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Political Investigative Producer with @CBSNews. Formerly @VICENews, @OCCRP, @N_Map, @InsideNatGeo Young Explorer.

Washington DC
Joined January 2011
In the weeks ahead of the midterms, armed federal agents are knocking on doors of U.S. residents and asking about their immigration status + if they've voted. A former homeland security agent with 20+ years of experience says he's never seen anything like it.
Armed and in uniform, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been knocking on doors in several states to ask residents about their immigration status — and to inquire if they have registered to vote or cast votes in past elections, a CBS News Investigation has found. The operation is part of an effort to root out potential noncitizen voters ahead of the midterms. cbsn.ws/4eF7Zyv
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NEW on the pardon economy: We found Trump's clemency orders erased at least $119M in restitution owed to victims, w/ 18 recipients left off the hook who had White House ties. We spoke to several victims, from small business owners to retirees @CBSNews
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Senate Democrats ask White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles about the meme coin dinner President Trump is expected to attend, citing @CBSNews reporting that over half of the buyers to attend it appear to be based in foreign countries.
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A federal judge ruled late Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's practice of knocking on doors and asking people about their immigration status — and whether they have voted in recent elections — likely violates the Voting Rights Act. cbsn.ws/4i1xGM6
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In Kansas, a tornado warning for Republicans: our @CBSEveningNews report on the ground for one of the surprises of the cycle. We spent time with a Trump supporting cattle rancher who told me he’s undecided on the Senate race and, for the first time, open to the Democrat:
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At the $TRUMP coin gala next month, the top 185 holders of the meme coin will have the chance to hear the President speak. Our @cbsnews investigative team looked into the top buyers of $TRUMP so far, and found that many may be based overseas. With @gekaminsky @BySteveReilly
More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump's next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers, indicating that many of the buyers are based overseas, according to a CBS News analysis. cbsn.ws/3W8vVUC
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NEW: More than half of the 100 wallets listed as competing for seats at President Trump's Nov. 22 meme coin dinner used crypto exchanges that bar U.S. customers, @CBSNews found w/ @madbmay + @BySteveReilly
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New — Republicans and Democrats are divided over almost everything in Washington. Apparently that includes where to eat. @washingtonsun analyzed 1.6M+ FEC operating-expenditure records and found campaigns spent more than $9M at 829 D.C.-area restaurants this cycle. Republicans’ top spot: The Capital Grille, where GOP campaigns spent more than $500k. / Democrats’ favorite: Paraiso, followed by Osteria Morini, AMA and L’Ardente. There was a big divide in how much the parties spent: Republican campaigns dropped about $5M at restaurants compared with $3.9M for Democrats — despite almost the exact same number of campaigns in the analysis. Steve Scalise was the biggest spender of all, with nearly $517k across 79 restaurants, including almost $117k at Ocean Prime. Hakeem Jeffries led Democrats with more than $160k across 31 restaurants, including nearly $45k at Osteria Morini. More on what Washington run: Politics and food washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
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NEWS: Trump to host "most EXCLUSIVE DINNER IN THE WORLD" for top 185 purchasers of his meme crypto Buying $1M (or less!) worth of $TRUMP coin should get you in Nov 22 Trump has pocketed $635 million Investors down +$4 billion on Trump crypto Invite ⬇️ washingtonsun.com/whitehouse…
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We traveled to the African country of Liberia to speak to Latin American deportees ICE sent thousands of miles away from their homelands. Today, the Supreme Court allowed those “third country” deportations to continue. Our 10-min report from West Africa:
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CBS News Exclusive: New photos reveal widespread damage at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East caused by Iranian attacks. cbsn.ws/4iP6Nfd
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CBS Exclusive: We traveled to West Africa to speak to Latin American deportees the Trump administration has effectively banished here. We met a Brazilian woman, and men from Colombia, Venezuela and other nations. They said they had never heard of Liberia before being sent here.
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In a hidden-camera operation, pardon brokers Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl said that for $300,000, they could help a felon get a pardon from the president. They said their services included working with influencers to advocate for his case. cbsn.ws/3VdugN7
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Scoop: 4 anonymous accounts that perfectly correspond w/ Trump & sons’ holdings have taken first step to enable offloading of family’s own crypto, records show Could be worth billions of dollars Meanwhile, retail investors have lost +$1B washingtonsun.com/donald-tru…
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Inside meetings discussing how to comply with Trump's executive order regulating mail voting, top U.S. Postal Service officials expressed concerns that the rules they were drafting could block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters. NEW: propublica.org/article/mail-…
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