Katelyn Polantz

Come back for my Ted Talk in 20 years about how the courts weren't politically expedient enough during the Trump presidency to solve any of the really big Constitutional separation of powers questions before them

A DOJ spokeswoman said that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is recused “in any cases that are still ongoing where he previously represented someone.” This is the first time DOJ has publicly acknowledged that Blanche has recused from some investigations. W/ @evanperez @kpolantz cnn.com/2026/05/14/pol…

@stephen_haner @AliAhmdVA Would love to know which Roanoke Times legend may have said this! They’re right, of course. Wise, excellent newsroom (I’m an alum too)

@AliAhmdVA As an intern at the Roanoke Times more than 50 years ago I was told it was better to appear dumb in person than in print.

..rate.. the bills are still going up! and they are only slightly lowering the rate because of a new meals tax!

NEW: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will continue publishing! It has been acquired by the nonprofit Venetoulis Institute, which runs the Baltimore Banner. My story here: nytimes.com/2026/04/14/bus…

"How Can Students Cover #Epstein Connections on Campus?" Student Press Law Center @SPLC @jkbjournalist @kpolantz 7 Apr 2026 [1:01:37] #HumanTrafficking #Cult s.cultpodcasts.com/ZNSOKtpwQUyDAs… youtube.com/watch?v=GhnZvZ…

Jeanine Pirro's office has had an unusually low win rate in trials in Washington’s federal district court this year, at a moment when the White House has been clamoring for Trump’s Justice Department to deliver on prosecutions. New from @kpolantz cnn.com/2026/04/06/pol…

@joshgerstein The Julian Barnes declaration that set off Judge Friedman's Kafka radar: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Brutal news for a city and for the news industry. This paper won a Pulitzer Prize under stellar editor David Shribman for its 2018 coverage of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre.

Proud of the work we've done. Proud of what this place has meant and the people I/we have gotten to follow to try our best to uphold the tradition. Don't care about your religion, politics or level of Pirates anger. This sucks: post-gazette.com/local/city/202…

great reporting on an office in disarray. by @kpolantz and Devan Cole of @CNN cnn.com/2025/12/05/pol…

@jenniferwink It was Gaither v US law.justia.com/cases/federal/…

@kpolantz I just saw you on CNN and you said the court told the parties to look at a case from another court but you didn’t give the case name. I can’t find anything on Google. Do you remember the case? Please and thank you 🙏🏽

NEWS with ⁦@kpolantz⁩, ⁦@alaynatreene⁩ ⁦and @HBRabinowitz⁩: WH plans meeting with Lauren Boebert — a Republican who has said she wants the Justice Department to release their trove of Epstein files. cnn.com/2025/11/12/pol…

@docrod2008 Good question. Curious if this would be litigated. The Justice Manual (Crm 649-statute of limitation defenses) describes it as the window of time to commence “formal prosecution …. usually by return of an indictment or filing of an information”

@kpolantz RE statute of limitations, Do they have to charge Comey by midnight Tuesday, or does he have to be indicted by midnight Tuesday?

Good ⁦@kpolantz⁩ deep dive into the DOJ’s case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia. cnn.com/2025/06/20/pol…

Breaking on CNN: Trump’s pick for DC US Attorney Ed Martin failed to disclose nearly 200 media appearances to the Senate. In one, he said Trump investigators should be “charged under RICO” — the mafia law — suggesting officials who investigated should be jailed.

Her job as a new spokeswoman is defending Trump’s mass layoffs. She’s been posting influencer videos from her office, modeling & promoting fashionable clothing. @cnn story w/@pdicarlocnn @audrey_ashhh @CurtDevine @caseytolan

Trump's at war with the legal establishment. Perkins Coie, ABA, Georgetown Law. Industry adviser Cari Brunelle: “This is unprecedented in our country. The message is: Watch where you step" More: cnn.com/2025/03/11/pol…

NEW: A group of unions is challenging Elon Musk's demand for federal employees to describe their accomplishments from the past week in an email due by 11:59pm tonight. @kpolantz has the latest on why the group says it's an unlawful request.

NEW + exclusive details: Senior DOJ prosecutor in DC quit after being told by Trump political appointees to investigate Biden climate spending, sources say w ⁦@evanperez⁩ ⁦@DanaBashCNN⁩ ⁦@ella_nilsen⁩ + Jamie Gangel cnn.com/2025/02/18/pol…

NEW: The USAID Inspector General was fired on Tuesday, a day after his office released a report critical of the impact of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle USAID, a source familiar told CNN.

New from me: (CNN) — The Trump White House is demanding that government workers hunt for words like “immigrant” and “diversity” in billions of dollars worth of federal contracts with American companies to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing, raising concerns among staff that the contracts could modified or voided.