Shawn Boburg

Washington, D.C.

Investigative reporter

Education: Williams College, BA in history

Shawn Boburg joined The Washington Post in 2015. He previously worked at the Record in northern New Jersey from 2006 to 2015 and at the Eagle-Tribune in Massachusetts from 2001 to 2006.
Latest from Shawn Boburg

Nathan Wade, embattled prosecutor in Georgia Trump case, has little prosecution experience

The accusations against Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis and Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired, have threaten to upend the case against Trump and his allies.

January 14, 2024

Jet accident probe expands to include Boeing supplier

Spirit AeroSystems builds the fuselage of the Boeing’s 737 Max 9 jets at its Wichita factory before shipping them for finishing by Boeing.

January 12, 2024

Businessman accused of bribing Sen. Menendez had deep ties to Egypt

Wael Hana’s extensive ties to the Egyptian government included arranging the shipment of military equipment from the U.S., associates say.

November 27, 2023

    A guide to the friends and patrons of Clarence and Ginni Thomas

    These are the associates of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, have given gifts, made payments or otherwise supported the couple based on recent reporting from various news outlets.

    November 9, 2023

    Influential activist Leonard Leo helped fund media campaign lionizing Clarence Thomas

    Leo is well-known for shepherding conservative judicial nominees, but the public relations campaign shows how he has continued to exert influence in support of right-leaning justices after helping them secure lifetime appointments.

    July 20, 2023

    Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas’s wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’

    Leonard Leo told GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway to give the spouse of the Supreme Court justice "another $25,000" and to bill a nonprofit organization called the Judicial Education Project.

    May 4, 2023

    Clarence Thomas has for years claimed income from a defunct real estate firm

    The misstatements are part of a pattern that has raised questions about how the justice views his obligation to report details about his finances to the public.

    April 16, 2023

    Clarence Thomas has reported receiving only two gifts since 2004

    Eighteen years ago, the Los Angeles Times detailed how Thomas had reported receiving thousands of dollars’ worth of gifts — far more than other justices on the Supreme Court at the time. That story appears to have marked a turning point for Thomas’s public disclosure of gifts.

    April 7, 2023

    Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations

    Funding for the group led by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wife was channeled through a right-wing think tank, an arrangement that effectively shielded key operational details from public view, a Post investigation found.

    March 28, 2023

    The gun that divides a nation

    The AR-15 wasn’t supposed to be a best-seller. It's the result of a dramatic shift in American gun culture fueled by the firearms industry and its allies.

    March 27, 2023