- David Cay Johnston was born on December 24, 1948 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is known for House of Cards (2013), We're Not Broke (2012) and CNN Newsroom (1989).
- Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in journalism for "Beat Reporting".
- Is the father of 8 children.
- [2018, quoting political scientist Jason Johnson] Our Constitution is not written to handle someone like Trump. That is the greatest danger and greatest harm he is to our country..[The framers] envisioned presidents who might be dishonest, who might not have consistent ethical values, but they never envisioned a self-involved dictatorial capitalist. So we don't have a government designed to restrain someone who doesn't care about any of the norms..For the next thirty-five years or so, the standard for what you can get away with as long as you are in power and stay in power has been lowered to a level I don't think any of us can fully appreciate today.
- [on Donald Trump as president] There's plenty of videotape out there saying what he was going to do. What I did not expect was that the Republican leadership in Congress would just lose their moral compass.
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