Corey G. Johnson

I am a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at ProPublica.

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I welcome tips about ethical conflicts or misdeeds inside the federal bureaucracy. I’m interested in policies, contracts and regulatory issues that affect people’s lives. If you have any insights, please reach out via email or Signal.

What I Cover

Currently I am reporting on conflicts of interest and corruption in the federal bureaucracy.

My Background

I specialize in uncovering stories that reveal hidden harms, and my reporting has resulted in new laws, massive governmental reforms, criminal investigations, a state reparations program and, in one case, the freeing of an imprisoned man. In my over 20-year career, I’ve been a reporter at Tampa Bay Times, the Marshall Project, the Center for Investigative Reporting and a couple of smaller newspapers in North Carolina. My work has received many of the nation’s most prestigious honors, including the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, the George Polk Award, the Gerald Loeb Award and the IRE Gold Medal, among others.

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

March 5, 2026, 5:00 am EST
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments

The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, experts told ProPublica.

December 22, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Without Knowledge or Consent

At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.

October 24, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
How Cambridge Analytica Used Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives

Documents obtained by ProPublica detail the sophistication and intrusiveness of Cambridge’s work for the gun industry in 2016. The firm’s campaign aimed to help elect Donald Trump and keep industry-friendly politicians in the Senate.

February 27, 2025, 5:00 am EST