Allison Gordon - Producer, CNN Investigates
Allison Gordon
Producer, CNN Investigates
Allison Gordon is a Producer for CNN's Investigative Unit based in Washington, DC.
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Georgia high school shooting suspect referenced Parkland massacre in writings found in his bedroom, source says
Sep 6, 2024
Authorities searching the home of the teen accused of a Georgia school shooting this week found documents that they believe he wrote referencing past school shootings, a source says
Overseas swatting scheme wreaked ‘massive havoc’ in US, with fake bomb threats, kidnappings and plot to kill the president
Aug 30, 2024
US authorities have arrested one of the two foreign nationals who allegedly made hundreds of fake bomb threats, ransom demands, and threats to officials in the US, wreaking havoc for the victims as well as local and federal authorities who responded to the calls and messages.
Tim Walz and Kristi Noem once had a warm working relationship. Now it’s gone ice-cold
Aug 27, 2024
These days, the only thing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem seem to have in common is that they’re both former-members-of-Congress-turned-Midwestern-governors.
What those who served with them say about the VP nominees’ time in the military
Aug 19, 2024
Retired Staff Sgt. Ryan Marti enlisted in the Army National Guard before he even graduated high school, just like his football coach and teacher, future Minnesota governor Tim Walz. Another of Walz’s former students, Lt. Col. Jonathan Jaqua, also joined the Guard after graduating from Mankato West High School in southern Minnesota.
Workers allege ‘nightmare’ conditions at Kentucky startup JD Vance helped fund
Aug 13, 2024
As a venture capitalist, JD Vance repeatedly touted his guiding principles for investing in a company: A business should not only turn a profit, it should also help American communities.
Burgum set to decide on massive pipeline project that’s pitting his rural constituents against GOP megadonors
Jul 3, 2024
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum could play a deciding role in allowing a massive carbon dioxide pipeline project to seize property rights from rural landowners.
Potential VP pick Sen. J.D. Vance once liked tweets harshly critical of Trump
Jun 13, 2024
Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a leading candidate to be Donald Trump’s vice president, liked tweets in 2016 and 2017 that harshly criticized Trump and his policies — including one speculating that Vance could serve in former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s administration.
Retailers use police-like investigation centers to fight theft. Shoppers pay the price
May 24, 2024
Retailers like Home Depot supply cops with the key evidence to bust organized crime rings.
Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment
May 16, 2024
Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment
An international tragedy: A father of 3 and a budding entrepreneur are among 6 victims of the Baltimore bridge collapse
May 10, 2024
They worked the overnight shift fixing potholes on a famed bridge that 30,000 Marylanders relied on every day. But their work ended in tragedy March 26, when a 213-million-pound cargo vessel crashed into the bridge – plunging the construction workers into the frigid water below.
What Trump’s war on the ‘Deep State’ could mean: ‘An army of suck-ups’
Apr 27, 2024
At one campaign rally after another, former President Donald Trump whips his supporters into raucous cheers with a promise of what’s to come if he’s given another term in office: “We will demolish the deep state.”
Texas governor predicted donations would pay for busing migrants out of state. He’s collected less than 1% of that cost
Mar 15, 2024
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott boasted shortly after he began soliciting private donations for his controversial migrant busing program that there would likely “be no cost to the state” given the outpouring of support from concerned citizens across the country.But after nearly more than two years of fundraising to offset the program’s costs, Abbott’s operation has collected less than half of 1% of the roughly $150 million spent on busing migrants to sanctuary cities, according to a review of state records. And CNN found that the largest donation –$900,000 – never made it into the state’s coffers, either because it was a mistake or a prank.
Exclusive: Key figure in fake electors plot concealed damning posts on secret Twitter account from investigators
Feb 26, 2024
Kenneth Chesebro, the right-wing attorney who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot in 2020, concealed a secret Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in the election subversion scheme, a CNN KFile investigation has found.
About
Allison Gordon is a producer for CNN’s Investigative Unit based in Washington, DC. In this role, Gordon covers stories in the nation’s capital and across the country. Prior to joining the Investigative Unit, Gordon was an Anchor Producer for CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent, Pamela Brown. She also served as an Editorial Producer for CNN Newsroom, booking newsmakers and guests for back-to-back hours of live television, often during breaking news.
Before coming to CNN, Gordon was an intern for her hometown paper, The Atlanta Journal Constitution. In 2019, Gordon graduated with honors from Brown University. Upon graduation, she received the Clarkson A. Collins, Jr. Prize for the best thesis in American History.
