Hannah Rabinowitz - Reporter
Hannah Rabinowitz
Reporter
Hannah Rabinowitz is a reporter for CNN covering the Justice Department.
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Board recommends that Trump White House official Jeffrey Clark be disbarred for efforts to overturn 2020 election
Jul 31, 2025
A Washington, DC, disciplinary board recommended Thursday that Jeffrey Clark, an attorney and longtime ally of President Donald Trump, should lose his law license for trying to include the Justice Department in Trump’s failed attempt to subvert the 2020 election results.
Justice Department fires two senior antitrust attorneys, alleging insubordination
Jul 30, 2025
The Justice Department has fired two senior antitrust attorneys who disagreed with the handling of a merger between two powerhouse companies, two sources told CNN.
Democratic-led states sue over Trump administration’s effort to obtain personal information of SNAP recipients
Jul 28, 2025
Twenty states are suing the Trump administration, alleging that the Department of Agriculture is improperly attempting to gather sensitive personal information of low-income families across the country who use food stamps.
Judge declines to release grand jury documents from the criminal probe into Jeffrey Epstein
Jul 23, 2025
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday declined to release additional grand jury documents from the criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, marking the first roadblock in the Justice Department’s efforts to quell the public backlash over the handling of the case.
DOJ moves to release grand jury testimony in Epstein case
Jul 18, 2025
The Trump administration’s chaotic handling of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files continued Friday as the Justice Department asked a federal judge to make public years-old grand jury testimony made behind closed doors against the convicted sex offender.
What to know about the Jeffrey Epstein saga
Jul 18, 2025
Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, his Justice Department has promised, reneged, and then promised again to deliver new and potentially explosive evidence on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged underworld of pedophilia.
Attorney General Bondi visits Alcatraz as Trump floats idea of reopening the former federal prison
Jul 17, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi is touring former Alcatraz prison and the surrounding island, as the Trump administration pushes the idea of re-establishing it as a prison more than 60 years after it was closed.
Maurene Comey, fired by Trump DOJ, says ‘fear is the tool of the tyrant’ in memo to her former colleagues
Jul 17, 2025
Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor and the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, told her former colleagues in an email that her sudden firing should “fuel the fire” of their work fighting abuses of power.
House Speaker Johnson joins growing number of Republicans pressing Trump administration for more transparency on Epstein case
Jul 15, 2025
Some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress aren’t satisfied by his decision to not release additional files from the Jeffrey Epstein case, and it’s threatening to deepen the MAGA divide he now faces from his base.
Trump’s White House has taken over the Justice Department’s PR strategy
Jul 15, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on Fox News last week to tease a major event: The Justice Department would release long-awaited documents related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Justice Department ethics chief says he was fired
Jul 14, 2025
The Justice Department has fired at least a dozen employees in recent weeks who at one time worked with former special counsel Jack Smith, ranging from a senior ethics official to low-level support staff, sources familiar with matter tell CNN.
Deputy FBI Director Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid Epstein files fallout, sources say
Jul 12, 2025
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid a major clash between the FBI and Justice Department over the continued fallout from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein memo, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Trump administration sues California over law allowing transgender students to play on sports teams of their choice
Jul 9, 2025
The Trump administration filed another lawsuit Wednesday challenging state policies that allow transgender students to play on sports teams of their choice – this time against California.
Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide and there’s no ‘client list,’ Justice Department says
Jul 7, 2025
After months of touting the impending release of new, blockbuster information on accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, the Justice Department announced in a memo Monday that there is no evidence he kept a “client list” or was murdered.
Law used to kick out Nazis could be used to strip citizenship from many more Americans
Jul 4, 2025
For decades, the US Department of Justice has used a tool to sniff out former Nazis who lied their way into becoming American citizens: a law that allowed the department to denaturalize, or strip, citizenship from criminals who falsified their records or hid their illicit pasts.
FBI arrests one man, searches laptops in 16 states in crackdown on North Korean tech-worker scheme
Jun 30, 2025
US law enforcement has arrested a New Jersey man and searched stashes of laptops in 16 states in a sweeping crackdown on North Korean efforts to use remote tech workers to covertly fund their weapons programs, the Justice Department said Monday.
About
Hannah Rabinowitz is a reporter for CNN covering the Justice Department.
Based in Washington DC, Rabinowitz previously worked as a producer covering the Department of Justice, law enforcement and legal matters.
