Hugo Lowell

Hugo Lowell (born March 30, 1999) is a British-American political investigations reporter for The Guardian.[1] He has broken a number of high-profile stories on the January 6 select committee investigation and regularly appears as a political analyst on MSNBC.[2][3][4][5]

Hugo Lowell
Born
New York City, U.S.
NationalityBritish
American
OccupationJournalist
EmployerGuardian US
AwardsNational Press Club Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism (2022)

Early life and education

Lowell was born in New York City. He was educated at the Dalton School, a private co-educational day school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and St. Paul's School, London.

Career

Lowell was named a political investigations reporter for Guardian US in November 2022, assigned to cover former President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice.[6]

He previously reported on the House January 6 select committee investigation as a congressional reporter for the newspaper. He has broken a number high-profile stories about the congressional inquiry,[7][8] including that from the White House, Trump called political operatives at a "war room" the night before the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and discussed ways to obstruct the congressional certification of Joe Biden's election win.[9]

The Trump war room scoop, which led to the House January 6 committee to open a new line of inquiry and issue at least one subpoena to a crucial Trump advisor, won the 2022 National Press Club's Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism.[10][11][12]

Lowell was also first to report that Trump used a White House phone on January 6 not reflected in the official call log,[13] that Trump's former White House chief of staff turned over to investigators a presentation recommending Trump declare a national security emergency to return himself to office,[14][15][16][17] and that Trump would instruct top aides to defy congressional subpoenas, considered a potential obstruction of justice.[18][19]

He regularly appears as a political analyst on MSNBC, including as a guest on Morning Joe, The Beat with Ari Melber, and The ReidOut,[20][21][22][23][24] as well as on NBC's streaming service Peacock.[25] He has also appeared on the PBS NewsHour, PBS Washington Week, CBS News, ABC News Australia 7.30 Report, BBC World News, BBC World Service radio and Sirius XM radio.[26][27] Hayes has described his reporting as "groundbreaking" and Mehdi Hasan has called him a "scoop machine".[28] His reporting has been cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Bloomberg.[29]

Before covering Congress, Lowell reported on the Russian doping scandal and the International Olympic Committee for the i newspaper. He also reported from the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2017 World Athletics Championships, for which he was named a finalist at the British Sports Journalism Awards.[30]

References
  1. "Hugo Lowell | The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. Rubin, Lisa. "Maddowblog: Are Jan. 6 investigators stuck with the gap in Trump's call logs?". MSNBC.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  3. Rubin, Lisa. "Maddowblog: No simple fix for patching gap in Trump January 6 call log". MSNBC.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  4. "Guardian's Hugo Lowell: Text messages detail efforts of Trump allies to overturn 2020 election". MSNBC.com. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  5. "Hugo Lowell | Mediaite". Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  6. "The Guardian's Hugo Lowell explains how the Trump special master will affect the special counsel's probe". The Recount. November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  7. DeVega, Chauncey (April 21, 2022). "Has the mainstream media already made its peace with fascism? We'll soon find out". Salon. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  8. DeVega, Chauncey (April 11, 2022). ""Trump knew exactly what was going on": Inside the thinking of the Jan. 6 committee". Salon. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  9. Lowell, Hugo (November 30, 2021). "Trump called aides hours before Capitol riot to discuss how to stop Biden victory". The Guardian. Retrieved December 5, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "The Guardian US' Congressional Reporter, Hugo Lowell, Wins at the National Press Club Journalism Awards". The Guardian. August 31, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  11. Release, Press. "ProPublica, PBS/Frontline and National Public Radio win National Press Club awards". National Press Club. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  12. "Hugo Lowell | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  13. Blake, Aaron. "Analysis | What explains the suspicious gap in Trump's call log?". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  14. Bort, Ryan (December 9, 2021). "Trump's White House Emailed About a PowerPoint on How to End American Democracy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  15. Jurecic, Quinta (December 11, 2021). "Why the January 6 Investigation Is Weirdly Static". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  16. Papenfuss, Mary (December 11, 2021). "Mark Meadows Hands Over PowerPoint Plan For Trump To Overthrow Election". HuffPost. Retrieved December 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. Hugo, Lowell (December 11, 2021). "Capitol attack panel obtains PowerPoint that set out plan for Trump to stage coup". The Guardian. Retrieved December 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. Lowell, Hugo (October 6, 2021). "Top Trump aides set to defy subpoenas in Capitol attack investigation". The Guardian. Retrieved October 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. Lowell, Hugo (September 22, 2021). "Capitol attack panel said to be considering subpoenas to Trump White House aides". The Guardian. Retrieved October 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. "Trump appears 'deeply unnerved' by January 6 investigation: report". MSNBC. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  21. "Democrats are optimistic voting rights legislation can pass despite the grim outlook". MSNBC. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  22. "Transcript: All In with Chris Hayes, 4/8/22". MSNBC. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  23. "Transcript: The Beat with Ari Melber, 12/22/21". MSNBC. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  24. Gettys, Travis (December 28, 2021). "Trump suffers "a meltdown in Mar-a-Lago" as Jan. 6 probe closes in: report". Salon. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  25. Zerlina. Full Broadcast - Mar. 31, retrieved April 28, 2022
  26. "Washington Week full episode, September 23, 2022". Washington Week. September 23, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  27. PBS NewsHour | Looking ahead to the Jan. 6 committee hearings | Season 2022, retrieved April 26, 2022
  28. "What to Expect from the Historic 1/6 Hearings". MSNBC. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  29. Broadwater, Luke; Haberman, Maggie (January 18, 2022). "Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Giuliani, Digging Into False Vote Fraud Claims". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  30. "British Sports Journalism awards: 2017 writing shortlists are announced – Sports Journalists' Association". Retrieved February 14, 2019.
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