Allison Gordon - Producer, CNN Investigates
Allison Gordon
Producer, CNN Investigates
Allison Gordon is a Producer for CNN's Investigative Unit based in Washington, DC.
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What Trump’s war on the ‘Deep State’ could mean: ‘An army of suck-ups’
Apr 27, 2024
At one campaign rally after another, former President Donald Trump whips his supporters into raucous cheers with a promise of what’s to come if he’s given another term in office: “We will demolish the deep state.”
An international tragedy: A father of 3 and a budding entrepreneur are among 6 victims of the Baltimore bridge collapse
Mar 30, 2024
They worked the overnight shift repairing potholes on a famed bridge that 30,000 Marylanders relied on every day. But early Thursday morning, a 212-million-pound cargo vessel crashed into a pillar, destroying the bridge and plunging the construction workers into the frigid water below.
Texas governor predicted donations would pay for busing migrants out of state. He’s collected less than 1% of that cost
Mar 15, 2024
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott boasted shortly after he began soliciting private donations for his controversial migrant busing program that there would likely “be no cost to the state” given the outpouring of support from concerned citizens across the country.But after nearly more than two years of fundraising to offset the program’s costs, Abbott’s operation has collected less than half of 1% of the roughly $150 million spent on busing migrants to sanctuary cities, according to a review of state records. And CNN found that the largest donation –$900,000 – never made it into the state’s coffers, either because it was a mistake or a prank.
Exclusive: Key figure in fake electors plot concealed damning posts on secret Twitter account from investigators
Feb 26, 2024
Kenneth Chesebro, the right-wing attorney who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot in 2020, concealed a secret Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in the election subversion scheme, a CNN KFile investigation has found.
‘I slept with my half-sibling’: Woman’s horror story reflects loosely regulated nature of US fertility industry
Feb 14, 2024
‘I was intimate with my half-brother’: Woman’s horror story reflects loosely regulated nature of US fertility industry
Michigan Republicans vote to oust embattled party leader Kristina Karamo
Jan 7, 2024
Michigan Republicans voted Saturday to oust Kristina Karamo, the embattled chair of the state Republican Party, from her leadership role.
‘Incompetent dumpster fire’: Michigan GOP rocked by financial turmoil and infighting
Dec 25, 2023
The Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference often lures a who’s who of GOP power players to Michigan. Wealthy donors shake hands with presidential candidates, who give rousing speeches to packed audiences in hopes of winning the conference’s straw poll.
Trump defends former influencer convicted of election interference who has racist, antisemitic past
Dec 18, 2023
Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. have come to the defense of a one-time social media influencer who has been convicted of election interference and has a well-known history of pushing deeply racist, antisemitic, anti-Muslim and homophobic content online.
Some young Americans on TikTok say they sympathize with Osama bin Laden
Nov 16, 2023
Dozens of young Americans have posted videos on TikTok this week expressing sympathy with Osama bin Laden, the notorious terrorist who orchestrated the September 11 attacks, for a two-decade-old letter he wrote critiquing the United States, including its government and support of Israel.
How antisemitic hate groups are using artificial intelligence in the wake of Hamas attacks
Nov 15, 2023
Hate groups and far-right internet trolls have seized on the tensions surrounding the Israel-Hamas war, while leveraging advances in artificial intelligence to further stoke antisemitism in the United States.
China is using the world’s largest known online disinformation operation to harass Americans, a CNN review finds
Nov 14, 2023
The Chinese government has built up the world’s largest known online disinformation operation and is using it to harass US residents, politicians, and businesses—at times threatening its targets with violence, a CNN review of court documents and public disclosures by social media companies has found.
How Microsoft is making a mess of the news after replacing staff with AI
Nov 2, 2023
False claims that President Joe Biden fell asleep during a moment of silence for victims of the Maui wildfire. A conspiracy theory that the latest surge in Covid-19 cases is being orchestrated by the Democratic Party ahead of the election. An obituary for a late NBA player that described him as “useless.”
New speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex
Oct 27, 2023
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a history of harsh anti-gay language from his time as an attorney for a socially conservative legal group in the mid-2000s.
Here’s what we know about the suspect in the Maine mass shooting
Oct 26, 2023
The suspect in the Maine mass shooting started making statements about hearing voices and wanting to hurt fellow soldiers while serving at a military base this summer, and spent a few weeks in a hospital, law enforcement officials told CNN.
Homemade rockets and modified AK-47s: An annotated look at Hamas’ deadly arsenal
Oct 13, 2023
Homemade rockets. Modified AK-47s. Decades-old Soviet machine guns. Cheap, second-hand, and purloined weapons comprised Hamas’ deadly makeshift arsenal that fueled a devastating, multi-pronged attack on Israel over the weekend.
About
Allison Gordon is a producer for CNN’s Investigative Unit based in Washington, DC. In this role, Gordon covers stories in the nation’s capital and across the country. Prior to joining the Investigative Unit, Gordon was an Anchor Producer for CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent, Pamela Brown. She also served as an Editorial Producer for CNN Newsroom, booking newsmakers and guests for back-to-back hours of live television, often during breaking news.
Before coming to CNN, Gordon was an intern for her hometown paper, The Atlanta Journal Constitution. In 2019, Gordon graduated with honors from Brown University. Upon graduation, she received the Clarkson A. Collins, Jr. Prize for the best thesis in American History.
