I focus on government investigations and trials in New York state and federal court. After practicing law for close to a decade, I transitioned to reporting in 2020. I harness my legal background to provide transparency and clarity to the justice system. Most days, that means I’m back in the same courthouses where I worked for years as a lawyer, but now providing live updates and analysis on Mr. Trump’s ongoing legal matters.
I served as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx, where I prosecuted economic crime, child exploitation and animal abuse. I also served as an assistant district attorney in the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor in New York City and as an assistant attorney general for the State of Ohio. I also have experience in television news and worked as an on-air reporter in the Bronx and Brooklyn where I’d film, write and edit my own stories. I went to law school at Ohio State University and then got my master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.
Like all journalists who write for The Times, I am committed to upholding the standards of integrity outlined in The Times’s Ethical Journalism Handbook.
Donald J. Trump’s sentencing in Manhattan was delayed, thanks in part to his legal resources and political status. It raised a question: Is he above the law?
By Ben Protess, Kate Christobek and William K. Rashbaum
The decision by Justice Juan M. Merchan means voters will be left in the dark about whether the former president will face time behind bars.
By Ben Protess, Kate Christobek and William K. Rashbaum
Judge Alvin Hellerstein said the Supreme Court’s finding that presidents enjoy immunity does not apply in the hush-money case in which Donald Trump was already convicted.
By Jesse McKinley
Ms. James, New York’s attorney general, argued that the civil fraud judgment, which the former president has appealed, should stand. It could wipe out his cash reserves.
By Kate Christobek and Ben Protess
Lawyers for Donald J. Trump had asked to move his sentencing in Manhattan on 34 felony counts to after the election. In a letter, prosecutors disputed many of their arguments.
By Ben Protess, Kate Christobek and Jonah E. Bromwich
Donald J. Trump, who has routinely sought delays in his four criminal cases, wants to use the extra time to fight his conviction on 34 felony counts in Manhattan.
By Ben Protess, Kate Christobek and Jonah E. Bromwich
Justice Juan M. Merchan, who oversaw the trial that led to Donald J. Trump’s conviction, declined for a third time to step aside from the case, dismissing claims from defense lawyers that he had a conflict of interest.
By Kate Christobek and Ben Protess
In a ruling on Monday, a New York judge decided against imposing an outside monitor and pressed the gun group to change its administrative practices.
By Danny Hakim and Kate Christobek
The new chief executive is at odds with the new board president, just as the organization is arguing against a court-ordered monitor to oversee its finances.
By Danny Hakim and Kate Christobek
Attorney General Letitia James wants a monitor appointed to oversee the gun group’s accounts after millions in misspending.
By Danny Hakim and Kate Christobek