Adam Klasfeld

Journalism Fellow

Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) is an experienced legal journalist, most recently at The Messenger where he was the senior legal correspondent. He previously worked as the managing editor of the news outlet Law&Crime, where he helped lead their website operations and provided their audience with clear and straightforward coverage of legal news and high profile cases. During his tenure as a Courthouse News reporter, he covered then-President Donald Trump’s impeachment trials, Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case, Michael Cohen, and Chelsea Manning’s Wikileaks case, among many others. A graduate of Rutgers University, Klasfeld is a leading courtroom reporter. He is also on LinkedIn.

Klasfeld is also the author of Dispatches from the Trump Trial Courtroom in New York.

Articles by this author:

‘Election Fraud, Pure and Simple’: Trump’s Prosecutors Move Beyond Stormy Daniels in Wide-Lens Trial Opening

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Apr 22nd, 2024

41 Star Witnesses and Bit Players in Trump’s NY Criminal Trial

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Apr 17th, 2024

Trump’s Forbidden Legal Strategy: What New York Law Won’t Let the Jury Do

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Apr 15th, 2024

Dispatches from the Trump Trial Courtroom in New York

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Apr 14th, 2024

Trump’s ‘Ill-Gotten Gains’: Breaking Down the $464M Civil Fraud Appeal

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Apr 2nd, 2024

Trump’s Prosecutorial Misconduct Claims Fall Flat in N.Y. Criminal Case, as Judge Sets April Trial

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Mar 25th, 2024

Visualizing ‘Hush Money’: How Trump’s Complex Payoffs Sparked 34 Election-Related Criminal Charges

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Mar 25th, 2024

Judge’s Ruling Keeps Trump’s N.Y. Trial Mostly About Election Influence

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Mar 19th, 2024

As Donald Trump’s Trial Looms, Alvin Bragg Doesn’t Think Jurors Need to See Rudy Giuliani’s Hannity Gaffe

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Mar 8th, 2024

Manhattan DA Requests ‘Narrowly Tailored’ Gag Order on Trump Before March Trial

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Feb 26th, 2024

What to Expect Following Trump’s Civil Fraud Judgment: A Primer on the Appeals Process and More

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Feb 23rd, 2024

Trump Must Pay $450m Civil Fraud Judgment, But Now Avoids Corp Death Penalty

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Feb 16th, 2024

Trump Fails to Get N.Y. Hush-Money Case Dismissed, as Judge Gears Up for March Trial

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Feb 15th, 2024