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A senior editor at the village voice until 2010, hes also written for the daily beast, new york magazine, the nation, and ny daily news. Wayne barrett, legendary investigative journalist and trump. Trump ebook by wayne barrett official publisher page. Donald trumps first nemesis enjoys resurgence of 1991 book. The investigative journalist first wrote about trump in 1979 and. Now, barretts classic book is back in print for the first time in years and with an introduction about trumps 2016 presidential campaign. He recently wrote a piece for the daily beast titled meet donald trumps top fbi fanboy. An oldschool, penandpaper, documentdriven, sourcedup investigative ace for the village voice in new york, wayne barrett nailed the. Donald trump claims that his success as a selfmade businessman and real estate developer proves that he will make an effective president, but this devastating investigative account by legendary reporter. Though trump was king of the hill when barrett signed the publishing contract, he was a joke by the time the book actually came out, barrett remembers. The dirty deal that helped make donald trump the village voice. Wayne barrett is an investigative reporter whos written about new york for more than four decades and did the first major pieces on donald trump in the 1970s. Jul 11, 2016 but investigative reporter wayne barrett reported in his book trump. In wayne barretts village voice cover story from december 1991 which was excerpted from his book trump.
May 16, 2016 when his biography of trump was published in 1991, barrett says it was a total flop. Trump will make a comeback, he advised, in words that twentyfour years later seem not just prophetic but an understatement. He held degrees from saint josephs university and the columbia university graduate school of journalism. Wayne barrett, legendary journalist and trump chronicler.
Trumps ties to various unsavory characters involved with the construction of trump tower, investigated claims of. The essential book to understanding donald trump as a businessman and leader and how the biggest deal of his life went down. Nobody took him seriously when the book came out, so nobody was interested in reading it, barrett said. Veteran writer wayne barret first wrote a series about donald trump in the village voice during the 1970s. Nov 10, 2016 jennifer gonnerman on the investigative reporter wayne barrett, who began writing about donald trump in the nineteenseventies and wrote a 1991 book about trump. Besides getting advice on their legal problems, as a former secretary later recalled to wayne barrett in his 1992 book, trump.
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