Michael Wolff (journalist)

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. He graduated for Columbia University in 1975.

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.

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. He also won the Mirror Award in 2010 for Best Commentary: Traditional Media.

Wolff is also known for the many emails and interviews he had with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 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.

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

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