CAPI in the Press

2020:

January 24, 2020:  Berit Berger discusses the ongoing impeachment trial on NBC News Now.

January 13, 2020:  Berit Berger appears on The Beat with Ari Melber to discuss procedures for the Senate impeachment trial.

January 8, 2020:  Berit Berger discusses the introduction of new evidence in a Senate impeachment trial with Brian Williams.

January 6, 2020:  Berit Berger quoted by the Hollywood Reporter about protections extended to Harvey Weinstein's victims during his trial.  

2019:

December 7, 2019:  Berit Berger discusses the President's participation in the impechment process with David Gura.

December 5, 2019: Berit Berger joins Brian Williams to discuss reports of an investigation by the Southern District into Rudy Giuliani.

November 27, 2019: Berit Berger discusses the potential conflicts of interest of Rudy Giuliani's legal work on Hardball.

November 18, 2019:  Berit Berger joins Stephanie Ruhle to discuss how Democrats will try to advance their case for removing the president from office. 

November 17, 2019"  Jennifer Rodgers authored a piece discussing the President's intimidation of state department witnesses.

November 7, 2019: Berit Berger joins Deadline White House to discuss the testimony of state department witnesses in the impeachment hearings. 

October 29, 2019: Berit Berger speaks with Nicolle Wallace about impeachment proceedings.

October 22, 2019: Berit Berger joins Ari Melber for a special impeachment special on MSNBC.

October 16, 2019:  Berit Berger joins Brian Williams on MSNBC to discuss the criminal investigations by the SDNY into Giuliani associates.

October 12, 2019:  The Post and Courier cites CAPI's 2016 report noting that small municipalities are susceptible to corruption because many don’t have the “kind of oversight and enforcement mechanisms” that larger government agencies employ. 

October 7, 2019:  Berit Berger joins Ari Melber on MSNBC to discuss the legal jeopardy facing the President's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

October 7, 2019:  Jennifer Rodgers authored a piece discussing the President's novel claims of immunity and how the courts have pushed back.

October 5, 2019:  Berit Berger speaks with NPR's Weekend Edition about legal avenues in Ukraine Affair.

October 1, 2019:  Berit Berger joins Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC to discuss the impending impeachment inquiry.

September 30, 2019:  Berit Berger joins Brian Williams on MSNBC to discuss congressional subpoenas served against Rudy Giuliani and potential claims of privilege.

September 29, 2019: Berit Berger former CAPI ED Jennifer Rodgers coauthor a piece in USA Today about the role of the Department of Justice in the Ukraine scandal.

September 26, 2019: Berit Berger quoted in the New York Times discussing affect of potential police misconduct in Harvey Weinstein trial.

September 26, 2019: Berit Berger quoted in Law360 article about allegations of governmental wrongdoing in Ukraine coverup.

September 10: Berit Berger joins Ari Melber on MSNBC to discuss the potential emoluments violations by the Trump Administration.

July 23: Berit Berger joins Deadline Whitehouse on MSNBC to discuss the legal argument for starting an impeachment inquiry.

July 22: Berit Berger appears on The 11th Hour with Brian Williams to discuss Robert Mueller’s upcoming testimony and the DOJ’s letter about the parameter’s of his testimony. 

July 11: Berit Berger coauthors a piece in the Daily Beast on Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s controversial role in the Jeffrey Epstein non-prosecution agreement. 

July 10: Berit Berger appears on NPR to provide further commentary on Jeffrey Epstein.

July 9: Berit Berger is interviewed by Vox about the recent Epstein charges and the previous non-prosecution agreement. 

July 8: Berit Berger discusses the recent charges against Jeffrey Epstein with Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC.

June 21: Gotham Gazette reports on CAPI’s signature conference, Global Cities III, which took place on June 20th and 21st. 

June 10: CAPI Executive Director Berit Berger joins Nicole D. Wallace on MSNBC to discuss bills advanced by Democrats that would magnify wrongdoing found in Mueller Report.

June 5: Berit Berger appears on The Beat with Ari Melber to discuss Democrats’ subpoena efforts with regard to the Mueller Report.

May 7: Berit Berger speaks with Nicole D. Wallace on MSNBC about claims that the White House instructed ex-Counsel Don McGahn not to hand over Mueller probe documents, stressing the powerfulness of potentially having Don McGahn testify as a live witness.

May 1: Times Union reports on Berit Berger’s keynote address on New York State’s ethics climate at a symposium in Albany on New York State’s corruption problem.

April 11: Berit Berger becomes a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.

April 5: Berit Berger is quoted in a 538 article about the continuing investigations into the Trump Administration, following the release of the Mueller Report.

March 25: Berit Berger appears on MSNBC’s the 11th Hour, discussing whether the Mueller report will impact other Trump-related investigations.

March 19: Berit Berger is quoted in the New York Times considering the legal ramifications of the college admission scandal.

March 19: Former CAPI Executive Director, Jennifer Rodgers, contributes an opinion article to CNN on President Trump’s use of pardon powers.

March 13: Berit Berger speaks on Yahoo Finance about Paul Manafort’s sentence and indictment on New York State charges.

March 12: Berit Berger appears on MSNBC to discuss the legal aspects of the College Admissions Scandal with Velshi & Ruhle

March 7: Columbia Law School publishes an article of Q&A with Berit Berger on the likely legal actions after the Mueller report is delivered.

February 23: Berit Berger co-authors an op-ed for NBC’s THINK on Jeffrey Epstein’s deal with federal prosecutors. 

February 13: CAPI’s campaign finance reform recommendations are mentioned in Legislators Pursue Campaign Finance Reform for District Attorneys.

February 12: Berit Berger appears on Richard French Live to discuss Special Counsel Mueller’s shifting focus towards Ukraine and Russia Sanctions.

January 17: Berit Berger is quoted in a 538 article discussing the legal threat that New York Attorney General investigations pose to the Trump Administration.

January 8: Berit Berger is quoted by the New York Law Journal on the need for New York State to reinforce institutions to enforce ethics violations.

2018:

December 21: Berit Berger sat down with Norwegian Magazine VG for a wide-ranging article on the investigations into the Trump Administration. (Article in Norwegian)

December 12: Berit Berger appears on Spectrum News NY 1 to discuss with Errol Louis and Nicole Argentieri what comes next for Michael Cohen after his sentence and what it means for Donald Trump himself.

December 9: Berit Berger is quoted in a New York Times article about the specifics of Michael Cohen’s agreement to cooperate with prosecutors. 

November 8: Berit Berger gives her opinion on Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on NPR.

October 29: Berit Berger discusses the 29 charges the suspect in the Pittsburg Synagogue massacre is facing on Fox News’ The Daily Briefing.

October 1: New Executive Director Berit Berger appears on Fox News to discuss next steps in the Kavanaugh confirmation process following the Ford hearings.

June 14: The Wall Street Journal reached out to Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers for comment on the New York attorney general's lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his family foundation.

June 9: Columbia News interviewed Jennifer Rodgers on Former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate Testimony.

June 6: Jennifer Rodgers announced that she will be joining CNN as a legal analyst, exclaiming, "Looking forward to working with my new and incredibly talented colleagues to unpack and hopefully make some sense of the important legal issues of the day."

June 4: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers spoke with City and State about local prosecutors who have jurisdiction over President Trump's activities. 

June 1: Jennifer Rodgers spoke to Newsday about the U.S. Attorney’s Office renewed efforts to prosecute Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his wife, Linda Mangano, on charges related to bribery.

May 23: On The Beat with Ari Melber, Jennifer Rodgers discussed Rudy Giuliani's career.

May 21: CAPI's executive director, Jennifer Rodgers, was appointed by New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio, to the Automated Decision Systems task force.

May 17: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers joined CNN's Brianna Keilar and MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss the one year mark in the ongoing Robert Mueller investigation

May 11: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers praised the Southern District of New York's prosecutors whose efforts led to the conviction of Sheldon Silver, former Democratic speaker of the New York State Assembly, on charges of corruption.  This is a story with which she spoke to the New York Times about earlier in May. 

May 10: Jennifer Rodgers joined Lawrence O'Donnell on The Last Word to comment on the payments Michael Cohen received from AT&T, Novartis, Korea Aerospace, and others.

May 10: In a New York Times article, Jennifer Rodgers argued that the prosecution's federal corruption retrial case against Sheldon Silver “should not be any weaker,” explaining that “there’s plenty of evidence that he committed these crimes.”

May 9: Jennifer Rodgers appeared on CBS News to discuss Michael Avenatti's claims that Michael Cohen received payments from a firm controlled by a Russian oligarch.

May 9: "He has been one of the most active and aggressive attorneys general in pushing back against the administration" stated Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers in an interview with The Wall Street Journal regarding Former NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

April 26: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers chatted with Brian Williams on The 11th Hour about the legal implications of President Donald Trump's talk with Fox News.

April 25: Jeniffer Rodgers joins MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on her show to speak about Mick Mulvaney, Scott Pruitt, and ethics disasters.  She explains, "There are two questions: (1) do we want this pay-to-play culture in Washington...and (2) is Mulvaney on the [legal] hook for a bribery scheme while he was in Congress?"

April 19: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers and CAPI Advisory Board member Daniel S. Goldman appeared on CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin.

April 16: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers joined MSNBC's The 11th Hour with Brian Williams to chat about the day's court hearing which pitted her former office, the Southern District of New York, against Michael Cohen and President Donald Trump.

April 12: CAPI Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers appeared with Jon Berman on CNN Newsroom to discuss the Michael Cohen search and its potential fallout.

April 11: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discussed the recent Department of Justice investigation of Michael Cohen with the New York Law Journal.  

April 11: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discussed how Federal investigators sought Trump’s communications with his lawyer about ‘Access Hollywood’ tape with The Washington Post. 

March 4: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers appeared on Metrofocus to discuss the trial of New York Governor Cuomo's former top aide, Joseph Percoco. 

March 2: Could Sessions face perjury charges? Former federal prosecutors think not. Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers spoke with The Washington Post.

February 6: Jennifer Rodgers spoke live on The Brian Lehrer Show to analyze the Nunes memo. 

February 2: The Eleventh Hour with Brian Williams hosted Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers to discuss the Nunes memo. 

January 24: "The question is: were they protecting him because... they're all in on this and they need to protect him to protect themselves or is it just part of this paranoia..." Our Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers on Deadline White House with Nicole D. Wallace.

January 22: After releasing Raising the Bar: Reducing Conflicts of Interest and Increasing Transparency in District Attorney Campaign Fundraising, CAPI appeared in the New York Times, the New York Law Journal, Gotham Gazette, New York Post, Observer, New York Daily News, and Courthouse News. 

January 15: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers appeared on The Eleventh Hour with Brian Williams to discuss the Russia Investigation

January 10: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers spoke in two segments on The Eleventh Hour with Brian Williams about the Trump dossier. Watch segment one here and segment two here. 

January 9: Newsday announced that Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers is proud to be working with Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini to help create a more transparent office.

2017:

December 19: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers appeared on The Eleventh Hour with Brian Williams.

December 18: Hardball with Chris Matthews hosted Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers to discuss the dangers of throwing around words such as "corruption," "coup," and "conflicts of interest" in regards to the Mueller investigation on Russia. 

December 11: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers appeared on The Beat with Ari Melber.

December 7: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers appeared on The Eleventh Hour with Brian Williams to discuss what it means for Trump Jr. to have claimed attorney-client privilege.

December 1: BuzzFeedNews interviewed Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers to discuss Michael Flynn's plea deal and how it makes him a key witness in Robert Mueller's investigation.

December 1: Jennifer Rodgers, CAPI's Executive Director, spoke about Michael Flynn's guilty plea with The Takeaway.

November 30: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers appeared on The Eleventh Hour with Brian Williams to discuss the laws related to President Trump's potential obstruction of justice of the Russia investigation.

November 25: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers participated in The Beat with Ari Melber Thanksgiving Special at John Jay College with Michael Waldman from the Brennan Center.

November 21: Newsday announced that Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers was selected to serve on Suffolk County's DA-elect Timothy Sini's transition team.

November 10: Brian Williams and Jennifer Rodgers spoke about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Michael Flynn on The Eleventh Hour.

November 2: NBC News interviewed Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about President Trump's tweets in the aftermath of the New York City terrorist tuck attack. 

October 30: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers appeared on The Eleventh Hour with Brian Williams, Hardball with Chris Matthews, and All in with Chris Hayes.

October 30: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers appeared on CBC News to discuss Robert Mueller's probe. 

October 30: In an interview with The Takeaway, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers speaks about the Paul Manafort indictment. 

October 30: In an interview with The Brian Lehrer Show on NPR, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers explains special counsel Robert Mueller's indictments. 

October 30: In an interview with Metrofocus, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers dissects the allegations against Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his longtime business associate Rick Gates.

October 30: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discusses the charges against Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his business associate Rick Gates with NBC News. 

October 24: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers appeared on NPR to discuss money laundering and why it matters to special counsel Robert Mueller. 

October 16: CAPI announced in the New York Times the independent review of Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr.'s campaign contributions. 

September 26: After Anthony Weiner's prison term was decided, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers spoke to The New York Times about where he will serve his sentence. 

September 26: In a conversation with City and State, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers spoke about how former state Senate Majority Leader, Dean Skelos, had his corruption conviction vacated. 

September 21: Executive Director, Jennifer Rodgers appeared on NPR All Things Considered to discuss how states are banding together to take on President Trump. 

September 7: In an interview with Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball, Jennifer Rodgers spoke about the contradictory explanations of Donald Trump Jr's testimony.  

August 30: In a conversation with MSNBC, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discussed how Presidential Pardons might not end Russia prosecutions. 

August 22: Executive Director, Jennifer Rodgers spoke with McClatchy about Paul Manafort's involvement in Russia's potential meddling of the 2016 presidential election. 

August 9: Executive Director, Jennifer Rodgers spoke with City and State about the prison sentences of corrupt public officials. 

August 7: In a live interview on MSNBC's Hardball, Jennifer Rodgers spoke about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into President Trump.

July 31: Executive Director, Jennifer Rodgers spoke with Law360 to discuss why former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is taking a case he won to the Supreme Court. 

July 23: Executive Director, Jennifer Rodger spoke on MSNBC on making the case for why special counsel Mueller should look into President Trump's finances. 

July 20: In an interview with The Nation, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discussed the investigation into President Trump's attorney potentially being involved in Russian corruption.

July 16: Executive Director, Jennifer Rodgers spoke with The ALT on the impact of the Sheldon Silver case on the rulings of Percoco, Buffalo Billion trials. 

July 13: In an interview with The New York Times, Jennifer Rodgers spoke about how the 2015 Sheldon Silver corruption conviction was overturned and the implications for other similar convictions. 

July 13: Listen to our Executive Director, Jennifer Rodgers speak about the Sheldon Silver case on CBS radio.

July 13: Executive Director, Jennifer Rodgers explained the implications of the Sheldon Silver case to The New York Law Journal. 

July 13: In an interview with City and State, Executive Director, Jennifer Rodgers, discussed how the corruption conviction against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was overturned. 

June 13: In an interview with German Broadcasting ZDF, Executive Director spoke about Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee. 

June 9: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers answered five questions on former FBI Director James Comey's Senate testimony in Columbia News. 

June 8: In an interview with The Takeaway, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers explained what viewers should watch for during the Comey testimony.

June 8: In an interview with The Washington Post, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discussed President Trump's tweeting in regards to former FBI director James Comey's testimony. 

June 7: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers spoke with The Globe and Mail for a piece on former FBI director Comey's testimony. 

June 4: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers moderated a panel discussion at the New York City Bar Association titled, "Part-Time vs. Full-Time State Legislatures: The Virtues and Potential Ethical Challenges."

May 10: In an interview with Metrofocus, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers addressed the legal and ethical fallout associated with the removal of FBI Director, James Comey.

April 28: In an interview with USA Today, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discussed the conviction of eye doctor Salomon Melgan for Medicare fraud and the implications it has on the accusations against Senator Menendez. 

April 7: In an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discussed the implications of sports gambling in Las Vegas. 

March 27: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers spoke with Bloomberg News for a piece in the Chicago Tribune on the professional golfer Phil Mickelson. 

March 16: In an interview with City and State, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discussed the dropped charges against New York City Mayor de Blasio. 

March 15: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers spoke about U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara being released from the position with the Associated Press.

March 13: In an interview with Metrofocus, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discusses the dismissal of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara. 

March 11: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers spoke with CBS New York about the removal of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara. 

March 10: In an interview with CBS New York, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers addresses Attorney General Jeff Sessions' request for resignations of 46 U.S. attorneys.

March 3:  Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers spoke on a Bloomberg podcast to discuss Attorney General Jeff Sessions' announcement that he will recuse himself from any investigations into hacking the 2016 presidential election and the possibility that he will be brought up on charges of perjury. 

March 2: In an interview with The Washington Post, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers further explains the statues that apply to potential perjury charges pertaining to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

March 2: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers spoke with ATTN to discuss the potential perjury charges against Attorney General Jeff Sessions. 

January 31: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers again appeared on Metrofocus's continuing "Corruption Watch" series to discuss the ongoing federal corruption probe into possible wrongdoing by the DeBlasio Administration.

January 14: In an interview with Reuters, Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discusses Takata Corporation's $1 billion settlement, including charges against three top executives, as part of the U.S. Department of Justice's increased focus on individual wrongdoing.

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