Serge Frank Kovaleski (born April 8, 1961) is a South African-born American investigative reporter at The New York Times.
[1] He contributed to reporting that won The New York Times a Pulitzer Prize for its investigation of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal.
[2][3] Born in Cape Town, South Africa,[1] Kovaleski spent his early childhood in Sydney, Australia, until his family moved to New York City in the 1970s.
[2] In 2016, he and Nicholas Kulish, Christopher Drew, Mark Mazzetti, Matthew Rosenberg, Sean D. Naylor and John Ismay received a George Polk Award for their investigation into allegations that members of the U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six abused Afghan detainees.
According to the article, "law enforcement authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation".
"[11]In apparent response to this written statement, Trump said in a November 25, 2015, speech in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, "You've got to see this guy: 'Uhh, I don't know what I said.
[15] Kovaleski has said that while reporting on Trump for the New York Daily News, the two had been on a first-name basis and had met face-to-face on a dozen occasions, including interviews and press conferences in the late 1980s.
[16] During her January 8, 2017, acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Award ceremony, the actress Meryl Streep referred to the incident as "one performance this year that stunned me".