Sarah Isgur

{{short description|American lawyer and political analyst}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Sarah Isgur | other_names = Sarah Isgur Flores<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/oip/foia-library/general_topics/referencing_media_leaks_04_01_21/dl | title=Flores, Sarah Isgur (OPA) - My contact info | date=March 21, 2017 | website=www.justice.gov}}</ref> | birth_name = Sarah Maureen Isgur | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|11|09}} | birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S. | education = {{Unbulleted list |Northwestern University (BA) |Harvard University (JD) |London School of Economics}} | occupation = Journalist and political analyst | employer = {{ubl|''The Dispatch''}} | spouse = {{Unbulleted list |{{marriage|Chad Flores|2011|end=div}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://registry.theknot.com/sarah-isgur-chad-flores-september-2011-tx/700757|title=Sarah Isgur and Chad Flores Wedding Registry}}</ref> |{{marriage|Scott A. Keller|2019}}}} | political_party = Republican | image = Sarah Flores Isgur.jpg | caption = Sarah Isgur speaking in 2018 }}

'''Sarah Maureen Isgur'''<ref name="State Bar of Texas">{{cite web |last1=Isgur |first1=Sarah |title="State Bar of Texas" |url=https://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Find_A_Lawyer&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=304847 |website=Texas Bar |access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref> (born November 9, 1982)<ref name="Allen" /> is an American attorney, political commentator, and former spokesperson at the United States Department of Justice.

In 2016, Isgur was a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics.<ref name="Harvard" /> She was deputy campaign manager for Carly Fiorina's 2016 presidential campaign. Prior to that, she worked on Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign.

Isgur hosts the podcast ''Advisory Opinions'' for ''The Dispatch'', a conservative media outlet.<ref name="ABC News" /><ref name="Fedsoc" /><ref name="Dispatch">{{Cite web |title=Sarah Isgur |url=https://thedispatch.com/people/5849329-sarah-isgur |access-date=April 11, 2021 |website=The Dispatch}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Isgur was born to a Jewish family in 1982 and raised in Texas.<ref name="auto">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/persons-of-interest/sarah-isgurs-majority-report | title=Sarah Isgur's Majority Report | magazine=The New Yorker | date=February 7, 2024 | last1=Sanneh | first1=Kelefa |quote= Isgur is forty-one, a secular Jew from Texas who sometimes adopts the persona of “Grifter Sarah,” a political consultant who gives candidates self-serving advice.}}</ref><ref name="Allen">{{Cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Mike |last2=Lippman |first2=Daniel |date=November 9, 2015 |title=POLITICO Playbook, presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co. – 365 DAYS to election – HOW FOX will try to shame CNBC – POLITICO's booming Europe arm expands: financial services vertical, bigger London bureau, top hire from WSJ – B'DAY: John Harris, Sarah Flores |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/playbook/2015/11/politico-playbook-presented-by-jpmorgan-chase-co-365-days-to-election-how-fox-will-try-to-shame-cnbc-politicos-booming-europe-arm-expands-financial-services-vertical-bigger-london-bureau-top-hire-from-wsj-bday-john-harris-sarah-flores-211152 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref><ref name="palmer1">{{Cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Anna |last2=Sherman |first2=Jake |title=POLITICO Playbook: The post-Trump era begins |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/11/09/the-post-trump-era-begins-490845 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> Her father is U.S. bankruptcy judge Marvin Isgur.<ref name="chron">{{Cite web |title=Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Houston, touts crackdown on immigrants suspected in crimes |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Attorney-General-Jeff-Sessions-in-Houston-touts-13146892.php |access-date=July 29, 2023 |website=Houston Chronicle}}</ref><ref name="GOP" /><ref name="Harvard">{{Cite web |title=Fall 2016 Fellows: Sarah Isgur Flores |url=https://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/sarah-isgur-flores |access-date=April 11, 2021 |website=Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics}}</ref><ref name="Pate">{{Cite news |last1=Pate |first1=Sadie C. |last2=Pendergrass |first2=Drew C. |date=October 20, 2016 |title=Back to Her Roots |publisher=The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/10/20/conversation-Sarah-Isgur-Flores/ |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref>

In 2004, Isgur received a BA from Northwestern University in history and political science.<ref name="Fedsoc">{{Cite web |title=Sarah Isgur, Contributor |url=https://fedsoc.org/contributors/sarah-isgur-flores |access-date=April 11, 2021 |website=The Federalist Society}}</ref> She began as a math major, but after being placed in a senior-level political science seminar due to a scheduling error, she changed her major to political science.<ref name="Pate" />

Isgur received her JD in 2008 from Harvard Law School.<ref name="Fedsoc" /><ref name="Moody" /> During her time at Harvard Law School, Isgur was the president of the Harvard Federalist Society and a staffer on the ''Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy''.<ref name="Harvard" /><ref name="Goldmacher" /><ref name="GOP">{{Cite web |title=Sarah Isgur Flores |url=https://www.gop.com/author/sarah-isgur-flores |access-date=April 11, 2021 |website=GOP |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212145752/https://www.gop.com/author/sarah-isgur-flores |url-status=dead }}</ref> Isgur also attended the London School of Economics and participated in their certificate program.<ref name="GOP" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Chat with Mo Elleithee and Sarah Isgur about Ethics in Political Communication |url=https://ethicsinpoliticalcommunication.org/blog/2020/1/24/a-chat-about-ethics-1 |access-date=April 12, 2021 |website=Ethics in Political Communication|date=January 27, 2020 }}</ref>

While in law school, she worked as a clerk for the Office of Legal Policy and at several law firms, including Cooper & Kirk and Wiley Rein. She worked on Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential political action committee and Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential campaign.<ref name="CBS">{{Cite news |date=March 27, 2007 |title=Romney Offers Student Fundraisers A Cut |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/romney-offers-student-fundraisers-a-cut/ |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref>

==Career== 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.<ref name="Fedsoc" /><ref name="Goldmacher" /> Isgur was the political director for Texans for Ted Cruz, Cruz's 2010 campaign for Texas attorney general.<ref name="Harvard" /><ref name="Moody" /> In 2010, Isgur endorsed the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, despite disagreeing with Kagan on most policy issues.<ref name="Marr">{{Cite news |last=Marr |first=Kendra |date=May 27, 2010 |title=W.H. rolls out Kagan narrative |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/05/wh-rolls-out-kagan-narrative-037838 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref>

Isgur worked for the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign.<ref name="Harvard" /><ref name="Moody">{{Cite news |last=Moody |first=Chris |date=January 2, 2015 |title=With eye on a presidential bid, Carly Fiorina hires Republican Party spokeswoman |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/02/politics/carly-fiorina-hires-republican-party-spokeswoman/ |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref> She worked for the Republican National Committee as deputy communications director from 2013 until 2015.<ref name="Moody" /><ref name="Examiner">{{Cite news |date=January 23, 2014 |title=RNC embraces reputation as the 'pro-life party' |publisher=Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/republicans-embrace-pro-life-stance#emliATk1dWWJ5RVH.99 |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref> In that role, she promoted the party's pro-life position.<ref name="Examiner" />

In January 2015, Isgur began working for Carly Fiorina's political action committee.<ref name="Moody" /><ref name="Shepard">{{Cite news |last=Shepard |first=Steven |date=January 2, 2015 |title=Fiorina snags RNC staffer, Club's Keller joins Jamestown |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/carly-fiorina-sarah-isgur-flores-113922 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> After Fiorina decided to run for president, Isgur transitioned to the position of Deputy Campaign Manager for Carly Fiorina's 2016 presidential campaign.<ref name="Moody" /><ref name="Lee">{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=MJ |date=May 5, 2015 |title=Carly Fiorina's HP record clouds her campaign launch |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/04/politics/carly-fiorina-hewlett-packard-2016-elections/index.html |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Linkins">{{Cite news |last=Linkins |first=Jason |date=August 26, 2015 |title=Carly Fiorina Is Hopping Mad At CNN Over Looming Debate Snub |work=Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/carly-fiorina-is-hopping-mad-at-cnn-over-looming-debate-snub_n_55de3399e4b08dc094865fca |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref> In 2016, Isgur Flores was on the national board of the Maverick PAC, a Texas-based political action committee.<ref name="Allen2">{{Cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Mike |last2=Lippman |first2=Daniel |date=April 12, 2016 |title=97 DAYS TO CLEVELAND: 'Bidding war for delegates' could include plane rides, luxury lodging, golf-course briefings – VEEP OPPO WARS: Progressives target Julián Castro – WASHPOST plans Trump book |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/playbook/2016/04/97-days-to-cleveland-bidding-war-for-delegates-could-include-plane-rides-luxury-lodging-golf-course-briefings-veep-oppo-wars-progressives-target-julian-castro-washpost-plans-trump-book-213698 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref>

In 2016, she was a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics.<ref name="Harvard" /><ref name="Palmer1">{{Cite news |last=Palmer |first=Anna |date=November 9, 2016 |title=WE WERE ALL WRONG – What D.C. should expect – TRUMP to Clinton: 'I respect you' – NEW POWER PLAYERS in ALL RED WASHINGTON – B'DAY: John Harris |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2016/11/we-were-all-wrong-what-dc-should-expect-trump-to-clinton-i-respect-you-new-power-players-in-all-red-washington-bday-john-harris-217304 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref>

===US Department of Justice=== In December 2016, Isgur joined the Trump administration, serving first as part of Attorney General Jeff Sessions's confirmation team. During an interview with Politico, she praised the selection of Sessions as attorney general.<ref name="Goldmacher">{{Cite news |last=Goldmacher |first=Shane |date=December 30, 2016 |title=Former Fiorina strategist joins Sessions AG confirmation team |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/former-fiorina-strategist-joins-sessions-ag-confirmation-team-233052 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> Isgur began working with Sessions prior to his confirmation hearing and was his spokesperson throughout the confirmation process.<ref name="Johnson">{{Cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Eliana |last2=Calderone |first2=Michael |date=February 19, 2019 |title=Ex-Sessions spokeswoman to join CNN as political editor |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/19/sessions-sarah-isgur-cnn-political-editor-1174527 |access-date=April 11, 2021 |work=Politico}}</ref><ref name="Sherman">{{Cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Jake |last2=Palmer |first2=Anna |last3=Lippman |first3=Daniel |date=December 30, 2016 |title=BEHIND-THE-SCENES look at inaugural committee – FAHRENTHOLD's Trump opus – SARAH FLORES to help Sessions – CHRISTINA BELLANTONI welcomes a boy – TYRONE GAYLE engaged – B'DAY: Tammy Haddad |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2016/12/behind-the-scenes-look-at-inaugural-committee-fahrentholds-trump-opus-sarah-flores-to-help-sessions-christina-bellantoni-welcomes-a-boy-tyrone-gayle-engaged-bday-tammy-haddad-218021 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> She also ran Sessions through mock confirmation hearings.<ref name="Goldmacher" />

In March 2017, Isgur became spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Justice.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 2, 2017 |title=Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions under fire over Russia meetings |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39136118 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302173842/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39136118 |archive-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> As a critic of Trump's campaign for presidency, Isgur had to overcome hesitancy from the president before beginning her job.<ref name="Goldmacher" /> While at the DOJ, she worked as the director of the Office of Public Affairs. During the Mueller Investigation, she served as senior counsel to the deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein.<ref name="Fedsoc" /><ref name="Johnson" /><ref name="Tani" /><ref name="Ring">{{Cite news |last=Ring |first=Trudy |date=December 5, 2018 |title=New Justice Department Spokeswoman Comes From Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group |publisher=Advocate |url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/2018/12/05/new-justice-department-spokeswoman-comes-anti-lgbtq-hate-group |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> The White House tried to fire Isgur for her role in the Mueller Investigation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2021-01-01 |title=Opinion {{!}} We in the 'shallow state' thought we could help. Instead, we obscured the reality of a Trump presidency. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sarah-isgur-shallow-state-trump-doj/2020/12/23/e843da1a-4561-11eb-a277-49a6d1f9dff1_story.html |access-date=2024-06-20 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> After Trump removed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Isgur was fired.<ref name=":2" />

While at the Department of Justice, Isgur dealt with the public relations fallout of the Trump administration's immigration policy. After President Trump issued Executive Order 13769 (instituting what became known as the "Muslim ban"), Isgur sought to defend the ban's legal basis, arguing that "the president's executive order falls well within his authority to safeguard the nation's security."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jarrett |first=Laura |date=March 24, 2017 |title=Federal judge sides with Trump administration in travel ban case |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/24/politics/virginia-federal-judge-revised-travel-ban/index.html |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref name="Marcetic">{{Cite news |last=Marcetic |first=Branko |date=February 2019 |title=The Most Suspect Name in News |publisher=Jacobin |url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/02/cnn-sarah-isgur-flores-trump-gop |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Gerstein1">{{Cite news |last=Gerstein |first=Josh |date=March 24, 2017 |title=Virginia judge backs Trump on travel ban |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-travel-ban-virginia-judge-affirms-236469 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Gerstein2">{{Cite news |last=Gerstein |first=Josh |date=June 1, 2017 |title=Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate travel ban |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/01/trump-travel-ban-supreme-court-239050 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> She also worked on additional issues impacting President Trump, including his claim that President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower in the run-up to the 2016 election.<ref name="Wright">{{Cite news |last=Wright |first=Austin |date=March 13, 2017 |title=DOJ asks for more time to address Trump's wiretapping claim |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/justice-trump-wiretapping-236011 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref>

=== NPR/KCRW ===

Isgur used to be a regular presenter on KCRW's weekly politics show and podcast, ''Left, Right & Center''.

===CNN=== Following her employment with the Trump administration's Justice Department, Isgur explored employment with CNN and MSNBC, with sources claiming she pitched her knowledge of the Mueller Investigation as a selling point when inquiring about employment.<ref name="Tani" /><ref name="Pompeo">{{Cite news |last=Pompeo |first=Joe |date=February 20, 2019 |title="SHE WAS PITCHING HER INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MUELLER PROBE": SARAH ISGUR FLORES, FORMER TRUMPER, TALKED TO MSNBC BEFORE SIGNING WITH CNN |publisher=Vanity Fair |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/sarah-isgur-flores-former-trumper-talked-to-msnbc-before-signing-with-cnn |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref>

In February 2019, CNN announced that it had hired Isgur to help oversee the network's coverage of the 2020 United States presidential election.<ref name="Tani" /> Isgur was first hired as a politics editor, but CNN later changed her role to political analyst following pushback.<ref name="Tani" /><ref name="Choi">{{Cite news |last=Choi |first=Matthew |date=March 8, 2019 |title=Ex-Sessions spokeswoman will be political analyst, not editor |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/08/sarah-isgur-not-editor-cnn-1213635 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref><ref name="McNamara">{{Cite news |last=McNamara |first=Audrey |date=March 8, 2019 |title=GOP Operative Sarah Isgur No Longer CNN Politics Editor After Backlash |publisher=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/sarah-isgur-no-longer-cnn-political-editor-after-backlash |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref> After CNN announced her hiring, the network received backlash from its own reporters as well as the Democratic National Committee due to her lack of journalism experience and her recent involvement with the Republican Party.<ref name="Tani" /><ref name="Pompeo" /> Isgur had previously criticized CNN and other mainstream media organizations regarding their coverage of the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries.<ref name="Glueck">{{Cite news |last=Glueck |first=Katie |date=September 1, 2017 |title=Carly Fiorina just scored the lifeline she needed |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/fiorina-carly-cnn-debate-213243 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Tani2">{{Cite news |last=Tani |first=Maxwell |date=February 20, 2019 |title=CNN Staffers 'Demoralized' by Hiring of GOP Operative Sarah Isgur to Edit 2020 Coverage |publisher=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-staffers-demoralized-by-hiring-of-gop-operative-sarah-isgur-to-oversee-2020-coverage |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Miller">{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Katherine |date=December 1, 2016 |title=If You Wanted An Epic Media Reckoning Over Trump And The GOP Primary, It Happened |publisher=Buzzfeed |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katherinemiller/if-you-wanted-an-epic-media-reckoning-over-trump-and-the-gop |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Tani">{{Cite news |last=Tani |first=Maxwell |date=February 21, 2019 |title=CNN in Damage-Control Mode Over GOP Operative Hire Sarah Isgur |publisher=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-assures-dnc-ex-sessions-aide-sarah-isgur-wont-work-on-democratic-debates |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref> In response, Isgur denied involvement in the conspiracy theory, stating "I have not spoken about the death of Seth Rich with or to anyone except in response to questions pertaining to this lawsuit. I have not been contacted by either party or their counsel in reference to this case. There is a legitimate discussion that can be had around my future employment, but this is not part of it."<ref name="Tani" /> CNN later assured the Democratic National Committee that Isgur would not be involved in the station's coverage of the Democratic debates.<ref name="Tani" /><ref name="Choi" /> CNN tried to get out of its contract with Isgur by invoking a "morality clause" in her contract because Justice Brett Kavanaugh had recently officiated her wedding to Scott A. Keller. Isgur told CNN that if they did, she would take her case to federal court. CNN paid out the compensation Isgur was owed in her contract. Isgur never joined CNN full time but remained a CNN analyst after beginning a position at ''The Dispatch''.<ref name="Lippman">{{Cite news |last=Lippman |first=Daniel |date=November 19, 2019 |title=Sarah Isgur joins conservative media startup as staff writer |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/19/sarah-isgur-conservative-media-startup-writer-071599 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref><ref name="politico">{{Cite news |date=August 28, 2020 |title=Yes, We Just Saw the Future of Conventions |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/28/virtual-convention-roundup-402560 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref>

===''The Dispatch''=== In November 2019, Isgur began working as a full-time staff writer for ''The Dispatch'', co-founded by her friend Toby Stock.<ref name="Lippman" /> Isgur joined ''The Dispatch'' after Stock sent out an email to his close friends in early 2019 asking for naming ideas for the new media company.<ref name="Lippman" /> Isgur received the email and met with Stock to discuss her potentially joining ''The Dispatch''.<ref name="Lippman" />

Isgur initially hosted the ''The Dispatch''<nowiki/>'s self-titled podcast, which featured Goldberg, Hayes, and David French and others as panelists.<ref name="Coppins">{{Cite news |last=Coppins |first=McKay |date=January 31, 2020 |title=The Conservatives Trying to Ditch Fake News |publisher=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/dispatch-tries-sell-real-news-right/605860/ |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> She relinquished that role after ''The Dispatch'' acquired SCOTUSblog.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Dispatch Podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dispatch-podcast/id1493229344 |website=Apple Podcasts |access-date=7 May 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260302060736/ |archive-date=2 Mar 2026 |quote=Host Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Megan McArdle and guests for a thoughtful discussion on politics, policy and culture.}}</ref>

Isgur is the main host of the legal podcast ''Advisory Opinions'', alongside permanent guest David French. ''Advisory Opinions'' follows Supreme Court cases and news as well as other important or unique cases in federal circuit court of appeals, district courts, or occasionally state courts.<ref name="Travis">{{Cite news |last=Travis |first=Kari |date=March 17, 2020 |title=Legal experts debate constitutionality of Cooper's ban on mass gatherings |publisher=Carolina Journal |url=https://www.carolinajournal.com/news-article/governors-ban-of-mass-gatherings-applies-to-religious-services-legal-experts-say/ |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Larimore">{{Cite news |last=Larimore |first=Rachael |date=March 27, 2021 |title=Our Best Stuff From the First Full Week of Spring |publisher=The Dispatch |url=https://weekly.thedispatch.com/p/our-best-stuff-from-the-first-full |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> Isgur is famous for starting the "buckets" metaphor among Supreme Court justices and attorneys.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sanneh |first=Kelefa |date=2024-02-07 |title=Sarah Isgur's Majority Report |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/persons-of-interest/sarah-isgurs-majority-report |access-date=2024-06-20 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> In 2024, Isgur defended Supreme Court justices' reluctance to adopt an ethics code, saying "They are already so isolated. I don’t know that people fully appreciate what the life of a Supreme Court justice is."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024 |title=Inside the Supreme Court Ethics Debate: Who Judges the Justices? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/us/supreme-court-ethics-rules.html |work=New York Times}}</ref> Isgur is usually joined by a guest on the podcast, most often permanent guest, David French.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-05 |title=Advisory Opinions Archives |url=https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/ |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=The Dispatch |language=en-US}}</ref>

Isgur occasionally appears as a guest on Goldberg's podcast, ''The Remnant''.<ref name="Goldberg">{{Cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Jonah |date=December 8, 2020 |title=57 Commas |publisher=The Dispatch |url=https://remnant.thedispatch.com/p/57-commas-7ad |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, Isgur writes a newsletter for ''The Dispatch'' titled ''The Sweep''.

===ABC News=== On April 4, 2021, during an appearance on ''This Week'', George Stephanopoulos announced that Isgur had joined ABC News as an analyst.<ref name="ABC News">{{Cite news |date=April 4, 2021 |title='This Week' Transcript 4-4-21: Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré (Ret.), Sen. Roy Blunt, Sec. Pete Buttigieg |publisher=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-21-lt-gen-russel-honor-ret/story?id=76856995 |access-date=April 19, 2021}}</ref>

=== ''Politico'' === On January 9, 2022, Isgur published her first piece as a contributing editor at ''Politico Magazine''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Isgur |first=Sarah |date=January 8, 2022 |title=It's Time to Amend the Constitution |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/08/scalia-was-right-make-amending-the-constitution-easier-526780 |access-date=June 27, 2024 |work=Politico}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 2011, Isgur married Chad Flores. They later divorced.<ref name="Sherman3">{{Cite news |last=Sherman |first=Jake |date=March 14, 2018 |title=Playbook: Why Conor Lamb's narrow lead is an 'ominous sign' for Republicans |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/03/14/conor-lamb-pennsylvania-special-election-winner-254339 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> In 2019 Isgur married Scott A. Keller, a former solicitor general of Texas, in a private ceremony at the Supreme Court.<ref name="Lippman" /> They had a son in 2020, and another in 2023.<ref name="Durkin">{{Cite news |last1=Durkin |first1=Erin |last2=Gronewold |first2=Anna |last3=Bocanegra |first3=Michelle |date=July 21, 2020 |title=Silver sentenced to 6.5 years — Phase 4 underway without indoor reopening timeline — Cuomo went to Georgia — Trump's threats |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2020/07/21/silver-sentenced-to-65-years-phase-4-underway-without-indoor-reopening-timeline-cuomo-went-to-georgia-trumps-threats-489851 |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref>

Isgur is Jewish.<ref name="auto"/>

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==External links== *[https://ballotpedia.org/Sarah_Isgur Sarah Isgur] *[https://www.justice.gov/oip/foia-library/foia-processed/general_topics/sarah_isgur_flores_10_16_20_new/dl Records of Former PAO Director Sarah Isgur Flores] March 6, 2018 justice.gov * [https://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/sarah-isgur-flores Sarah Isgur Flores] @ The Institute of Politics at Harvard University * {{Cite web | title=Sports | url=https://heavy.com/news/2016/03/sarah-isgur-husband-chad-flores-carly-fiorina-campaign-manager-facebook-instagram-page/ | access-date=2026-01-16 | website=heavy.com}} * {{Cite web | title=The Most Suspect Name in News | url=https://jacobin.com/2019/02/cnn-sarah-isgur-flores-trump-gop | access-date=2026-01-16 | website=jacobin.com}} * [https://twitter.com/whignewtons whignewtons] @ Twitter * {{IMDb name|6313262}}

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