Laura Jarrett is the co-anchor of "Saturday TODAY" and NBC News' Senior Legal Correspondent whose reporting appears across all NBC News and MSNBC platforms, including "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt," "TODAY," NBC News NOW and NBCNews.com.
Jarrett joined NBC News in January 2023 after spending six years covering the Justice Department and major legal stories for CNN. She was named co-anchor of "Saturday TODAY" in August 2023.
Since joining NBC News, Jarrett has been the lead legal correspondent covering the indictments of former President Donald Trump, the legal fight over access to the abortion pill mifepristone, as well as the Department of Justice and the Supreme Court.
At CNN, Jarrett co-anchored "Early Start" with Christine Romans and served as a legal analyst on CNN's "New Day." She was on the forefront of the biggest legal stories including the fallout over Texas' abortion ban and later the Supreme Court's decision overturningRoe v. Wade, the congressional investigations into the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and the court battles over President Joe Biden's Covid-19 vaccine mandate.
