1. Glenn Thrush was born on April 6,1967 and is an American journalist, pundit, and author.
17 Facts About Glenn Thrush
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Glenn Thrush is a reporter for The New York Times covering the Department of Justice and was formerly a White House correspondent.
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Glenn Thrush is a contributor for MSNBC, and was previously chief political correspondent at Politico and a senior staff writer for Politico Magazine.
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Glenn Thrush grew up in Sheepshead Bay, in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, and attended Sheepshead Bay High School, from which he graduated in 1984.
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Glenn Thrush's parents owned a Carvel Ice Cream store in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.
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Glenn Thrush graduated from Brooklyn College, where he majored in political science and Greek classics.
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Glenn Thrush started his reporting career working for the lower Manhattan weekly newspaper Downtown Express.
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Glenn Thrush covered Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2008 for Newsday, and then joined Politico in July 2008.
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In December 2016, it was reported that Glenn Thrush would be joining The New York Times covering the White House starting on January 3,2017.
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Glenn Thrush wrote two e-books about President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign.
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Glenn Thrush came under criticism after emails released by Wikileaks showed Glenn Thrush sending John Podesta portions of a draft article that dealt with Podesta, asking that he fact-check those portions.
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The incidents recounted in the Vox story about Glenn Thrush involve four women over a five-year period while he worked at Politico, and the women alleged Glenn Thrush groped and kissed them against their will.
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One woman alleged Glenn Thrush engaged in office gossip about her following an unwanted kiss.
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On December 20,2017, The New York Times reported after an investigation that Glenn Thrush was permanently removed from covering the White House and would remain suspended until late January 2018.
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Glenn Thrush was required to undergo unspecified "training designed to improve his workplace conduct," according to a statement by Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet.
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Glenn Thrush is married to Diane Webber, an editor at NPR, and lives in Kensington, Maryland.
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Glenn Thrush was portrayed by Bobby Moynihan in multiple episodes of Saturday Night Live, interacting with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.