Sarah Maureen Isgur[3] (born November 9, 1982) is an American attorney, political commentator, and former spokesperson at the United States Department of Justice.
[17] Following law school, Isgur worked at the National Republican Senatorial Committee as legal counsel.
She clerked for Judge Edith H. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.
[15] Following the announcement of Jeff Sessions as attorney general, Isgur became spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Justice in March 2017.
This began with the criticism of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was initially created by the Obama administration.
[30][39] In February 2019, CNN announced that it had hired Isgur to help oversee the network's coverage of the 2020 United States presidential election.
[30][40][41] After CNN announced her hiring, the network received backlash from its own reporters as well as the Democratic National Committee due to a lack of journalism experience and her recent involvement with the Republican Party.
[30][39] Isgur had previously criticized CNN and other mainstream media organizations regarding their coverage of the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries.
[42][43][44] The Democratic National Committee expressed reservations over Isgur's conservative political history and her alleged connections to a retracted Fox News story on the debunked Seth Rich conspiracy theory.
[45][46] In November 2019, Isgur began working as a full-time staff writer for The Dispatch, co-founded by her "close friend" Toby Stock.
[45] Isgur joined The Dispatch after Stock sent out an email to his close friends in early 2019 asking for naming ideas for their new media company.
[45] Isgur hosts the news organization's self-titled podcast, which features Goldberg, Hayes, and David French.
[47] Isgur is the main host of the legal podcast, Advisory Opinions, alongside permanent guest David French.
On April 4, 2021, during an appearance on This Week, George Stephanopoulos announced that Isgur had joined ABC News as an analyst.
[54] In 2019 Isgur married Scott A. Keller, a former Solicitor General of Texas, in a private ceremony at the Supreme Court.