Editing The Wall Street Journal (section)

===2018–present: Investigation into Stormy Daniels payment===
{{Main|Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal}}

On January 12, 2018, [[Michael Rothfeld]] and Joe Palazzolo reported in ''The Wall Street Journal'' that during the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential campaign]], then-candidate [[Donald Trump]]'s personal lawyer, [[Michael Cohen (lawyer)|Michael Cohen]] coordinated a $130,000 payment to [[Stormy Daniels]] for her silence regarding an alleged affair. In subsequent reports, the method of payment and many other details were extensively covered. In April of that year, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents stormed Cohen's home, seizing records related to the transaction.<ref>{{cite news |title=Timeline of the Donald Trump-Stormy Daniels Saga |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/timeline-of-the-donald-trump-stormy-daniels-saga-1525373930 |access-date=April 8, 2019 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 3, 2018 |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408030731/https://www.wsj.com/articles/timeline-of-the-donald-trump-stormy-daniels-saga-1525373930 |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 21, 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts including campaign finance violations in connection with the Daniels payment.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mangan |first1=Dan |title=Trump's ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen sentenced to 3 years in prison after admitting 'blind loyalty' led him to cover up president's 'dirty deeds' |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/12/trumps-ex-lawyer-and-fixer-michael-cohen-sentenced-to-3-years.html |access-date=April 8, 2019 |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=December 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212171703/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/12/trumps-ex-lawyer-and-fixer-michael-cohen-sentenced-to-3-years.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The coverage earned the ''Journal'' the 2019 [[Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grynbaum |first1=Michael M. |title=Pulitzer Prizes Focus on Coverage of Trump Finances and Parkland Shooting |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/business/media/pulitzer-prizes.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415194445/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/business/media/pulitzer-prizes.html |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=April 16, 2019 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 16, 2019}}</ref>