Pete Madden is an award-winning investigative producer, reporter and editor. As a member of the ABC News Investigative Unit, he contributed coverage of national security, political corruption and human rights to Good Morning America, World News Tonight with David Muir, Nightline and 20/20. Madden led the network’s groundbreaking investigation of the use of race-norming in the NFL’s Concussion Settlement Program, resulting in the league’s abandonment of the practice, the payment of millions of dollars in additional compensation to ailing former players and their families, and calls for the elimination of race as a diagnostic tool throughout neuropsychology. He also co-developed the hit podcast series Truth and Lies: Jeffrey Epstein, which tracked the rise and fall of the notorious sex offender and examined the mysterious provenance of some of his wealth. Previously, he was a senior producer at Sports Illustrated, where he co-reported the magazine’s “First Golfer” feature about President Donald Trump’s global golf business. His work has earned a Scripps Howard Award and two Edward R. Murrow Awards, and he was an Ottaway Foundation-sponsored visiting professor of journalism at SUNY New Paltz in 2023. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the Columbia Journalism School.
Harvard Loses Another $450 Million in Escalating Battle with Trump Administration
The move comes a day after the Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations that it’s a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.
Georgetown Student Released From Detention After Federal Judge’s Ruling
Badar Khan Suri is awaiting the outcome of his petition against the Trump administration for wrongful arrest and detention in violation of the First Amendment rights.
Ex-FBI Agent Sues Over Secret Recording Showing Him Criticizing Trump
Conservative activist James O'Keefe called the lawsuit an “attack on the First Amendment," saying he was prepared to fight it all the way to an appeals court if necessary.
Law Firms, Universities, Civil Society Groups in Trump’s Sights for Punitive Action
The president’s remarks began to confirm what advocacy groups have been quietly warning: Trump’s campaign of retribution is coming next for them.
Judge Will Not Take Further Steps to Enforce Order in AP Case Against Trump Administration
The case, which has significant free-speech implications under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, centers on the government blocking AP’s access to cover events.
Columbia University Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules
Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, was the first person arrested under President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on students who joined campus protests against the war in Gaza.
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Central Park Five’s Defamation Case Against Trump
The five men formerly known as the Central Park Five were exonerated after spending more than a decade in prison for the 1989 rape and beating of a woman who was jogging.
Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion in Grants to Harvard Over Campus Activism
Trump has normalized the extraordinary step of withholding federal money to pressure academic institutions to comply with the president’s agenda and influence campus policy.