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Katie Leslie

Investigative Producer at WRC-TV (Washington, DC)

Investigative producer @nbc4iteam Former Hill reporter @dallasnews & @ajc govt watchdog reporter. (Currently on leave.) RTs = FYIs only

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  • Maryland crab watermen hope higher tariffs will aid their struggling industry

    2 days ago | nbcwashington.com | Ted Oberg |Katie Leslie |Steve Jones

    Jack Brooks' family has been in the Maryland blue crab business on the Eastern Shore since 1890, running what they say is the oldest working crab-processing plant in the world. But even as he hands off the business to his son, Brooks said he isn't sure how much longer they can hang on. "There may be one or two survivors, but I don't think this will be one of them," Brooks said of the crab industry near his plant in Cambridge, Maryland. "One hundred and thirty-five years...

  • Rumors of ICE on playground in Forest Hills circulate after unrelated MPD arrest alarms residents

    1 week ago | nbcwashington.com | Maggie More |Katie Leslie

    A routine law enforcement operation in D.C.'s Forest Hills neighborhood on Wednesday sparked rumors that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers had detained nannies on a nearby playground in front of children. The rumors circulated widely and quickly on D.C.-area listservs on Wednesday, putting residents on edge after ICE officers visited at least nine District restaurants on Tuesday asking for employment verification.

  • Tracking Trump's impact in his first 100 days

    2 weeks ago | nbcwashington.com | Katie Leslie |Jeff Piper

    The tidal wave of President Donald Trump's executive orders ripped through the federal government within hours of his inauguration. He established the Department of Government Efficiency, took aim at federal workers and protections for the transgender community, and pardoned Americans convicted of attacking the U.S. Capitol on his behalf. As Trump reaches 100 days in office this week the impact of his second term is already profound.

  • DC US attorney takes on licensed pot shop, defends record ahead of confirmation

    2 weeks ago | nbcwashington.com | Ted Oberg |Katie Leslie

    President Donald Trump's pick to become the next U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, is in the midst of a contentious U.S. Senate confirmation process. Martin, who has served as interim U.S. attorney since Trump took office, faces questions about his truthfulness, his representation of Jan. 6 defendants as a private defense attorney and comments he made supporting a Nazi sympathizer.

  • Abrego Garcia's removal raises questions on a police database's lasting effects

    2 weeks ago | nbcwashington.com | Katie Leslie |Jeff Piper

    Speaking to NBC Washington in 2020, an undocumented worker named Kilmar Abrego Garcia described his worst fear after an arrest led to him being labeled a gang member. "All my hopes were gone," he told News4 through an interpreter.

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