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About Geoff @GeoffRBennett

Geoff Bennett serves as co-anchor and co-managing editor of PBS News Hour. He also serves as an NBC News and MSNBC political contributor.

An award-winning political correspondent, he has reported from the White House under three presidents, covered six presidential elections, and his exclusive interviews with many of Washington, D.C.’s most influential figures have grabbed national headlines.

He was part of the News Hour team honored with a Peabody Award in 2024 for its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.

Bennett joined PBS News Hour from NBC News, where he was a White House correspondent and substitute anchor for MSNBC.

At NBC, he covered the Trump and Biden administrations and earned recognition for his in-depth and exclusive reporting on the delivery delays at the U.S. Postal Service. Bennett also provided extensive and defining coverage of the first Trump impeachment inquiry and the migrant family separation policy. He is part of the NBC team that in 2022 won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence.

In his prior experience, he worked for NPR, beginning as an editor for Weekend Edition and later as a reporter covering Congress and the White House.

Bennett has appeared as a political analyst on ABC News and CBS News and has also hosted C-SPAN’s Washington Journal public affairs program. He began his journalism career at ABC News’ World News Tonight after graduating from Morehouse College.

He and his wife live in the Washington, D.C. area with their son.

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Geoff’s Recent Stories

Politics Aug 03

What happened in the courtroom during Trump’s third arraignment this year

For the third time this year, former President Trump was arraigned on criminal charges. He was in federal court Thursday in Washington just a few blocks from the Capitol where a mob of his supporters rioted on Jan. 6. Trump…

Politics Aug 03

Bill Barr: Trump committed a ‘grave wrongdoing’ in Jan. 6 case

Former President Trump returned to Washington Thursday to face a federal judge on charges related to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Geoff Bennett spoke with former Attorney General Bill Barr about the historic legal case…

Politics Aug 02

Trump’s attorney blasts latest indictment as ‘attack on free speech’

Former President Donald Trump's third indictment includes the most serious charges against him. The counts include conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of an official proceeding for Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. John Lauro is…

Politics Aug 02

Jan. 6 committee investigator on findings that led to newest charges against Trump

Many of the details in former President Trump's third indictment were first revealed last year as part of the House Jan. 6 committee’s probe of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Timothy Heaphy was the lead investigator for the committee.

Politics Jul 31

Republican challengers struggle in primary polls despite Trump’s legal troubles

The latest polling shows former President Trump’s legal troubles do not appear to be putting a dent in his support among Republican voters, and there’s scant evidence any of his challengers will be able to loosen his grip on the…

Politics Jul 31

What’s the deal with UFOs? The historical context of recent whistleblower claims

Are we alone in the universe? Former Pentagon employee David Grusch told Congress last week that UFOs are real and the U.S. government has been withholding knowledge of non-human life on Earth for nearly a century. Meanwhile, NASA is set…

Politics Jul 28

Former U.S. attorney breaks down new charges against Trump in classified documents case

Special counsel Jack Smith expanded his classified documents case against former President Donald Trump with three new felony charges, including claims Trump asked a Mar-a-Lago worker to delete security footage sought by the grand jury investigating the mishandling of the…

Politics Jul 28

Capehart and Abernathy on Trump’s latest legal troubles and the health of U.S. leadership

Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Washington Post contributor Gary Abernathy join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the repercussions of Trump’s latest legal troubles, the rejection of Hunter Biden's plea deal and questions about the…

Politics Jul 26

Pattern of racist violence following progress examined in new book ‘American Whitelash’

In the new book "American Whitelash," Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery examines the pattern of racist violence that follows racial progress in our country, including the recent white supremacist violence that surged following Barack Obama's presidency. Wesley sat down with…

Nation Jul 25

Steph Curry on his remarkable basketball career and new documentary ‘Underrated’

A new documentary gives insight into what turned NBA superstar Steph Curry into the generational game changer he is. With seemingly unlimited range, he has transformed how modern basketball is played. Geoff Bennett sat down with Curry and producer Ryan…

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