Tim Mak
Tim Mak is NPR's Washington Investigative Correspondent, focused on political enterprise journalism.
His reporting interests include the 2020 election campaign, national security and the role of technology in disinformation efforts.
He appears regularly on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered and the NPR Politics Podcast.
Mak was one of NPR's lead reporters on the Mueller investigation and the Trump impeachment process. Before joining NPR, Mak worked as a senior correspondent at The Daily Beast, covering the 2016 presidential elections with an emphasis on national security. He has also worked on the Politico Defense team, the Politico breaking news desk and at the Washington Examiner. He has reported abroad from the Horn of Africa and East Asia.
Mak graduated with a B.A. from McGill University, where he was a valedictorian. He also currently holds a national certification as an Emergency Medical Technician.
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Donald Trump Jr. reached a deal with the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify again about a 2016 Trump Tower meeting. He appeared in 2017 and wouldn't return until the committee issued a subpoena.
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The mid-June interview will be limited in time, although no topics are off limits and it is expected to focus heavily on the proposed Trump Tower Russia project and a 2016 meeting, a source tells NPR. -
Alexander Torshin and Maria Butina met in 2015 with top leaders in the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve, according to materials obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. -
The president's eldest son testified in 2017 about his participation in a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton. The panel wants him back, a source says. -
The White House asserted executive privilege over the House Judiciary Committee's subpoena for the full report, as the committee prepared to vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt.
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Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler issued a subpoena last month to the Justice Department to give Congress an unredacted version of the Mueller report. The deadline to comply was Monday. -
Attorney General Barr is refusing to appear before a hearing scheduled on Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee. Also, an update on unrest in Venezuela and Julian Assange's extradition case.
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Attorney General Barr testifies before the Senate for the first time since the Mueller report's release and a letter that says Barr mischaracterized it. Barr defended his actions at the hearing.
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Attorney General Barr testifies for the first time since the Mueller report's release and just after the release of a letter from Robert Mueller to Barr saying that Barr mischaracterized the report.
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Oliver North is leaving his post as president of the National Rifle Association, in the midst of a struggle within the leadership of the gun rights group.
