Biography

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.