hillary clinton and donald j. trump have been in the public eye for decades. but journalists for the new york times were still able to uncover much about the candidates, often altering the course of the campaign. here<u+2019>s a look back at some of our best investigative work. clinton<u+2019>s email saga begins you<u+2019>ve undoubtedly heard about mrs. clinton<u+2019>s email use. the scandal began with the times<u+2019>s exclusive report , which detailed the state department<u+2019>s acknowledgment that she set up a personal email account to conduct government business while she was secretary of state. republicans<u+2019> desperate mission to stop trump it<u+2019>s not too late to stop mr. trump, the republican consultant karl rove told a despondent group of republican governors and donors in february. but the last-minute efforts to derail his candidacy never materialized, thanks in part to a leadership vacuum and a paralyzing bout of indecision. how clinton led the u.s. into libya mrs. clinton<u+2019>s push for military action in libya might have persuaded president obama to join allies in bombing colonel qaddafi<u+2019>s forces, in what mr. obama<u+2019>s defense secretary, robert m. gates, would later call a <u+201c>51-49<u+201d> decision. a detailed examination of arguably her moment of greatest influence as secretary of state offers a look at what kind of president she might be. inflated ratings at trump university employees at trump university, the subject of controversy and litigation, exerted pressure on students to give the school high ratings , according to interviews with former students. the surveys were a key part of a business model that lawsuits and investigators say deceived students who paid thousands of dollars to learn mr. trump<u+2019>s business tactics. trump<u+2019>s encounters with women long before his lewd comments caught on tape became the campaign<u+2019>s focus, dozens of women detailed their private encounters with mr. trump . they related stories of unwelcome romantic advances, unending commentary on the female form and unsettling workplace conduct. trump university, the <u+2018>fraudulent scheme<u+2019> in documents that offered a window onto trump university<u+2019>s tactics and culture , one former sales manager called it <u+201c>a fraudulent scheme.<u+201d> he said he was reprimanded for not pushing a couple to spend $35,000 on a real estate class that he thought would imperil their economic future. a different salesmen persuaded them to sign up. atlantic city: trump wins, investors lose mr. trump often boasts of his success in atlantic city, where his businesses struggled but he made money. a review shows that his casino business was a protracted failure , with the burden falling on investors and others who had bet on him. advisers fail to tame trump<u+2019>s tongue in june, mr. trump<u+2019>s closest confidants implored him to stick to a teleprompter, end his freestyle digressions and focus on his message. he repeatedly told his advisers that he would change, but kept veering back to his off-the-cuff style . insiders said he was bewildered by the finer points of the political process and didn<u+2019>t understand why his approach was sputtering. clinton foundation creates complex foreign ties the bill, hillary and chelsea clinton foundation has long thrived on foreign donors who gave hundreds of millions of dollars to the global charity. even though the foundation later said it would no longer accept foreign donations, questions remain on how her administration would handle longtime donors who seek help from the united states or have conflicting interests. in one case, cash flowed to the foundation as the state department, headed by mrs. clinton, approved the sale of uranium assets to russians . trump properties turned away black tenants properties owned by the trump family have a long history of racial bias in turning away potential black tenants, according to decades-old records and interviews with tenants, civil rights activists and prosecutors. while there<u+2019>s no evidence that mr. trump personally set the rental policies at his father<u+2019>s properties, he was on hand while they were in place. authentic liberal outrage? not so much what might appear to be grass-roots liberal efforts can be traced to a manhattan office, where an operation called <u+201c>shareblue<u+201d> exerts pressure on news outlets . it<u+2019>s owned by david brock, a onetime clinton critic who now supports her and hopes to be the liberal answer to fox news. massive tax benefits for trump unearthed mr. trump<u+2019>s declaration of a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns could have allowed him to reap extraordinary tax benefits for years . the tax records, which were mailed to the new york times and had never before been revealed, were an unusually clear look at the finances of a candidate who has refused to make his tax returns public. other documents obtained by the times revealed that he used a legally dubious maneuver to avoid taxes and stave off financial ruin in the 1990s. clinton supported aggressive approach to accusers mrs. clinton publicly remained stoic and defiant while defending her husband amid accusations of sexual misconduct. but she privately embraced an aggressive strategy of counterattacking the women who brought forward claims of sexual encounters. her level of involvement in the efforts is still the subject of debate. two women say trump touched them inappropriately after mr. trump said he had never engaged in the kind of aggressive sexual behavior he boasted about in a lewd recording, two women said he had violated them . one said he inappropriately touched her on an airplane more than three decades ago, and another said he kissed her inside trump tower in 2005. trump<u+2019>s draft deferments donald trump received five draft deferments during vietnam, including one for bone spurs in his feet that he said later healed. his public statements have conflicted with selective service records, and he has been hazy in recalling details. trump<u+2019>s income isn<u+2019>t always what he says it is the figures reported on mr. trump<u+2019>s financial disclosure forms present an incomplete picture of his financial state , according to the times<u+2019>s examination of his tax appeals on several properties. after expenses, some of his businesses make far less than what he has reported, making it virtually impossible to determine how much he is earning in any year. meanwhile, companies he owns have at least $650 million in debt , with his fortunes depending on a wide array of financial backers.
clinton and trump revealed: our best investigative reporting on the 2016 campaign
daniel victor