"I’m not a shrinking violet. I was very vocal in raising my own hand and being my own champion. I felt I had a home in the prime-time space and wasn’t shy about asking for that."
Laura Gayle Coates is an American legal analyst, attorney, and television broadcaster. She has formerly served as a trial attorney for a law firms Faegre & Benson and Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, and a federal prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Since 2016, she has served as a legal analyst for CNN, and became the network's chief legal analyst in 2
"Democracy is absolutely in peril, not only because of the big lie thats questioned the integrity of our electoral system, but also because its a lie that jurisdictions were, in fact, believing - that there was widespread voter fraud."
"The extent of human misery in our justice system is something that is almost unbelievable in its scope."
"Having two Black women at the helm of prime-time coverage speaks volumes about CNN’s commitment to representation."