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Biography

Jason Leopold is a senior investigative reporter on the Bloomberg News News investigations team. Previously, he was an investigative reporter at BuzzFeed News. Leopold is a recipient of 2022 George Polk award for health reporting. He has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting. He was honored as a finalist in 2021 as one of the lead reporters on the massive reporting project known as the FinCEN Files, an investigation by BuzzFeed News, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and 108 media partners around the world, that revealed how banks knowingly profit from corruption and how authorities around the world allow the dark economy to flourish. Leopold was also honored as a Pulitzer finalist in 2018 as part of the team that investigated a series of suspicious deaths in the UK & US they linked back to the Kremlin. In 2015, Leopold was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy award imfor producing The Architect for VICE News, the first ever interview with retired Air Force psychologist James Mitchell, the man credited with developing the CIA's torture program whose story Leopold had pursued for a decade. Leopold's Freedom of Information Act work has been profiled by dozens of radio, television, and print outlets, including a 2015 front-page story in the New York Times. In 2020, the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a data research organization out of Syracuse University, identified Leopold as "the most active individual FOIA litigator in the United States today." Politico has also referred to Leopold as “perhaps the most prolific Freedom of Information requester.” In 2016, Leopold was awarded the FOI award from Investigative Reporters & Editors and was inducted into the National Freedom of Information Hall of Fame by the Newseum Institute.

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Total articles 1559

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  Trump Filed FOIA Request to National Archives About Classified Docs

  By Jason Leopold Verified

  Apr. 04, 2025

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  How the SEC Responded to Trump's Inspectors General Purge

  By Jason Leopold Verified

  Apr. 11, 2025

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  USAID set to merge with State Department on July 1

  By Jason Leopold Verified, Iain Marlow Verified

  Mar. 30, 2025

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Bloomberg News

Bloomberg L.P. is a global financial data, software, and media company founded in 1981 by Michael Bloomberg and his partners. Originally named Innovative Market Systems, it rebranded to Bloomberg L.P. in 1986. The company is renowned for the Bloomberg Terminal, a proprietary platform that provides real-time financial data, analytics, and trading tools to over 350,000 subscribers worldwide. Bloomberg operates in three main areas: financial technology, news/media, and data analytics. Its flagship product, the Bloomberg Terminal, offers market data, news, and communication tools for financial professionals. Bloomberg News, with over 120 bureaus globally, covers financial markets, politics, and technology across various platforms, including digital, television, and print. The company also provides specialized data and analytics services, including legal and regulatory information, through its acquisitions. Bloomberg L.P. is privately held, with an estimated revenue of $12.5 billion in 2023, primarily from terminal subscriptions.