Supervising editor for justice @CNN. Recovering crime scene loiterer. Bagel lover.
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From @kpolantz, @evanperez @HBRabinowitz and @HolmesLybrand Two former FBI officials face charges for allegedly lying to Congress in probe that focused on whether investigators sought to minimize allegations of Biden family corruption, sources say cnn.com/2026/10/23/politics/…
Officials believe he helped orchestrate a recent damaging hack that exposed sensitive data of current and former FBI personnel.
FBI arrests man in Pennsylvania who is suspected of orchestrating a damaging hack of its agents' data: cnn.com/2026/10/09/politics/…
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CNN has obtained newly unsealed police body camera footage showing the arrest of Luigi Mangione inside a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, days after he fatally shot United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. cnn.it/4xZUGQh
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Bryan Boughton, who runs the Fox News Washington bureau and is the current TV pool chair, says in an email; ”This is to advise that, effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President.”
“This follows the White House’s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties. There will be no replacement pool put in place.” Via @brianstelter
The three national news outlets President Donald Trump banned from the White House — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — are filing a critical First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access. cnn.com/2026/09/21/politics/…
This exclusive from @evanperez and @kpolantz reveals what was really behind the resignation of the man Trump picked to run a sweeping investigation into his top foes. cnn.com/2026/09/14/politics/…
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I'm a forensic accountant now
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From July 14, 2016: “Do you love me?” asked Hempel, who had been accused of abuse by multiple women and had 18 prior restraining orders against him.
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A decade ago, an Orleans man briefly represented himself at trial so he could interrogate the woman he was accused of holding hostage and abusing. I remember getting goosebumps when, while on the witness stand, he asked her if she loved him.
Now he could be tried again.
Cape Cod ax attack sent an Orleans man to prison in 2016. Now he could get a new trial. capecodtimes.com/story/news/…
New from @kpolantz: Jeanine Pirro’s office fails to convict accused MS-13 ringleaders twice
“An increasingly alarming number of cases have fallen apart this year in DC’s federal court — even when the cases appear to be strong arguments against violent crime, relatively straightforward to prove, and tried by experienced prosecutors.” cnn.com/2026/08/24/politics/…
A DC jury was deliberating when they made a discovery that shocked the courtroom. New and excellent from @KatelynPolantz. cnn.com/2026/08/10/politics/…
Civilian or Spy: The untold story of a Russian-born federal contractor killed by the FBI cnn.com/2026/08/10/us/fbi-sh…
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Don Lemon has "asked a judge to dismiss an indictment tied to his presence at a protest in a Minnesota church earlier this year," arguing the charges violate the First Amendment and are a result of a vindictive prosecution. @KaraScannell's full story: cnn.com/2026/08/07/politics/…
New from @HolmesLybrand: A pardoned Capitol riot defendant wants her restitution money back. The Justice Department wants to keep it cnn.com/2026/08/07/politics/…
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New York sues Kalshi alleging the prediction market operator is running an illegal gambling operation in the state. Kalshi calls it “political theater.”
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E Jean Carroll will receive over $5 million from Trump after the Supreme Court declines to hear the appeal over the jury's finding that Trump sexually abused and defamed her. The cash has been in a court-controlled account since 2023 so it should be transferred to her.
John Bolton is set to plead guilty to retaining sensitive national security information. Here's why his case didn't meet the same fate as those against other Trump foes: cnn.com/2026/06/26/politics/…
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Lawyers for Luigi Mangione reverse course - now saying they WILL NOT move ahead with a psychiatric defense one day after saying that they would argue he murdered the United Healthcare CEO while in a state of extreme emotional disturbance. cnn.com/2026/06/18/us/luigi-…
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New: Before he was announced as Trump’s pick to lead the US intel community as acting DNI, Bill Pulte did not have a security clearance granting him access to highly-classified information, per multiple sources.
ODNI initiated the vetting process for his security clearance on Thursday by requesting a background investigation, one of the sources told CNN.