Paul Lewis

@PaulLewis

Head of Investigations at the Guardian. Previously San Francisco Bureau Chief and Washington Correspondent.

London guardian.co.uk/profile/paulle… Joined March 2009

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Paul Lewis @PaulLewis Jul 10, 2022

We've been leaked a trove of more than 124,000 confidential files from the tech giant Uber. If you have the app on your phone, you might want to discover the methods that enabled its global expansion.... theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/…

www.theguardian.com Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals 124,000 documents expose inner workings behind US tech firm’s rise as a global empire responsible for 19m journeys a day

Paul Lewis @PaulLewis Sep 23, 2025

Noel Clarke was today ordered to pay the Guardian an “initial” £3m towards the legal costs of successfully defending his libel claim. The judge also refused his request for more time to consider filing an appeal. theguardian.com/culture/2025/s…

www.theguardian.com Noel Clarke ordered to pay initial £3m in legal costs to the Guardian after losing libel case Mrs Justice Steyn says former Doctor Who actor ‘has to bear responsibility’ for increased scale and cost of the litigation

Paul Lewis @PaulLewis Aug 22, 2025

The Guardian has won its High Court legal battle with the actor and director Noel Clarke, who sued us for libel over allegations of sexual misconduct. We ran two defences – truth and public interest – and won on both. judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…

Paul Lewis @PaulLewis May 28, 2024

Revealed: Israel spied on the ICC's chief prosecutor Karim Khan as part of a nine-year 'war' in which it hacked, pressured, smeared and allegedly threatened court officials. Here is the full story, based on our joint investigation with +972 and Local Call. theguardian.com/world/article/…

www.theguardian.com Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed Exclusive: Investigation reveals how intelligence agencies tried to derail war crimes prosecution, with Netanyahu ‘obsessed’ with intercepts

Paul Lewis @PaulLewis May 28, 2024

A truly extraordinary global scoop today from @harryfoxdavies: The ex-head of the Mossad, Israel’s spy agency, threatened a chief prosecutor of the ICC as part of a secret campaign to pressure her into dropping a war crimes investigation.

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www.theguardian.com Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry Mossad director Yossi Cohen personally involved in secret plot to pressure Fatou Bensouda to drop Palestine investigation, sources say