interviews, portraying figures like CEO and Chairman as architects of a scheme that led to Enron's bankruptcy, the dissolution of , and widespread market distrust. Kirkus Reviews found it chatty and overly long at over 600 pages but highly readable, transforming dry financial maneuvers into a narrative of epic ineptitude. The book was a New York Times bestseller and contributed to public understanding of the scandal's role in eroding investor confidence during the early 2000s market downturn. Eichenwald's 2018 memoir, A Mind Unraveled: A True Story of Disease, Love, and Triumph, published by Knopf, details his lifelong battle with , including a 2002 seizure triggered by work stress that nearly ended his career and marriage, and his subsequent management of the condition amid professional demands. Drawing on medical records and personal reflections, it explores misdiagnoses, medication side effects, and the psychological toll, framing as a rather than a mere affliction. Reception was largely positive; praised its vivid distinction from typical suffering memoirs through raw insight into the disease's complexity. The Star Tribune hailed it as one of the best thrillers in years for its narrative tension, while Shelf Awareness and BookBrowse commended its compelling, fast-paced prose and inspirational arc of transforming trauma into resilience.

Political Commentary

Pre-2016 Political Writing

Prior to 2016, Kurt Eichenwald's political writing shifted from his primary focus on corporate investigations toward opinion pieces and books critiquing policy, social issues, and cultural debates, often published in outlets like , Vanity Fair, and . These works frequently emphasized perceived failures in government intelligence and decision-making, as well as calls for policy reforms on contentious topics such as gun rights and . In September 2012, Eichenwald published the New York Times op-ed "The Deafness Before the Storm," arguing that the Bush administration ignored multiple pre-9/11 intelligence warnings about al-Qaeda threats, including a August 6, 2001, presidential briefing titled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." that referenced hijackings. This piece drew from declassified documents and interviews, portraying the White House as dismissive of risks despite urgent CIA alerts. The same year, his book 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars expanded on these themes, chronicling the 18 months post-9/11 through over 600 hours of interviews and thousands of documents to detail alleged deceptions, detainee mistreatment, warrantless wiretapping, and panic-driven policies under President George W. Bush, including rushed alliances and intelligence manipulations. Reviews noted the book's reliance on primary sources but questioned its portrayal of Bush-era chaos as overly deterministic, attributing some decisions to post-attack urgency rather than inherent flaws. Eichenwald's 2013 Vanity Fair article "Let's Repeal the Second Amendment" advocated outright repeal, asserting the provision—intended for militias with muskets—bears no relation to contemporary firearms or threats, and that modern interpretations enable mass violence without addressing societal needs like reforms. The piece, written amid debates following the shooting, dismissed historical as outdated and called for a new amendment aligned with current realities. At Newsweek starting in 2013, Eichenwald produced several politically charged pieces. His May 2014 cover story "The Plots to Destroy America" examined conspiracy theories—from birtherism to 9/11 trutherism—as existential threats to governance, citing examples like Alabama county planning disputes fueled by unfounded fears of UN agendas, and warning they erode trust in institutions and enable foreign exploitation. In August 2014, "Who's to Blame for the Islamic State Crisis in Iraq?" critiqued U.S. politicians across parties for evading responsibility in ISIS's rise, pointing to the 2011 troop withdrawal's consequences and intelligence underestimation, while rejecting simplistic partisan blame. Eichenwald's December 2014 Newsweek essay "The Bible: So Misunderstood It's a Sin" sparked significant backlash for claiming evangelicals ignore biblical contradictions, historical textual variants, and translation issues—such as alleged inconsistencies in or Paul's views on —while accusing literalists of hypocrisy on and . Biblical scholars and theologians, including and Darrell Bock, rebutted it for factual errors, such as misrepresenting early manuscripts and , and for relying on outdated or selective scholarship that overlooked consensus on core doctrines. In December 2015, "America's Abortion Wars (and How to End Them)" proposed a viability-based ban (around 24 weeks) with exceptions for , criticizing pro-choice advocates for downplaying late-term procedures and pro-life groups for opposing contraception access, while citing Planned Parenthood's 2013-2014 report of 323,999 s mostly early-term. Eichenwald positioned it as a moral compromise, but pro-life critics argued it ignored fetal pain evidence and ethical absolutes, while others noted its asymmetry in enforcement feasibility. These writings reflected Eichenwald's pattern of challenging orthodoxies with investigative-style arguments, though often polarizing audiences due to interpretive liberties.

Trump Administration Coverage and Claims

During the 2016 presidential campaign and into Donald Trump's presidency, Eichenwald published numerous articles in scrutinizing Trump's business entanglements with foreign entities, particularly , arguing they posed risks if Trump assumed office. In a September 2016 piece, he detailed the Trump Organization's licensing deals and partnerships in , claiming they created leverage points for foreign influence, such as a tower project involving entities linked to figures. He asserted these ties, including unbuilt developments reliant on Russian approvals, could compel Trump to prioritize personal financial interests over U.S. policy. Eichenwald extended this scrutiny post-inauguration, notably in February 2017 coverage of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's communications with officials, claiming the interactions bypassed standard protocols and reached FBI Director James Comey's desk directly, signaling deeper irregularities in the administration's early dealings. He frequently accused Trump of habitual , questioning in multiple columns whether the president could distinguish truth from fabrication amid repeated false statements on topics like crowd sizes and policy achievements. Eichenwald also alleged authoritarian tendencies, such as in a February 2017 article criticizing Kellyanne Conway's defense of administration actions as emblematic of "childish, dishonest, incompetent and authoritarian behavior." Some of Eichenwald's pre-election claims drew backlash for evidentiary shortcomings; for instance, a September tweet alleging Trump suffered a "nervous breakdown" in 2008, based on unnamed sources, lacked corroboration and was later described by Eichenwald as a signal to a potential rather than a firm assertion. Critics, including fact-checkers, noted this incident exemplified rushed reporting in the heated campaign environment, though Eichenwald maintained it aligned with investigative practices to elicit responses. His broader Russia-focused reporting, while influential in amplifying concerns over interference, intersected with instances of attribution, such as a Russian misquote of his work falsely linked to aides, which Trump then cited at rallies.

Controversies and Criticisms

2005–2007 Child Pornography Series Disputes

In December 2005, Kurt Eichenwald published "Through His Webcam, a Boy Joins a Sordid Online World" in , the lead article in a series examining the proliferation of via and online payment systems. The piece detailed the experiences of , who began performing sexual acts on at age 13 in 2000, eventually earning thousands of dollars from subscribers including pedophiles, and highlighted how payment processors facilitated such transactions without adequate oversight. Follow-up articles in 2006 and 2007 expanded on the series, advocating for blocking foreign sites and critiquing law enforcement's limited response to the domestic trade, which Eichenwald estimated generated millions annually based on source accounts and industry data. The reporting prompted congressional hearings, arrests of Berry's associates, and policy discussions on internet exploitation, with federal officials crediting it for raising awareness of unmonitored abuse. Disputes emerged in 2007 over Eichenwald's undisclosed financial payments to Berry, raising ethical concerns about source inducement and journalistic independence under The New York Times' policy prohibiting payments for information. In June 2005, Eichenwald transferred at least $1,100 via PayPal to an account linked to Berry and Greg Mitchel, one of Berry's early online enablers later charged with child exploitation crimes. Around the time of the December 2005 article, he sent Berry a $2,000 check—conditioned on Berry providing his full name and address after Eichenwald saw an online post offering Berry's services—to cover living expenses and secure contact amid concerns for Berry's safety, though Eichenwald later requested and received repayment via a family member. These transactions, totaling over $3,000, were not initially disclosed to editors or readers, with Eichenwald claiming he acted as a private citizen and "forgot" to inform the paper. Critics, including journalism observers, argued the payments exemplified "checkbook journalism," potentially biasing Berry's cooperation or testimony—Berry later became a key witness in federal cases—and violating standards against compensating sources in exploitative contexts, where such aid could blur reporter-subject lines and invite manipulation. The revelations surfaced during Mitchel's March 2007 trial, prompting a Times editor's note admitting the nondisclosure should have been addressed and fueling calls for scrutiny of the series' credibility, though no evidence of factual inaccuracies was substantiated. Eichenwald defended the actions as necessary to extract Berry from danger, stating he would repeat them despite policy, while Times executive editor maintained the reporting's integrity was unaffected but acknowledged transparency lapses. The episode contributed to perceptions of over-involvement, coinciding with Eichenwald's departure from the paper in 2007 for Portfolio.

2016 Twitter Seizure Incident

On , 2016, Kurt Eichenwald, a contributor with a history of , received a direct message on containing an animated of a rapidly flashing , accompanied by the text "You deserve a for your posts." The sender, using the handle @Jew_Goldstein, had previously searched online for information confirming Eichenwald's diagnosis and incorporated anti-Semitic imagery, such as Jewish stars around Eichenwald's head in the , indicating targeted intent. Eichenwald opened the despite the explicit threatening message, after which he immediately experienced a photosensitive epileptic , fell, struck his head, and lost . His wife, Theresa Eichenwald, discovered him and summoned emergency services; he was hospitalized and reported lingering effects, including impaired bodily and mental functions for months. This was not the first such attempt; Eichenwald had received a similar epileptogenic in October 2016 but averted a by dropping his device. Photosensitive epilepsy, affecting approximately 3% of epilepsy cases, can be triggered by flashing lights at frequencies of 5–30 Hz, as in strobe effects on screens, though susceptibility often decreases with age and requires close viewing. Eichenwald publicly attributed the attack to backlash against his criticism of then-President-elect Donald Trump, noting that over 40 additional users sent similar strobe images to his account in the following days. He demanded Twitter identify the perpetrators, warning of legal pursuit, and temporarily suspended his Twitter activity to recover. Critics, including some online commentators, questioned Eichenwald's decision to engage with the threatening message, arguing it demonstrated recklessness given his known condition, though medical experts affirm that such digital triggers pose genuine risks akin to environmental strobes. Twitter complied with a subpoena by providing user data to authorities, leading to the identification of the sender as John Rayne Rivello, a 29-year-old from , who supported Trump and had a history of inflammatory online activity. Rivello was arrested on March 17, , by the FBI. Rivello faced state charges in —where Eichenwald resided—of aggravated assault with a , with the GIF classified as the weapon, enhanced by elements due to anti-Semitic motivation. A federal cyberstalking charge was filed but dismissed in November 2017 at prosecutors' request. In a parallel civil suit filed by Eichenwald, Rivello agreed in September 2020 to pay $100,000 in damages following a ruling holding him liable for battery, , and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The criminal case concluded with Rivello expected to plead guilty to aggravated , establishing a for treating deliberate digital seizure induction as physical .

Allegations of Bias and Failed Predictions

Critics, particularly from conservative media outlets, have accused Eichenwald of exhibiting partisan bias in his , especially in his coverage of . In a December 15, 2016, interview on Fox News' , host confronted Eichenwald over tweets alleging that Trump had been institutionalized for psychiatric treatment as a child, claims Carlson described as unsubstantiated and indicative of advocacy rather than objective reporting. Carlson argued that Eichenwald's evident personal opposition to Trump disqualified him from impartial coverage, suggesting Newsweek should not employ him as a straight-news reporter. Eichenwald's Newsweek columns during the 2016 campaign, such as those detailing Trump's alleged business failures and character flaws, drew further allegations of selective partisanship, with detractors claiming they prioritized anti-Trump narratives over balanced analysis. A 2017 profile in The Outline characterized Eichenwald's political writing as reflecting a "myopic form of " that demanded unwavering allegiance to Democratic positions, potentially compromising journalistic neutrality. These criticisms align with broader concerns about outlets' left-leaning tendencies, where sources sympathetic to Eichenwald's views often frame such accusations as partisan attacks rather than valid scrutiny of his methods. Regarding failed predictions, Eichenwald contributed to pre-election by severe economic repercussions from a Trump presidency. On election night, November 8, 2016, he tweeted warnings of an impending global economic collapse, noting he had divested his stock holdings months earlier in anticipation of market turmoil under Trump. Contrary to this outlook, the surged approximately 56% during Trump's term, reaching multiple all-time highs by 2020, underscoring the divergence between Eichenwald's scenario and empirical market performance. Eichenwald's emphasis on Trump's purported business incompetence as disqualifying—detailed in articles like his August 2016 Independent piece listing "a catalogue of failure"—implied inevitable presidential unsuitability, yet Trump secured victory and initial policy implementations without the predicted cascading disasters. Critics have cited these instances as examples of overreliance on speculative doomsaying, particularly in light of later investigations like the , which did not substantiate claims central to some of Eichenwald's Russia-related reporting. Eichenwald has not publicly retracted these predictions, maintaining that his analyses highlighted legitimate risks amid Trump's unconventional profile.

Personal Life

Epilepsy and Health Impacts

Kurt Eichenwald was diagnosed with in November 1979 at the age of 18 while a high school senior in , initially presenting with staring spells characterized by mental absence and picking at clothes. His condition progressed to include complex-partial s and generalized tonic-clonic seizures involving convulsions, with hundreds of episodes reported over subsequent years. Treatments began with Tegretol in 1979, followed by Depakene in April 1980 and in June 1980 after issues, before stabilizing on Dilantin in 1981 under neurologist Allan , which reduced frequency to approximately twice monthly. Eichenwald has described his as intractable, resistant to full control despite medication adjustments. Physical impacts include convulsions leading to falls, injuries, incontinence, and frothing at the mouth, compounded by medication side effects such as , , drowsiness, and significant —up to 35 pounds by June 1980 from drug toxicity. Cognitively, seizures have caused post-ictal confusion, memory gaps for names, facts, and events, and , with ongoing disruptions confirmed by neurologists including those at Epilepsy Center. These memory impairments affected his journalistic career, requiring compensatory strategies like meticulous note-taking to mask deficits, though he attributed professional lapses, such as undisclosed payments in a 2007 story, partly to seizure-related forgetfulness. Emotionally, Eichenwald has reported cycles of fear, guilt, despair, and anger stemming from unpredictable seizures and societal stigma, though support from and physicians mitigated some effects. His condition includes , rendering him vulnerable to flashing lights; in October and December 2016, anonymous users sent strobing GIFs intended to induce seizures, with the December incident—sent by John Rayne Rivello—triggering a full epileptic , leading to Rivello's 2017 arrest on charges including aggravated with a . Eichenwald faced professional , including barriers during college at Swarthmore and in employment, as detailed in his 2018 memoir A Mind Unraveled, which recounts medical negligence and resilience amid these challenges.

Family Dynamics

Eichenwald married Dr. Theresa Felicia Pearse, an internist and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John J. Pearse, on July 15, 1990, in New York. The couple has three children and maintains residence in , . Eichenwald's father, Heinz Eichenwald, was a prominent pediatric infectious specialist, while his mother worked as a nurse, providing a medically oriented family background that contrasted with his own neurological challenges. In his 2018 memoir A Mind Unraveled, Eichenwald describes his early aspirations for life, including and parenthood, as counterpoints to the disruptions caused by , emphasizing his resolve to fulfill roles as a supportive husband and father despite recurrent seizures and treatment uncertainties. He portrays building a stable household amid health adversities, though public accounts offer limited details on interpersonal interactions or specific support dynamics.

Awards, Recognition, and Recent Activities

Professional Honors

Eichenwald has received the Award twice for excellence in . In 1996, he was awarded the prize in the business reporting category for a three-part New York Times series exposing systemic deficiencies in the American dialysis care system, including inadequate regulation and risks. In 1998, he received the award again for investigative reporting on corporate misconduct, including coverage of Merrill Lynch's conflicts of interest in research and underwriting. He won the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism in 2006 for upholding editorial standards in a New York Times investigation into child pornography websites, where he delayed publication to avoid aiding law enforcement disruptions while coordinating with authorities. Eichenwald was a finalist for the in explanatory journalism in 2000 and national reporting in 2002, recognizing his in-depth coverage of corporate scandals such as the WorldCom accounting fraud. He also received the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Award for enterprise reporting on financial topics. Additionally, he has been nominated for an Emmy Award for television contributions related to his journalistic work.

Post-2020 Developments and Substack

Following his departure from Newsweek in 2017, Eichenwald transitioned to independent platforms for political and investigative commentary, with post-2020 activities centering on his newsletter "The Threats Within," launched in the early as a continuation of his career. The publication emphasizes "clear-eyed, well-reported news and commentary" on threats to American , including , , , and economic instability, often through analyses of contemporary events. By 2024, it had attracted thousands of subscribers. Eichenwald's Substack posts frequently critique right-wing political figures and movements, such as a January 2023 entry challenging claims that the race of officers involved in the Tyre Nichols murder absolved systemic concerns. More recent content includes a December 2024 piece decrying perceived hypocrisy in reactions to President Joe Biden's pardon of his son , contrasting it with former President Donald Trump's pardons of associates during his first term, which Eichenwald described as numbering in the scores and involving "corrupt, unethical" cases. Another post highlighted what Eichenwald termed "horrifying" geopolitical ignorance among figures like JD Vance and regarding international realities. He promotes these articles via his active X (formerly ) account, where updates as recent as September 2025 frame his work as addressing the "MAGA menace," right-wing extremism, , , and corporate greed. No major new book publications or returns to legacy media outlets have been reported in this period, with Eichenwald's output remaining focused on subscription-based digital commentary amid ongoing personal health challenges from .

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