Aaron C. Davis

Washington, D.C.

Investigative reporter

Education: Georgetown University, B.A. in English

Aaron Davis is an investigative reporter who joined The Washington Post as a staff writer in 2008. He has covered local, state and federal government, as well as the aviation industry and law enforcement. Davis shared in winning the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2018. He was a member of a reporting team credited with changing the course of a Senate race in Alabama by revealing candidate Roy Moore's alleged past sexual harassment of teenage girls and subsequent efforts to undermine the Post's journalism that exposed it. Previously, Davis was a member of a Post team that was Puli
Latest from Aaron C. Davis

FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for more than a year

In the DOJ’s investigation of Jan. 6, key Justice officials also quashed an early plan for a task force focused on people in Trump’s orbit.

June 20, 2023

Takeaways from The Post’s examination of DOJ’s Jan. 6 investigation

More than a year elapsed from Jan. 6 before DOJ began actively probing key actions by Trump and those around him to steal the election. Here's why:

June 19, 2023

Showdown before the raid: FBI agents and prosecutors argued over Trump

An exclusive look at behind-the-scenes deliberations as both sides wrestled with a national security case that has potentially far-reaching political consequences.

March 1, 2023

Advocates seek federal investigation of multistate effort to copy voting software

Evidence of the effort by Trump supporters surfaced in a long-running lawsuit over the security of Georgia’s voting system.

December 13, 2022

As Arizona counts votes, Republicans seize on Election Day glitches

Election officials, who long expected the vote count to take as many as 12 days, say ballot printer issues are not slowing results.

November 10, 2022

Voting was relatively smooth. Now comes the counting.

Election officials and voting advocates expressed cautious optimism as night fell Tuesday that the day’s voting had felt remarkably normal.

November 8, 2022

Was the attack on the Pelosi home preventable?

When a man entered Nancy Pelosi’s home in San Francisco last week and attacked her husband, the act was documented on cameras viewable by Capitol Police. What the delayed response exposes about limits in protecting lawmakers.

November 2, 2022

Capitol Police cameras caught break-in at Pelosi home, but no one was watching

The attack on Paul Pelosi last week has sparked an urgent conversation about lawmaker security amid increased threats.

November 1, 2022

Alleged assailant filled blog with delusional thoughts in days before Pelosi attack

San Francisco Bay area resident David DePape wrote that an invisible fairy had attacked an acquaintance and sometimes appeared to him in the form of a bird.

October 29, 2022

Assailant shouted ‘Where is Nancy?’ in break-in at speaker’s home, attack on Paul Pelosi

Police have arrested 42-year-old David Depape and intend to charge him with attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and burglary in the early morning attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband.

October 28, 2022