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Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

Jeffrey Scott Shapiro is an investigative journalist and former Washington, D.C. prosecutor who served as a White House appointed senior official at the U.S. Office of Cuba Broadcasting from 2017-2021. Mr. Shapiro has investigated and written about domestic and international criminal cases, conflicts and legality with an emphasis on Cuban and Russian affairs. He is now the assistant commentary editor for The Washington Times. He can be reached at jshapiro@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

SHAPIRO: Experts say Redskins can win case in U.S. District Court

Legal experts say that the executive agency that stripped the Redskins of its trademark will face the very difficult task of proving that a reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities in the Native American community would view the name and logo as offensive once the suit is heard in federal court.

June 20, 2014

SHAPIRO: Living the American dream

Zachary Wood can't wait to start college.

June 18, 2014

New documentary re-examines fall of USSR

Few American journalists know how life in Vladimir Putin's Russia embraces the atmosphere of fear, secrecy and corruption that flourished in the Soviet Union.

June 5, 2014

SHAPIRO: Obama was wrong about Russia

It takes a big man to admit when he's wrong.

April 30, 2014

Court’s affirmative action ruling: A step toward respecting states’ rights

With its ruling upholding the right of Michigan voters to ban racial preferences in state university admissions, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday took what legal scholars are saying one more step away from the concept of federal supremacy.

April 22, 2014

SHAPIRO: Wendy Davis’ attorney-candidate conflicts

Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis is not the first lawyer faced with conflict-of-interest allegations.

April 16, 2014

SHAPIRO: Wendy Davis’ law practice shines light on attorney-politician conflicts

Wendy Davis' legal representation of the North Texas Tollway Authority while serving on the state Senate could raise eyebrows at the Texas bar association or the state ethics commission.

April 16, 2014

D.C. charges may revive Chris Brown’s sentence

Chris Brown's misdemeanor assault trial begins Thursday at D.C. Superior Court, only a few blocks from the White House, but a conviction there is the least of his concerns.

April 13, 2014

SHAPIRO: Pistorius and South African law

An acquittal in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial could still result in a homicide conviction because of the vagaries of South African law.

April 12, 2014

SHAPIRO: How Chevron fought back against fraud with help from RICO

A federal judge's blocking of a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in an Ecuadorean environmental lawsuit this month has generated numerous media reports about how the plaintiffs' attorneys engaged in bribery, coercion, corruption and fraud.

April 10, 2014

SHAPIRO: Fort Hood and the celebrity of suicide

What was the shooter's motive?

April 3, 2014

SHAPIRO: Lifting campaign donations limit could encourage transparency

The Supreme Court's decision to remove the overall limit of how many candidates an individual can contribute to during an election cycle is sure to spark some heated debate during a mid-term election year.

April 3, 2014

Reagan administration warned Russian pipeline through Ukraine would weaken West

In a memo to the White House in July 1981, advisers in the Ronald Reagan administration urged opposition to a new pipeline from Russia's oil- and gas-rich regions to Europe, warning that it would weaken the West's bargaining hand.

March 5, 2014

British court OKs investigation into assassination of Russian ex-spy Litvinenko

At the height of Russia's hosting of the Winter Olympics, Britain's High Court on Tuesday gave a green light for a public investigation of Moscow's presumed role in the 2006 assassination of a former Russian spy in London.

February 11, 2014

Italian court convicts Amanda Knox of murder for second time

An Italian court conducting a second retrial has again found Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaelle Sollecito guilty of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

January 30, 2014

Probe of Russian ex-spy’s death could strain London-Moscow ties

Ever since Alexander Litvinenko's death on Nov. 23, 2006, British authorities have wrestled with how to deal with the case without creating an international incident with the Kremlin.

January 22, 2014

NSA snooping programs taken to federal court

A public interest lawyer who says the government is "messing" with his text messages pleaded with a federal judge Monday to halt the government's electronic snooping programs, in a case that tests whether Americans will be able to challenge the NSA's phone-records collection in regular courts.

November 18, 2013

SHAPIRO: No Dachau? No Auschwitz? Ignoring just as evil as denying

Last weekend, I flew from London to Munich to visit Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, built in 1933. I'd never been to Germany before, and since I was already in London on business from the United States, I decided to use my weekend to make the journey.

October 17, 2013

Knox retrial raises questions about extradition

The retrial of Amanda Knox on murder charges in Italy and the imminent extradition of Playboy Playmate Brandi Brandt to Australia on drug charges have reignited discussion about extradition treaties and the rights of Americans accused by a foreign state.

October 1, 2013