Ilya Marritz

Ilya Marritz is a senior reporter at WNYC and the co-host of Trump, Inc.

Ilya was born and raised in Manhattan. His work has been heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace, On The Media, Planet Money, and The World. He has contributed print pieces to The Daily News, The New Yorker online, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the Financial Times. Since 2018, he has been the co-host of the duPont silver baton-winning podcast Trump, Inc., produced by WNYC and ProPublica.

He previously hosted The Season, a podcast about a struggling college football team, the Columbia University Lions.

He has worked as a reporter at WNYC since 2008. Prior to that, Ilya was a producer at The Brian Lehrer Show and at NPR's All Things Considered, and a reporter at Radio Prague.

 

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Ilya Marritz appears in the following:

Trump instructed to obey court rules ahead of Manhattan criminal trial

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

At a hearing Tuesday in New York, which former President Donald Trump attended via video conference, Judge Juan Merchan ordered Trump to obey a protective order or face a possible contempt ruling.

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A jury finds Trump liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial

Tuesday, May 09, 2023

Jurors believed that Carroll's allegation of sexual abuse in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s was more likely true than not. They awarded her $5 million in total damages.

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Closing arguments are set to begin in E. Jean Carroll's civil case against Trump

Monday, May 08, 2023

Former President Donald Trump will not testify at the civil trial where longtime advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses him of raping her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996.

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Ahead of its second week, catch up on E. Jean Carroll's trial against former president Trump

Saturday, April 29, 2023

The second week of E. Jean Carroll's trial against former President Donald Trump starts Monday. The former columnist says he raped her in the 1990s, then called her a liar when she went public.

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E. Jean Carroll testified in trial that Trump sexual assaulted her

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Former columnist E. Jean Carroll is scheduled to testify Wednesday in her civil sexual assault suit against former President Donald Trump. Carroll claims Trump raped her in the mid 1990s.

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Donald Trump's civil rape case goes to trial in Manhattan

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Former columnist E. Jean Carroll sued the former president for allegedly raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. Donald Trump has said she made it all up for publicity reasons.

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E. Jean Carroll's civil trial against former President Donald Trump begins

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

A civil trial against former President Donald Trump began Tuesday in Manhattan. Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses Trump of raping her in the 1990s.

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5 things to know as E. Jean Carroll's civil trial begins against Donald Trump

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Jury selection starts Tuesday in Manhattan in the sexual assault and defamation civil suit against former President Donald Trump. E. Jean Carroll accuses Trump of raping her in the 1990s.

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DA Bragg sues Jim Jordan, claiming 'an unconstitutional attempt to undermine' the case

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

The New York prosecutor who is pursuing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump says a GOP-led congressional panel is trying to interfere with his case. Now he's taking them to court.

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When Presidents Go to Trial

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Former President Donald Trump was arrested in New York. 

What Trump's arraignment was like at the courthouse

Tuesday, April 04, 2023

For the first time, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is able to speak freely about the case against former President Donald Trump. People gathered both in support of Trump and the indictment.

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Trump arrives in New York to face charges

Monday, April 03, 2023

Former President Donald Trump arrives in New York to face charges.

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Israeli Protests and The Trial of a Prime Minister

Friday, March 31, 2023

And what the U.S. can learn from Israeli protests. 

The Incomplete Research On Teens and Social Media

Friday, March 31, 2023

We don't know as much as it seems.

Utah's New Social Media Law for Children is Part of a Trend

Friday, March 31, 2023

State governments try to address a growing concern over the impact of social media on children and teens.

The U.S. Laws Preventing Boycotts of Israel

Friday, March 31, 2023

Anti-boycott laws are now in 34 states across the U.S. 

Manhattan grand jury indicted ex-President Donald Trump — in a historic first

Friday, March 31, 2023

Trump was charged with crimes after a grand jury spent months investigating hush money payments. The indictment makes Trump the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges.

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Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury

Thursday, March 30, 2023

The charges, which are expected to be released in coming days, make Trump the first former president in United States history to be criminally indicted.

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Manhattan's district attorney weighs potential charges against former President Trump

Monday, March 20, 2023

The man who will decide whether to indict a former president is Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney. If arrested, Trump called for protests. Bragg said his office wouldn't be intimidated.

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Revisiting the Stormy Daniels case that could lead to Donald Trump's indictment

Sunday, March 12, 2023

A look at the case involving former President Donald Trump and adult film actress Stormy Daniels that might lead to the indictment of Trump.

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