Ari Melber

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Ari Naftali Melber (born March 31, 1980) is an American lawyer and journalist for NBC News and host of MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber.

According to Forbes, the show premiered on July 24, 2017 and now has 1.8 million viewers, much more than CNN at 6 p.m. and "MSNBC's best time slot ever."

According to a 2019 Daily Beast article, Melber's show has become one of the most watched news shows online, with "around 13 million viewers per month on YouTube," the most popular of any MSNBC show.

Melber, according to Columbia Journalism Review, is "a remarkably good interviewer," while a New York Times columnist said he is "an outstanding interviewer, one of the best on television." "Melber received an A.B. from the University of Michigan." Political science degree.

After school, he moved to Washington, D.C., and worked with Senator Maria Cantwell.

He worked in Iowa caucus and as California deputy political director before joining Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign.

Melber went on to obtain a J.D. after Kerry failed to win the presidency. He earned his degree from Cornell Law School, where he served as an editor of the Cornell Journal of Public Policy and interned at New York County Defender Services, a Manhattan public defender's office.

Melber graduated from law school in the "top of his class," Craig Melvin said on his show on March 13, 2019.

Melber worked for First Amendment advocate Floyd Abrams at Cahill Gordon & Reindel from 2009 to 2013.

He has also written opinion columns for various news outlets, including The Nation, The Atlantic, Reuters, and Politico.

MSNBC took note and asked him to act as a guest host.

Melber was appointed their chief legal reporter in April 2015.

Early life and education

Melber is Jewish, the son of an Israeli immigrant. His grandparents were Holocaust survivors.

Melber attended Garfield High School, Washington, Washington, and the University of Michigan, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in political science. After college, he moved to Washington, D.C., and served with Senator Maria Cantwell. He served in Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign, including in Iowa, as the Iowa caucus, and as California deputy political director. Melber went on to obtain a J.D. after Kerry failed to win the presidency. A degree from Cornell Law School, where he was an editor of the Cornell Journal of Public Policy and interned at New York County Defender Services, a Manhattan public defender's office.

Melber worked with First Amendment prosecutor Floyd Abrams at Cahill Gordon & Reindel from 2009 to 2013. He has also written opinion columns for various news outlets, including The Nation, The Atlantic, Reuters, and Politico. MSNBC took note and asked him to act as a guest host. Melber was named their chief legal reporter in April 2015.

Personal life

Melber attended Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington. Melber lives in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Since being divorced from Drew Grant since 2017, a pop culture reporter at The New York Observer, he has been divorced from him. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association.

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Media career

Melber is both a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC's chief legal reporter, covering the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Supreme Court.

He has been named with an Emmy Award for his Supreme Court reporting.

Melber said that the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey could result in an investigation into obstruction of justice, citing a former FBI official who told him that the firing sparked potential obstruction. On May 18, 2017, an investigation was launched that also included an obstruction investigation.

President Trump's behavior toward Ukraine, according to Melber, could have resulted in an impeachment of "bribery" in October. For the first time this month, top Democrats introduced the bribery case, including "Democrats who agreed with the MSNBC host," according to Mediaite. During an impeachment hearing, Republican congressman Ratcliffe cited a bribery section from The Beat.

Melber announced on August 29, 2017, that a state prosecutor was investigating allegations of potential defendants in the Mueller probe with state crimes, essentially denying a presidential pardon. Politico backed up the study the next day, and New York state prosecutors pleaded separate charges against Paul Manafort in March 2019.

Melber talked to former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in February 2019 about whether Trump ordered him to participate in the Mueller investigation, but Melber later revealed that Lewandowski's response was inaccurate. Lewandowski was grilled about the incorrect answer during a congressional hearing in 2019.

Melber chronicled police tortured a Virginia man before he died in police detention, sparking an FBI probe into the officers' conduct.

Melber broke a story on MSNBC that Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee "intend to request President Trump's tax returns." United States House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal carried out that strategy in April 2019, officially demanding Trump's tax returns.

The Beat with Ari Melber includes interviews with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who spoke to Melber after being granted the first pardon of Donald Trump's administration; Eric Holder, Aaron Sekulow; Meek Mill, Ken Starr; and a number of witnesses in the Mueller investigation, including Steve Bannon, whose first appearance on MSNBC; and a few others.

Melber has attracted a lot of attention for his interviewing abilities. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his "Outstanding Live Interview" for interviewing four primary witnesses in the Mueller probe at the same time. Melber is described as "a remarkably persuasive interviewer" in November 2019, according to Columbia Journalism Review, "his veins seem to be containing ice water; he has no emotion at all" amid tense discussions.

"Melber is an outstanding interviewer, one of the best on television," New York Times columnist Peter Wehner, a former White House official in Republican administrations, said in February 2019.

"Ari Melber on MSNBC" in June 2020, a conservative commentator who compares The Beat to other news programs, according to conservative commentator Tiana Lowe. According to mediaite, the Beat is a "thought-provoking" and "idiosyncratic display" that "avoids the singular focus on Trump's misdeeds that captivates other hosts," as Melber's interview style suggests. In a 2019 interview with Melber about his life and work, he said it was the only time he'd ever "cry on television."

Melber conducted several newsworthy interviews with former Trump aide Peter Navarro, and one of the interviews was quoted as proof by Congress to hold Navarro in contempt.

Melber appeared on The Point, a Sunday evening MSNBC show; a cohost of MSNBC's show The Cycle; and a substitute host for other MSNBC shows, including The Rachel Maddow Show and Lawrence O'Donnell. Melber was also a reporter for The Nation, where his writing on law, politics, planning, civil rights, and technology; and he's appeared in The Atlantic, Reuters, and Politico. Melber also wrote a paper on Organizing for America.

Melber regularly uses hip hop songs to talk about political or legal situations. According to a Vanity Fair article about MSNBC, he is the "unknown fourth Beastie Boy," implying that he is "shockingly smart and well read."

In 2019, Apple Music began a live concert hosted by Melber, Nevuary Radio.

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