Kara Scannell,Lauren

Kara Scannell is a CNN correspondent based in New York specializing in law, crime and business investigations. She joined CNN in 2017 and previously reported for the Financial Times where she broke stories on tax evasion schemes, cyber security breaches and insider trading. Prior to the FT, Scannell spent over a decade at the Wall Street Journal revealing lapses in SEC oversight and exposing red flags that could have uncovered the Madoff Ponzi scheme. Her reporting on high-profile criminal trials involving Martha Stewart and Enron earned her recognition as a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. Scannell began her journalism career at CNNfn.

Biography:  https://www.cnn.com/profiles/kara-scannell-profile

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This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

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Broke On: Wednesday, 29 May 2024 Two juries will begin deliberations this week in historic criminal trials against former U.S. President Donald Trump, with the first trial focusing on falsifying business records related to hush money payments and the second on his involvement with Stormy Daniels.