Spencer S. Hsu

Washington, D.C.

Investigative reporter

Education: Harvard University, B.A. in English

Spencer S. Hsu is an investigative reporter, two-time Pulitzer finalist and national Emmy Award nominee. Hsu has covered homeland security, immigration, Virginia politics and Congress. He received the Sigma Delta Chi award and Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize for excellence in investigative journalism in 2012.
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Judge: U.S. can lay out Trump election interference evidence this month

Judge Tanya Chutkan accused Trump’s lawyer of trying to stall action before the Nov. 5 election. The judge said the election wasn’t part of her calculus.

September 5, 2024
The U.S. Capitol.

Justice Dept. drops case against lawyer alleged to have taken Somali funds

A judge had restricted key witness testimony, and prosecutors indicated they could no longer prove the case against Jeremy Schulman.

September 4, 2024

13-month sentence for man who made 12,000 harassing calls to Congress members

Ade Salim Lilly pleaded guilty in May to placing the calls over 19 months. He apologized in court but claimed a good motive for his actions.

September 3, 2024
The U.S. Capitol.

Trump, special counsel duel over next steps in Jan. 6 prosecution

The sides proposed dueling visions over the sequence of resolving various legal issues in the case. Trump’s proposal pushed some deadlines into 2025.

August 31, 2024
A pro-Trump mob storms the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post)

D.C. officer sentenced to 5 years in deadly shooting of sleeping motorist

Enis Jevric pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of An’Twan Gilmore, who was found asleep at the wheel of a running car in 2021.

August 29, 2024
On Aug. 25, 2021, D.C. police fatally shot An’Twan Gilmore. Police said officers responded to a vehicle with a report of a driver unconscious behind the wheel.

Indicted pro-Trump lawyer who leaked emails is removed from Dominion suit

Stefanie Lambert was barred from representing Patrick Byrne, a prominent funder of adherents of election misinformation, in a $1.6 billion lawsuit.

August 14, 2024
Patrick Byrne in Orlando in 2022.

Judge grants 3-week delay in Trump election subversion case in D.C.

A Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity has led special counsel Jack Smith to request a delay in Donald Trump’s election subversion case.

August 9, 2024
Former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith.

U.S. seeks 7 years for D.C. police officer who fatally shot man driving away

The D.C. police officer who fatally shot An'Twan Gilmore in 2021 is being sentenced for involuntary manslaughter and civil rights violation.

August 5, 2024
On Aug. 25, 2021, D.C. police fatally shot An’Twan Gilmore. Police said officers responded to a vehicle with a report of a driver unconscious behind the wheel.

Trump’s election subversion case set for Aug. 16 hearing in D.C.

Deciding which parts of Donald Trump’s case will survive may not happen before November’s election after the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling.

August 3, 2024
Former president Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith.

Justice Dept. settles with ex-FBI officials over leak of anti-Trump texts

Fired FBI agent Peter Strzok will receive $1.2 million, and former bureau lawyer Lisa Page will receive $800,000.

July 26, 2024
Peter P. Strzok prepares to testify at a House hearing in July 2018.