Carrie Johnson
Carrie Johnson is a justice correspondent for the Washington Desk.
She covers a wide variety of stories about justice issues, law enforcement, and legal affairs for NPR's flagship programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as the newscasts and NPR.org.
Johnson has chronicled major challenges to the landmark voting rights law, a botched law enforcement operation targeting gun traffickers along the Southwest border, and the Obama administration's deadly drone program for suspected terrorists overseas.
Prior to coming to NPR in 2010, Johnson worked at the Washington Post for 10 years, where she closely observed the FBI, the Justice Department, and criminal trials of the former leaders of Enron, HealthSouth, and Tyco. Earlier in her career, she wrote about courts for the weekly publication Legal Times.
Her work has been honored with awards from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, the Society for Professional Journalists, SABEW, and the National Juvenile Defender Center. She has been a finalist for the Loeb Award for financial journalism and for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for team coverage of the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas.
Johnson is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Benedictine University in Illinois.
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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has released the transcript for former President Donald Trump's arraignment hearing Tuesday afternoon. Read it here. -
In the face of allegations of bias, Attorney General Merrick Garland called Jack Smith a "veteran career prosecutor" with a "commitment to integrity and the rule of law." -
The former president was ordered not to speak to any witnesses, including his aide Walt Nauta, who was also indicted for concealing documents and making false statements. -
The former president has been indicted on seven counts, including willful retention of information related to national defense and at least one false statements charge, a source tells NPR. -
The notice from the Department of Justice gives Trump's lawyers a chance to argue against indictment. People who receive target letters are usually indicted, but not always. -
Advocates are hoping more survivors of sexual assaults in federal prison can use a new method to win early release. -
Two sources confirm the Justice Department sent a letter to former Vice President Mike Pence saying the investigation would close without any finding of criminal wrongdoing. -
The punishment for Stewart Rhodes on a seditious conspiracy charge could set the bar for others, including top members of the far-right Proud Boys group, this summer. -
Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York, has faced controversy, calls for his resignation and probes over his many falsehoods. Now he faces a federal criminal charge. -
After four months of trial, a jury has convicted Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and other members of the far-right club of seditious conspiracy for their roles on Jan. 6, 2021.
