Kenneth Paul Vogel (born 1975) is an American journalist and author who currently reports forThe New York Times. From 2007 to 2017, he was the founding chiefinvestigative reporter atPolitico.[1][2][3] In June 2017, he joined the Washington Bureau ofThe New York Times as a reporter covering conflicts of interest, lobbying, and money in politics.[4]
Vogel is the author ofBig Money: 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimp–on the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics. Vogel's writing often focuses on money in politics.[5][6] As part of his work, he focuses on political fundraising, with particular emphasis on thepolitical activities of the Koch brothers.[7][8]
In 2016, aWikiLeaks email interception revealed that Vogel had sent a draft of an investigative news article he authored about Hillary Clinton's fundraising with theDemocratic National Committee (DNC) ahead of publication to a DNC official.Business Insider referred to Vogel's sharing of a pre-publication draft as "a break from typical journalistic ethics."[15]The Washington Post's media criticErik Wemple defended Vogel's ethics, writing that Vogel was "bringing the full weight of aPolitico investigation to the DNC and the Clinton campaign, as if to say: We've got all this stuff on you. What say you?"[16] The article ledPolitiFact to revise its rating of a claim that "the overwhelming amount" of money raised at a Clinton fundraiser would go to down-ballot Democrats; in light of Vogel's reporting, thefact-checking organization changed its assessment from "Mostly True" to "Half True."[17] Vogel's articles have been named among the best investigative news stories on campaign finance.[18][19]
Vogel is married to Danielle Rosengarten, an attorney and former climate change adviser toJoe Lieberman. He is a son of Ruth S. and Morris J. Vogel of New York. His mother is a clinical psychologist in private practice in New York. His father is the president of theLower East Side Tenement Museum.[20]
Vogel, Kenneth (June 3, 2014).Big Money: 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimp–on the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics. PublicAffairs.ISBN978-1610393393.
