Spencer S. Hsu

Washington, D.C.

Investigative reporter

Education: Harvard University, B.A. in English

Spencer S. Hsu is an investigative reporter, two-time Pulitzer finalist and national Emmy Award nominee. Hsu has covered homeland security, immigration, Virginia politics and Congress. He received the Sigma Delta Chi award and Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize for excellence in investigative journalism in 2012.
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At trial, U.S. calls ex-D.C police officer a Proud Boys ‘double agent’

A D.C. police intelligence officer is on trial, accused of helping the Proud Boys and lying to investigators about it afterward.

December 2, 2024
Former D.C. police lieutenant Shane Lamond, shown in 2023.

Proud Boys’ Tarrio could testify at leak trial of D.C. police officer

Lt. Shane Lamond’s contacts with Henry “Enrique” Tarrio fed Proud Boys’ anger on Jan. 6, 2021. His trial spotlights police dealings with the extremist group.

December 1, 2024
Former D.C. police lieutenant Shane Lamond leaves federal court after pleading not guilty to obstruction of justice and other charges in 2023.

With D.C. case dismissed, Trump is no longer under federal indictment

Donald Trump’s election as president prompted special counsel Jack Smith to seek to drop the Jan. 6 case and remove him from the classified documents appeal.

November 25, 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith makes a statement from his office in Washington on June 9, 2023.

Former Maryland police officer sentenced for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Justin Lee joined the Montgomery County Police Department about a year after the attack and was involved in a high-profile shooting of an armed suspect.

November 22, 2024
Justin Lee arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington in August.

Ga. election workers ask court to punish Giuliani for more false claims

Two Georgia election workers want a judge to force Rudy Guliani to stop repeating false claims that resulted in a $148 million judgment against him.

November 20, 2024
Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media as he leaves court in New York on Nov. 7.

U.S. judge appointed by Trump criticizes ‘blanket pardons’ for Jan. 6

Anything approaching wholesale pardons would be “beyond … disappointing,” U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols said in the case of a man charged with beating police with a baseball bat.

November 20, 2024
Edward “Jake” Lang, center, and other Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they attempt to breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Ex-Oath Keeper who pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy gets probation

Brian Ulrich was sentenced to three years of probation after he severed ties with the Oath Keepers following the January 6 attack and became a government witness.

November 19, 2024
Members of the Oath Keepers extremist group at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Head of elite D.C. preschool arrested on child sex charge in FBI sting

James S. Carroll, the head of the National Child Research Center, is accused of instructing an undercover officer in ways to abuse a young boy.

November 19, 2024

Activists sentenced for red powder attacks on U.S. Constitution, museums

A Maryland man accused in attacks on D.C. museums gets a two-year sentence for pouring red powder over the Constitution, an action that cost $50,000 to clean up.

November 15, 2024
Jackson Green, left, and Donald Zepeda in arrest photographs.

Judge puts off Jan. 6 trial after defendant points to possible Trump pardon

The judge is the first to postpone a Jan. 6-related trial scheduled for the post-election transition period.

November 14, 2024
Rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.