Michael Wolff (journalist)

Wolff outside a courthouse on May 28, 2024

Michael Wolff (born August 27, 1953) is an American journalist, writer and columnist. He is known for his work with USA Today and The Hollywood Reporter.

Before his work with them, Wolff was a co-founder for the website Newser, as well as, an editor of Adweek. He was born in Paterson, New Jersey in a Jewish family.[1] He graduated for Columbia University in 1975.[2]

He has also been the author of six books. His book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House was released on January 5, 2018 and is about the U.S. President Donald Trump. The book details how Trump and his allies ran things during the first nine months of his first term as president, including things like the conflict with North Korea and firing of FBI director James Comey. It was a New York Times number-one bestseller.[3]

For his work as a journalist, Wolff has won the National Magazine Award twice in 2002 and 2004 respectively for columns he wrote with New York.[4] He also won the Mirror Award in 2010 for Best Commentary: Traditional Media.[5]

Wolff is also known for the many emails and interviews he had with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.[6] During his conversations with Epstein, he talked about the relationship between Epstein and Trump, along with the many parties and events that the two attended together.[7]

In November 2025 emails released by Congress, it was shown that Wolff had advised Epstein about Trump.[8] Wolff responded to the emails and denied advising Epstein but admitted that the emails were "embarrassing".[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Was The Fire and the Fury author Michael Wolff lying about Tony Blair's Trump job?". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  2. ↑ ""Fire and Fury" Author Michael Wolff CC'75 Sparks Controversy with White House Account"". Columbia University. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Michael Wolff's book 'Fire and Fury' debuts at No. 1 on The New York Times' best sellers list". CNNMoney. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Who is Michael Wolff, the journalist who emailed with Jeffrey Epstein about Donald Trump". ABC News. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Newhouse School announces winners in fourth annual Mirror Awards". Syracuse University. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "The Wolff-Epstein Tapes". Washington Monthly. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Why Trump's Epstein problem won't go away". The Yale Review. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Trump Named in Epstein Emails Released by Democrats and Republicans". The Yale Review. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Why Trump's Epstein problem won't go away". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 18, 2025.

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