Zach Everson is a Washington, DC-based staff writer at Forbes, reporting on money and politics. He's written about Donald Trump's legal problems and businesses, an ethics investigation into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and why Cornel West is broke. His feature on the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. for Condé Nast Traveler, “Inside the World’s Most Controversial Hotel,” won the 2019 Society of American Travel Writers Foundation’s Lowell Thomas Award for best investigative reporting. Previously, Everson reported on food and travel. He's a graduate of Wake Forest University where he majored in English and minored in journalism. Follow Everson for continued coverage of money in politics, including ethics scandals, campaign-finance issues and the Trump Organization.