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CAPI in the Press Archives 2014-2016
2016:
December 1: Indonesia's MetroTV News speaks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers and Deputy
Director Gabriel Kuris for their segment on anti-corruption in America.
November 30: Politico talks with Executive Director Rodgers about US Attorney for the Southern
District of New York Preet Bharara's decision to stay on under the Trump administration.
October 16: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discusses the ongoing Bridgegate trial with USA
Today.
October 4: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers again joins MetroFocus for its ongoing "Corruption
Watch" series. Rodgers discussed the recent indictments of former aides to New York State Governor
Andrew M. Cuomo.
September 26: "Balancing Act: Looking Back at Russia and Rio" - Columbia Law School recaps our
"Fighting Corruption in Sports: The Challenge Posed by Doping" event on its homepage.
September 22: Gotham Gazette speaks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the public
corruption charges facing former aides to Governor Andrew Cuomo and the head of the SUNY
Polytechnic Institute, as well as, what they reveal about oversight of the state's "Buffalo Billion"
economic development project.
September 19: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers
consults with Politifact about New York State record
number of politicians convicted of corruption.
September 17: The Wall Street Journal speaks to
Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers for its "Reader's
Guide" on the "Bridgegate" scandal and trials.
September 5: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers
weighs in on the "Bridgegate" corruption trials for the Record New Jersey.
September 1: In an article outlining its new and innovative classes, Columbia Law School highlights
Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers' "Fighting Corruption in Sports" seminar.
August 29: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers again appeared on Metrofocus's continuing "Corruption
Watch" series to discuss allegations of wrongdoing in the sale of New York City's Rivington House.
August 25: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discusses the impact of Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver
being released on bail with the New York Times.
August 22: Dean Gillian Lester highlights exciting new course offerings at Columbia Law School this
year, including "Fighting Corruption in Sports" taught by Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers, in an
interview with Law.com
August 16: Law360 speaks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the conviction of
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
August 6: The Los Angeles Times talks with Executive Director Rodgers about the impact of
prosecutorial mishaps in the LA Coliseum corruption case.
July 25: The Record New Jersey speaks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about ex-Port
Authority chairman David Samson's incriminating emails.
July 19: Global Anticorruption Blog editor Matthew Stephenson highlights our What Comes Next? brief
on the McDonnell case in his latest blog post.
June 28: PBS Thirteen's MetroFocus interviews Executive Director Rodgers about how the McDonnell
case could affect corruption charges for other lawmakers.
June 28: The Times-Picayune talks with Executive Director Rodgers about what former Virginia
Governor McDonnell's overturned conviction means for former U.S. Representative William Jefferson's
corruption conviction.
June 28: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers provides an expert opinion on the potential impact of the
Supreme Court's "official acts" definition for The Christian Science Monitor.
June 27: Politico New York speaks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about how the McDonnell
case could influence the appeals of convicted New York State legislators Silver and Skelos.
June 27: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discusses how the Supreme Court's new definition of
"official acts" will affect the corruption charges against U.S. Senator Bob Menendez for The Record.
June 27: The Fiscal Times talks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about whether the Supreme
Court's McDonnell decision will impact the convictions of former New York State legislators Dean
Skelos and Sheldon Silver.
June 27: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers speaks with Morning Call about the implications former
Virginia Governor McDonnell's overturned conviction may have on the federal corruption probe in
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
June 8: NPR's All Things Considered talks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the arrest of
NYC Corrections Officers' Benevolent Association leader Norman Seabrook, the first criminal charge
stemming from the series of public corruption investigations into the NYPD and City Hall.
June 6: Gotham Gazette speaks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the independent
investigation into New York State's "Bufallo Billion" development project.
May 21: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers details the value of wiretaps in corruption investigations
with regards to the Allentown, Pennsylvania FBI probe for the Morning Call.
May 17: Executive Director Rodgers outlines obstacles to repealing legislation championed by corrupt
politicians Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver for the Gotham Gazette.
May 16: Read the City of Philadelphia's press release regarding CAPI's second Integrity in Brief publication,
authored by Philadelphia Inspector General Amy L. Kurland.
May 16: Executive Director Rodgers discusses the impact of potential Supreme Court rulings in the case
of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on the FBI probe into Allentown, PA officials with
the Morning Call.
May 13: Gotham Gazette talks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the ongoing
investigation into New York "Buffallo Billion" economic development project.
May 12: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers details corruption in the USA for GloboNews Sem
Fronteiras (Video) (Portuguese).
May 11: CAPI's event on former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is featured in the COGEL May
Newsletter.
May 5: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers weighs in on issues of privacy and smartphones for the New
York Post.
May 3: PBS Thirteen's Metrofocus interviews Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the sentencing
of former NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
May 3: The New York Daily News talks with Executive Director Rodgers about the chances that former
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be serve time in prison.
April 30: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discusses the independence of New York County District
Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. in the ongoing corruption investigations into New York City Mayor Bill de
Blasio with Gotham Gazette.
April 28: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers is quoted in Politico's New York Playbook.
April 28: The Gotham Gazette speaks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the ongoing
investigation into NYC Mayor de Blasio's handling of campaign finances.
April 26: The Global Anticorruption Blog covers our debate, "Criminalizing Politics or Catching
Corruption," on the merits of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell's Supreme Court appeal.
April 24: Executive Director Rodgers discusses NYC's ongoing corruption investigations with
the Associated Press.
April 14: The Laura and John Arnold Foundation announces their grant to expand CAPI's
anticorruption research hub at Columbia Law School.
April 5: Columbia Law School covers our event "The Water Crisis Next Door: Unraveling a Multi
Million Dollar Fraud in Newark."
March 14: Vice Media's Broadly speaks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the prosecution
strategy in the murder of a transgender Missippi teen.
February 25: Columbia Law School covers our event with NYPD Inspector General Philip Eure.
February 24: Voice of America talks with Executive Director Rodgers about public corruption in New
York State. (Mandarin)
2015:
December 18: The Bergen County Record talks to Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about possible
ethical missteps by law firm Gibson Dunn in their investigation of the closing of the George Washington
Bridge.
December 4: PBS Thirteen's Metrofocus interviews Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the
Sheldon Silver conviction.
December 3: Politico New York looks to Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers for expert insight on
Sheldon Silver's potential grounds for appeal.
December 3: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers talks with City & State about Sheldon Silver's shaky
grounds for appeal.
December 1: Law360 talks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about how Sheldon Silver's
conviction might change the behavior of law firms dealing with Albany.
November 12: "Government Corruption and the Politics-As-Usual Defense" - Columbia Law School's
take on our Corruption Roundup event.
November 2: Executive Director Rodgers talks with USA Today about the corruption trials of Sheldon
Silver and Dean Skelos.
Coverage of United States Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates' speech on criminal justice
reform at CAPI:
The Washington Post (10/29)
The Atlantic's CityLab (11/2)
CNS News (11/2)
Columbia Law School (11/4)
October 29: The New York Times looks to Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers for insight into the
ongoing trial of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
October 29: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers talks with Newsday about the fallout from this
month's trials of Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.
October 24: For a prosecutor's perspective on no-bid contracts awarded to Hillary Clinton fundraisers,
the Morning Call talks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers.
October 15: The International Business Times consults with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about
the penalties available to prosecutors investigating workplace safety violations.
October 8: Executive Director Rodgers talks with Gotham Gazette about the Buffalo Billion
controversy.
October 2: Politico New York consults with Executive Director Rodgers on the alleged leaks in the case
against former New York State Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
September 21: Crain's New York Business talks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers for its feature
on corruption in Albany.
August 18: CAPI's analysis of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's appeal is featured in
the Global Anti-corruption Blog.
August 7: Deputy Director Gabriel Kuris' case-study on Croatia's anti-corruption agency is featured
by Foreign Policy Magazine's Democracy Lab.
Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers weighs in on the federal corruption probe into the governments of
Allentown and Reading, PA.
The Morning Call (8/5)
The Morning Call (7/14)
The Morning Call (7/13)
The Morning Call (7/7)
June 23: What does the trial of former Democratic leader of the New York State Senate, John Sampson,
suggest about the cases against former State Assembly Leader Sheldon Silver and former State Senate
Majority Leader Dean Skelos? Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers weighs in for Bloomberg News.
Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers provides insights into the indictment of former U.S. House of
Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert.
The Washington Post (6/10)
The Washington Post (6/1)
Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers discusses the unsealed guilty plea of former FIFA official Chuck
Blazer:
SABC News (6/5) (Video)
SABC News (6/4) (Video)
SAfm (6/4) (Audio)
SABC News (6/4)
CAPI staff run a guest series on The Global Anticorruption Blog.
Part 1 (6/2)
Part 2 (6/4)
Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers weighs in on the indictment of 14 FIFA officials:
Fantástico (5/31) (Video - 02:40 mark) (Portuguese)
City Press (5/31)
City Press (5/31)
BBC 5's Wake Up to the Money (5/28) (Audio - 30:40 mark)
Executive Director Rodgers is consulted about the federal probe into New York's largest union of
correctional officers:
The Times of Israel (5/28)
Salon (5/27)
ABC News (5/27)
May 21: City and State consults with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the charges facing
former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former New York State Senate Majority
Leader Dean Skelos.
May 6: City and State asks Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers whether New York State Assembly
Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos could be imprisoned together.
Coverage of CAPI's Global Cities: Joining Forces Against Corruption conference:
The Atlantic's CityLab (5/8)
The Daily Beat: April 27, April 28, April 29, April 30
El Sol de México (4/24) (Spanish)
UnoTV (4/24) (Spanish)
La Jornada (4/24) (Spanish)
El Seminario (4/24) (Spanish)
Al Momento (4/24) (Spanish)
GrupoFórmula (4/24) (Spanish)
El Universal (4/24) (Spanish)
Excelsior (4/24) (Spanish)
SDP Noticias (4/24) (Spanish)
El Universal (4/23) (Spanish)
El Sol de México (4/23) (Spanish)
Gotham Gazette (4/20)
The Global Anticorruption Blog (3/26)
April 15: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers talks about the case of John Booker, Jr. with the Topeka
Capital-Journal.
March 19: The Global Anticorruption Blog covers CAPI's event, The Global Movement Against
Transnational Corruption.
March 15: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers' participation in Citizens Union's Civic Conversation
with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman profiled by the Gotham Gazette.
February 16: Columbia Law School covers CAPI's panel discussion of the charges against former New
York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
January 28: Deputy Director Gabriel Kuris is profiled by weekly magazine IR on his work strengthening
Anti-Corruption Agencies. (Latvian)
January 23: Weekly magazine IR covers Deputy Director Gabriel Kuris' presentation before the State
Chancellery of Latvia on reforms to the country's Anti-Corruption Agency. (Latvian)
Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers weighs in on the federal corruption charges facing New York State
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver:
Epoch Times (1/26)
Epoch Times (1/25)
Metrofocus (1/22) (Video)
City and State (1/22)
Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers' participation in the launch of a new transparency platform for
Mexico City:
Millenio (1/7) (Spanish)
El Financiero (1/6) (Spanish)
La Agenica de Gestión Urbana de la Ciudad de México (1/6) (Spanish)
2014:
Coverage from CAPI's Corruption in the 21st Century conference:
Columbia Law School (11/25)
The Wall Street Journal (11/14)
New York Times (11/14)
El Pais (11/14) (Spanish)
November 7: The New York Times looks to Executive Director
Jennifer Rodgers for her perspective on Michael Garcia's
investigation into FIFA corruption.
October 18: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers weighs in on
the impact of perceived corruption on the New York State
Gubernatorial race for Newsday.
September 25: The Contraloría General de la República del Perú covered Executive Director Jennifer Rodger's
presentation at the 5th Annual International Anti-Corruption Conference, in an article entitled Municipios
pequeños y lejanos deben tener sus propios mecanismos de control para restar oportunidades a la corrupción. English
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September 19: Columbia Law School recapped CAPI's first Perspectives in Public Integrity speaker series
event with MIT Professor Benjamin Olken.
September 16: The Charlotte Observer consults Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the
possibility that the Tony Stewart case will go to a grand jury.
July 26: Newsday speaks with Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers about the Moreland Commission
scandal.
July 18: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers cited on the risk of corruption allegations against two
former Utah Attorneys General appearing to be politically motivated in the National Law Journal.
June 18: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers gives her perspective as a former federal prosecutor in
a segment on the Rachel Maddow Show about the decision to try Benghazi attack suspect Ahmed Abu
Khatallah in civilian court. (Video)
Coverage of CAPI's inaugural conference, Busting Grafit and Boosting Budgets:
Columbia Law School (6/18)
Governing Magazine (6/16)
Coverage regarding the indictment of the former mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, Patrick Cannon:
Charlotte Observer (6/4)
United Press International (6/2)
Charlotte Observer (6/2)
May 7: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers consulted by the New York Law Journalregarding the
vacation of three murder cases in Kings County.
April 29: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers quoted by the Staten Island Advanceregarding the
corruption charges against Representative Michael Grimm.
March 16: Deputy Director Gabriel Kuris interviewed by The Times of India about his research into
anti-corruption agencies in emerging democracies.
Press coverage of the establishment of the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity:
The Manhattan Times (10/2)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (8/4)
The Wall Street Journal (8/2)
New Center Launched to Study Corruption and Accountability At the Municipal Level Around the
World (8/1)
Association of Inspectors General (5/19)