Salvador Rizzo

Alexandria, Va.

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Education: Emory University, BA, English

Salvador Rizzo covers crime and courts for The Washington Post, based in Northern Virginia. He was a reporter for The Fact Checker from 2018 to 2021 and is co-author of "Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth" (Scribner, 2020). He previously covered New Jersey politics and Gov. Chris Christie, with stints at the Star-Ledger, Bergen Record and New York Observer. He was a Washington Post intern and copy editor from 2008 to 2010.
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Judge: U.S. can lay out Trump election interference evidence this month

Judge Tanya Chutkan accused Trump’s lawyer of trying to stall action before the Nov. 5 election. The judge said the election wasn’t part of her calculus.

September 5, 2024
The U.S. Capitol.

Man arrested on explosives charges after noise complaints in Arlington

Residents in the Bluemont area of Arlington complained of a series of loud noises to authorities, launching a probe that ended in the arrest of Charles Peters.

August 30, 2024
Cordon tape seals off an active crime scene.

Judge orders Air Force engineer detained in classified records case

Authorities allege Gokhan Gun, a dual citizen of Turkey and the United States, printed numerous documents marked “top secret.”

August 29, 2024
The Falls Church home of Gokhan Gun.

D.C. officer who took bribes for leaking crash victims’ data sent to prison

A former D.C. police officer was sentenced to prison Wednesday for taking bribes to provide a businessperson with contact information for accident victims.

August 28, 2024
(Craig Hudson for The Washington Post)

Tunisian man in U.S. custody sues a year after acquittal on terrorism charges

Attorneys for Nizar Trabelsi, who was convicted in Belgium and acquitted in the U.S. of terrorism charges, are demanding his immediate release.

August 28, 2024
Nizar Trabelsi in a Belgian court in 2005.

Man accused of killing girlfriend’s parents found dead in Va. jail cell

Nicholas Giampa was found unresponsive in his cell at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, authorities said. Police said they do not suspect foul play.

August 23, 2024
The home on Black Fir Court in Reston, Va., where 48-year-old Scott Fricker and his wife, 43-year-old Buckley Kuhn-Fricker, were fatally shot in 2017.

Md. officer convicted of throwing smoke bomb at police in assault on Capitol

A Maryland man who later became a police officer was found guilty of assaulting police with a smoke bomb on Jan. 6.

August 23, 2024
Rioters breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Virginia man who made ricin and alarmed his own militia pleads guilty

Federal prosecutors said Russell Richardson Vane IV, 42, made ricin from castor beans and had a test tube filled with the deadly poison.

August 22, 2024
The U.S. District Court in Alexandria, as seen on Sept. 2, 2021.

Oath Keepers lawyer Kellye SoRelle pleads guilty in Jan. 6 attack

Kellye SoRelle, girlfriend of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, was charged with conspiring to obstruct the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress.

August 21, 2024

D.C. Council member Trayon White took tens of thousands in bribes, U.S. says

D.C. Council member Trayon White was arrested for taking bribes and kickbacks, according to the FBI.

August 19, 2024
Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) salutes the crowd during a swearing-in ceremony in D.C. on Jan. 2, 2017.