Jeff Pegues

Jeff Pegues is CBS News’ chief justice and homeland security correspondent based in Washington, D.C. Since joining CBS News in 2013, Pegues has led coverage for some of the biggest stories of the last decade from the death of George Floyd and social justice protests across the country to the Russia investigation and most of the recent active shooter events and terrorist attacks. Pegues has also become one of the most informed journalists on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and has reported extensively on the conflict between the Black community and police. Pegues is an author and the recipient of multiple journalism awards, including numerous Emmys, the Sigma Delta Chi Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award. Pegues’ career spans more than three decades. He spent nearly 10 years at WABC-TV in New York and reported and anchored at WBAL in Baltimore and WSVN in Miami.