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JEFF

CORTESE:

LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST

After working in federal law enforcement (US Capitol Police and FBI), Jeff Cortese has continued his career as a nationally-recognized non partisan law enforcement analyst and contributor to leading publications and media outlets.

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Public Corruption in the United States
Analysis of a Destructive Phenomenon
Public Corruption in the United States provides a comprehensive view of public corruption, including discussion on the types, methods, trends, challenges, and overall impact. It is the first book of its kind to examine in plain language the breadth of criminal public corruption in the United States, not just at a superficial level, but in a deeper context.

Features

Featured in

The Guardian - "In real life you dont touch the trigger..."

The Messenger News - 11.10.23

FBI Seizes Cellphones, iPad from New York Mayor Eric Adams After Turkey Cash Campaign Probe Raid

The Messenger News - 11.5.23

NYPD ‘Wellness Check’ Before Feds Raided Mayor Eric Adams’ Fundraiser Called Into Question: ‘FBI Would Never Ask For One’

The Washington Post - 12.21.22

Skepticism before a search: Inside the Trump Mar-a-Lago documents investigation

CNN Inside Politics - 11.22.22

Commentary on Trump Special Counsel

The Washington Post - 11.21.22

From Europe, Trump special counsel takes over Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 6 probes

LA Mag - 10.11.22

Who Are the Key Suspects In Leaking the Racist City Hall Audio?

19 Forty-Five - 8.9.22

We Asked A Former Senior FBI Official What The Trump Mara-A-Lago Raid Means

The Points Guy - 2.3.21

How your room-access bracelet might become a tracking device

Medium - 4.20.20

The (Narrative) War For PPE

Mcclatchy DC - 05.20.20

3M billed government $7.63 for 85-cent earplugs. It now has $1 billion COVID contract

VOA News - 05.05.20

Massive COVID Spending Could Unleash Surge of Scams, Experts Warn

The Global Anticorruption Blog - 04.16.20

Commentaries on Corruption and the Coronavirus Pandemic: Update

The New York Post - 04.09.20

The coming corruption pandemic and other commentary

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Latest Podcasts/Radio

The Regular Joe Radio Show - 7/16/2024

The Cale Clark Show - 03/12/2024

True Crime with the Sarge (podcast) - 01/23/2024

The Protectors Podcast - 10.28.22

A Deep Dive Into Public Corruption

Drivetime with DeRusha - 8.9.22

Former FBI agent discusses the raid on Mar-a-lago

The Jeff Katz Show - 7.7.22

A new book from a shocking angle

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Good is in the Details - 7.5.22

What is Corruption?

The Destructive Phenomenon - 6.3.22

Jeff Cortese joins me to discuss his new book: Public Corruption in the United States—Analysis of a Destructive Phenomenon. With Jeff’s background in the FBI and my background in Hollywood, we are able to help you better understand the deceptions that aim to make Americans distrust and weaken their own institutions to empower politicians who know how to get away with crime.

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 2.11.22

TAKEDOWN! Granny Turns Tables on Con A Man!

It's a Wrap - 11.24.21

Good is in the Detail - 11.24.21

Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo reflect on Season 2. A special guest joins the pod!

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 5.26.21

BOMBSHELL: Hubby Chad Daybell, Cult Mom Lori Vallow charged with THREE counts of murder

Law and Disorder - 4.30.21

The Culture of Corruption

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 3.26.21

Killer con 'cooks heart' of gorgeous neighbor, serves with skillet potatoes

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 2.3.21

BREAKING: CHILD PORN SUSPECT AMBUSHES, KILLS 2 AGENTS

WCCO News Talk 830 - 1.1.21

Jeff Cortese on the investigation into the Capitol insurrection

Good is in the Details - 12.17.20

Let's Be Objective

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 8.29.20

Son tells Mom he's headed home, never seen again. Where is 22-year-old William Brian McKenzie, Jr.?

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 8.7.20

KILLER WIVES: Husband+Girlfriend=Murder

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 8.3.20

KILLER WIVES: Deadly Jab

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 7.20.20

Female federal judge's son shot dead, hubby in ICU after daylight attack AT HOME.

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 6.29.20

Young mom answers doorbell, gunned down by Killer Clown?

Good is in the Details - 5.29.20

Corruption in the Time of Coronavirus

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 5.7.20

High school football star, Ahmaud Arbery, unarmed, shot dead: shooter claims citizens arrest.

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 4.13.20

SHOCK CLAIM: Acclaimed surgeon, repulsive teen girl 'WEAPONIZE COVID19?'

Crime Stories W/ Nancy Grace - 3.11.20

LISTEN AS EVIL STEPMOM'S BUSTED LYING TO CRIME ONLINE REPORTER & caught on neighbors home security camera. 11-year-old Gannon Stauch STILL MISSING.

Latest Television

Newsmax - Sunday Agenda - 5/5/2024

NewsMax - 8.12.22

The Record with Greta Van Susteren - What Goes into an FBI Raid? Click the link to below to watch the full length interview (Beginning at 33:35)

Fox News - 8.11.22

Here's how the FBI might be proceeding following Mar-a-Lago raid

BBC - 8.9.22

Jeff Cortese discusses the F.B.I. search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.

WINK News - FL - 7.27.21

Officers recount defending capitol

Fox Nation - 4.12.21

America’s Most Wanted Overtime expert panel

Sinclair Broadcasting - 2.8.21

Capitol Protest/Riot Investigations

Wink News - 1.14.21

Expecting trouble, DC locks down a week before inauguration

Mcclatchy DC - 5.20.20

3M billed government $7.63 for 85-cent earplugs. It now has $1 billion COVID contract

Newsmax TV - 3.27.19

Mueller Report Breakdown

Newsmax - ATL - 7.16.19

Jeffery Epstein Breakdown

Latest Articles

The Messenger - 1.8.24

FBI Intel Report on Catholics Reveals New Weakness in Law Enforcement

19 Forty-Five - 8.1.23

A Former Senior FBI Official Told Us Why Donald Trump Keeps Getting Indicted

The Hill - 7.26.22

Corruption: America needs to learn lessons of its recent past — for Ukraine’s sake

Washington Examiner - 1.8.21

What went wrong with the Capitol Police?

The Hill - 12.26.20

Pardoning elected officials sends the wrong message

The Hill - 4.6.20

COVID-19 and the coming corruption pandemic

The Hill - 2.14.20

Attorney General William Barr’s latest restrictions on the FBI’s opening of certain politically sensitive investigations actually says a lot more about his distrust of career prosecutors in the Justice Department than it does about his feelings toward the FBI.

The Hill - 12.06.19

Amid interviews and IG reports, fact remains: Strzok and Page did real damage

Daily Caller- 8.19.19

El Paso’s Memorial Service Was The First Step To A Stronger Community

The Hill - 6.30.19

Six easy habits for safe and secure international travel

The Hill - 3.26.19

Mueller report: Lessons for all including former law enforcement

The Hill - 2.21.19

Here are several law enforcement takes on the Jussie Smollett case — none of them 'hot'

The Daily Caller- 2.08.19

Opinion: Harvard's man of the year, Milo Ventmiglia, places service to veterans about himself

The Daily Caller 1.6.19

Former FBI Chief: Only wray can repair FBI after disgraces of Comey, McCabe and Strzok

The Daily Caller- 12.30.18

Opinion: Border guard corruption is a top threat to American security

The Hill- 11.13.18

Corrupt law enforcement enables organized crime, as Whitey Bulger knew so well

The Medium Corporation- 11.8.19

What the FBI taught me about leadership

The Hill- 9.26.18

Kavanaugh and Ford: The undetectable truth

The Hill- 9.14.18

Don’t blame the FBI — Hillary Clinton was never going to be charged

The Washington Times- 6.8.18

Former FBI Director James Comey delivered 3 blows that put the bureau down but not out

The Messenger - 1.8.24

FBI Intel Report on Catholics Reveals New Weakness in Law Enforcement

19 Forty-Five - 8.1.23

A Former Senior FBI Official Told Us Why Donald Trump Keeps Getting Indicted

The Hill - 7.26.22

Corruption: America needs to learn lessons of its recent past — for Ukraine’s sake

Washington Examiner - 1.8.21

What went wrong with the Capitol Police?

The Hill - 12.26.20

Pardoning elected officials sends the wrong message

The Hill - 4.6.20

COVID-19 and the coming corruption pandemic

The Hill - 2.14.20

Attorney General William Barr’s latest restrictions on the FBI’s opening of certain politically sensitive investigations actually says a lot more about his distrust of career prosecutors in the Justice Department than it does about his feelings toward the FBI.

The Hill - 12.06.19

Amid interviews and IG reports, fact remains: Strzok and Page did real damage

Daily Caller- 8.19.19

El Paso’s Memorial Service Was The First Step To A Stronger Community

The Hill - 6.30.19

Six easy habits for safe and secure international travel

The Hill - 3.26.19

Mueller report: Lessons for all including former law enforcement

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Latest Blog Posts

Trump and Republicans should be concerned about corruption blowback

Mar 6

Trump and Republicans should be concerned about corruption blowback

March 6, 2025 In 2020, near the end of his first term as President of the United States, President Trump took the unorthodox position of...

FBI Intel Report on Catholics Reveals Weakness in Law Enforcement

Feb 23, 2024

FBI Intel Report on Catholics Reveals Weakness in Law Enforcement

(The following blog post was originally published on January 8, 2024 by online media outlet The Messenger. The Messenger has since closed...

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