Cory Rove
← Ground Truth

Sean Davis

Cory amplifies 166×
@seanmdav·journalist·Right

Federalist co-founder; media and institutional criticism.

Co-founder (2013, with Ben Domenech) and CEO of the conservative online magazine The Federalist. A former chief investigator for the late Sen. Tom Coburn with a Wharton MBA, he is known for aggressive conservative media criticism and for The Federalist's coverage of the Russia-collusion story.

In their words

Every single Democrat on the House Ways & Means Committee voted this morning to hide the IRS whistleblower testimony and keep…

The strongest case

Legacy media operate with partisan blind spots they refuse to acknowledge, so adversarial conservative outlets are a necessary corrective and a check on establishment narratives.

And against

Under his direction The Federalist blends reporting with sharp advocacy, and critics say it has amplified contested claims — notably around the 2020 election — with insufficient hedging.

On the record: no documented legal record found in a primary source.