Laura Jarrett will exit CNN to join NBC News as the network’s Senior Legal Correspondent reporting on the Justice Department and Supreme Court, the network announced Wednesday.
In the role, Jarrett will serve as the leading voice on news related to national legal law enforcement following Pete Williams’ retirement, and will appear on NBC News, MSNBC as well as NBC News NOW and NBC News Digital.
Jarrett will leave CNN after six years of service. Jarrett joins a number of executives and journalists who recently moved from CNN to NBC. These include Ryan Nobles (ex- CNN congressional correspondent), Rebecca Kutler (executive producer), and David Gelles (executive producer). “Meet The Press.”
Jarrett co-anchored CNN’s most recent newscast. “Early Start”Christine Romans began working with her in January 2020. She provided legal analysis on air of high-profile stories of national importance, including the reversal Roe v. Wade’s landmark decision, the Congressional investigations into Jan. 6 Capitol riots and investigations into former President Donald Trump, as well as the legal battles regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
The veteran journalist also served as the key correspondent for high profile cases related to the entertainment industry, including the Depp-Heard trial and Alec Baldwin’s settlement with Halyna Hutchins’ family. She also covered the death of Ahmaud Arbery, Derek Chauvin’s sentencing following the killing of George Floyd,
Other notable legal cases Jarrett reported on include Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, Trump’s travel ban and family separation policy and the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information.
Jarrett spent time in private practice before joining CNN. She was involved in pro bono cases and helped one victim of sextrafficking to apply a new Illinois law to erase past convictions.
Harvard Law School was her graduation where she self-published articles about the intersection of law, violence, and gender.
Jarrett will report to Rich Greenberg, NBC News Vice President and Head of the Investigative Unit, who welcomed her to the network in a staff-wide memo, and will collaborate with NBC News’ Investigative Unit as well as the Washington Bureau’s reporting teams.
She will also be working closely with Ken Dilanian (Justice and National Security Correspondent), Senior Legal and Investigative Corespondent Cynthia McFadden and Tom Winter (Investigative Correspondent Tom Winter), Julia Ainsley (Homeland Security Correspondent), and Lawrence Hurley (Supreme Court Reporter), among others.