Marshall Cohen - Reporter
Marshall Cohen
Reporter
Marshall Cohen is a CNN reporter based in Washington,
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Pro-Trump network OAN and Smartmatic settle 2020 election defamation case
Apr 17, 2024
Voting technology company Smartmatic and the far-right network One America News said Tuesday they have reached a confidential settlement over a defamation lawsuit stemming from the outlet’s lies about the 2020 election.
Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s arguments over obstruction charge used against January 6 rioters
Apr 16, 2024
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority indicated Tuesday that it may toss out a charge prosecutors have lodged against hundreds of people who took part in the January 6, 2021, riot on the US Capitol, a decision that could force the Justice Department to reopen some of those cases.
Federal judge rejects Hunter Biden’s attempts to throw out gun indictment in Delaware
Apr 13, 2024
A federal judge has rejected several attempts by Hunter Biden to throw out his felony gun indictment in Delaware.
How Speaker Johnson helped Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election
Apr 12, 2024
Years before becoming House speaker, Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana played a leading role aiding Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Breaking down Trump’s attacks on the daughter of the judge in his New York hush-money trial
Apr 7, 2024
Former President Donald Trump recently ramped up his attacks against the daughter of the judge presiding over his hush-money criminal case in New York.
RFK Jr. raises possibility that January 6 wasn’t a ‘true insurrection’
Apr 6, 2024
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a statement on Friday raising the possibility that the January 6th, 2021, attack on the Capitol was not a “true insurrection” while expressing concern about the “weaponization of government” against those charged with crimes in connection to the riot.
Fact check: RFK Jr. repeats, and then retracts, long-debunked claim that January 6 rioters ‘carried no weapons’
Apr 6, 2024
In a formal written statement on Friday, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated the wildly inaccurate claim that the participants in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol “carried no weapons” – and then, three hours later, said he was retracting the claim because he had learned he was incorrect.
Federal judge condemns ‘normalization’ of January 6 while sentencing defiant rioter
Apr 3, 2024
A federal judge on Wednesday blasted a convicted January 6 rioter for downplaying the US Capitol attack and using the kind of revisionist rhetoric that former President Donald Trump often uses on the campaign trial.
Judge schedules Newsmax case over 2020 election lies for September trial
Apr 3, 2024
A judge has scheduled a major defamation case against right-wing cable channel Newsmax to go to trial in late September, putting the battle over 2020 election lies front-and-center at the peak of the 2024 campaign.
Federal judge won’t dismiss Hunter Biden’s tax charges, paving way for June trial
Apr 2, 2024
A federal judge has denied Hunter Biden’s attempts to throw out his felony tax indictment, paving the way for a trial in June.
Tracking the major 14th Amendment efforts to remove Trump from the 2024 ballot
Apr 1, 2024
CNN has been tracking the major decisions on Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 presidential race. Here’s where the major anti-Trump ballot challenges stand across the US.
Judge appears skeptical of Hunter Biden’s attempt to get tax charges dismissed
Mar 28, 2024
A federal judge appeared skeptical Wednesday of arguments from Hunter Biden’s lawyers that his felony tax indictment should be dismissed, potentially teeing up a trial this summer.
Hunter Biden will seek to dismiss felony tax charges at Los Angeles hearing Wednesday
Mar 27, 2024
Attorneys for Hunter Biden and special counsel David Weiss are set for a courtroom showdown Wednesday over the future of his felony tax indictment.
Trump warned Pence certifying election results would be a ‘career killer,’ witness testified
Mar 22, 2024
On the morning of January 6, 2021, in a last-ditch bid to overturn his election loss, then-President Donald Trump told then-Vice President Mike Pence that his decision to uphold his constitutional duty and certify the results later that day would be “a political career killer,” according to a witness who overheard part of the call.
Pro-Trump lawyer surrenders in Michigan after DC arrest and Dominion leaks
Mar 22, 2024
Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert surrendered Thursday to Michigan authorities in connection with her 2020 election tampering indictment, after a wild week where she was labeled a fugitive and spent a night in jail after being arrested in Washington, DC.
Pro-Trump lawyer released from DC jail after pledging to surrender in Michigan election-tampering case
Mar 20, 2024
A judge on Tuesday released pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert from a Washington, DC, jail after she promised to immediately return to Michigan and surrender to authorities there, where there is a warrant related to her indictment on election-tampering charges.
About
Marshall Cohen is a CNN reporter based in Washington, DC. Since joining CNN in 2015, he has covered the 2016 election, the Russia investigation, Trump-Ukraine impeachment, the 2020 election and the January 6 insurrection.
His work has focused on high-profile legal cases, Justice Department investigations, and congressional probes. He has appeared on-air for CNN and in original videos for CNN.com, and has published hundreds of articles, fact-checks, analysis pieces and interactive projects.
Cohen has received several awards over the years. He won an Emmy Award in 2020 and has received three additional Emmy nominations. He has also received awards from the Radio & Television Correspondents’ Association and from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Before joining CNN, Cohen was a producer at CBS News, and worked for its Sunday morning public affairs program, “Face the Nation.”
Cohen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Northwestern University with degrees in journalism and political science.
