Ankush Khardori joins POLITICO Magazine as a senior writer

Ankush Khardori

Announcement from Editor, Politico Magazine Elizabeth Ralph, Global Editor-in-Chief John Harris and Executive Editor Joe Schatz:

All — We’re pleased to announce an exciting new hire on the magazine: Ankush Khardori, one of the most significant voices in analyzing this unusual moment in legal and political history, will be joining us as a senior writer. This move bolsters a key pillar of the newsroom’s 2024 strategy: coverage of the unprecedented legal and political dynamics of the campaign, with a former president and current candidate facing a vast range of legal challenges, including 91 indictments. Ankush, who will helm a reported legal column and write reported stories for the magazine, joins a newly expanded roster of signature voices on the biggest policy and politics issues of the day, including Halley Toosi on foreign affairs and Victoria Guida on economics. He will help us continue to deepen our coverage of areas key to POLITICO’s mission — in 2024 and beyond.

Ankush is a rare talent — a lawyer/journalist who melds deep hands-on knowledge of the justice system with crisp, authoritative writing, curiosity, tenacity and a reporter’s instinct for a good story. Since he made the transition from practicing law to journalism in 2020, he has distinguished himself as one of the most sought-after legal commentators in the country, and has written for POLITICO Magazine, New York magazine, The New York Times, Slate and more. His stories for the magazine as a contributing writer have ranged from a deeply reported profile of Merrick Garland to an incisive look at Vivek Ramaswamy’s last stand in Iowa to a piece using original polling on the Trump indictments that drew in nearly 900,000 readers.

Before entering the media industry, Ankush spent three and a half years as a federal prosecutor in the Justice Department specializing in financial fraud and white-collar crime. Before that, he worked at a law firm in New York City, where he focused on complex commercial litigation and white-collar corporate defense. He clerked for a judge in the Southern District of New York and graduated from Columbia University with a law degree and a B.A. He grew up in Springfield, Illinois; he currently lives in Logan Circle in D.C. and loves exploring the city.

Ankush will work closely with Ben Weyl, his longtime editor. He will also collaborate with James, Betsy, Erica, Josh and Kyle.

Please join us in welcoming him to POLITICO.