Rachel has a expertise for untangling complicated authorized instances and arguments in a reader-friendly approach and discovering tales in dense court docket information. Most not too long ago, she coated federal courts in Virginia, writing concerning the prosecution of former Trump marketing campaign chairman Paul Manafort, ISIS militants accused within the killings of American hostages and home terrorists.
Rachel did a deep profile on a former Metro police officer accused of being an ISIS-supporting neo-Nazi, a person who argued he was entrapped by the FBI. And he or she coated the continued authorized saga involving WikiLeaks, together with costs in opposition to Julian Assange and the imprisonment of Chelsea Manning.
Over the previous yr, she has labored on a workforce overlaying the crush of felony instances stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and was among the many reporters on the Earlier than, Throughout and After undertaking, which not too long ago received a Polk award.
Whereas overlaying federal court docket in Virginia, Rachel additionally reported on native police and courts in Arlington and Alexandria, a job she held beforehand. Earlier than that, she coated politics in Virginia and labored with The Repair.
Outdoors work, Rachel enjoys biking, cooking and attempting to maintain her two cats out of bother.
Please be a part of us in congratulating Rachel on her new function.