Chris Megerian covers the White House and President Trump from the Los Angeles Times’ D.C. bureau. He previously wrote about the Russia investigation, the 2016 presidential campaign and the 2015 United Nations summit on global warming in Paris. While based in Sacramento, he reported on Gov. Jerry Brown, climate change policies, California politics and state finances. Before joining The Times in January 2012, he spent three years covering politics and law enforcement at the Star-Ledger in New Jersey. He grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Emory University in Atlanta.
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President Trump pardons former national security advisor Michael Flynn, rewarding a loyalist who pleaded guilty during the Russia investigation.
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Rudolph W. Giuliani announced a far-fetched new Trump strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s victory while Biden met with governors of both parties amid growing recognition of his election.
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Rudy Giuliani offered baseless claims of fraud at a federal court hearing in Pennsylvania as President Trump’s bid to reverse the election result sputtered.
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After more than a week of speaking only in tweets, President Trump on Friday addressed the worsening pandemic amid calls for him to aid the transition to Joe Biden.
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Secluded in the White House, Trump concentrates on his future and how to accept a loss without publicly acknowledging it as such.