CNN legal analyst Laura Coates speaking with Attorney General Keith Ellison during the 2024 MinnPost Festival.
CNN legal analyst Laura Coates speaking with Attorney General Keith Ellison during the 2024 MinnPost Festival. Credit: Photo by Sarah Morreim

St. Paul native and CNN anchor Laura Coates served as the opening moderator for this past weekend’s MinnPost Festival, facilitating a one-on-one interview with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. 

The near hour conversation inside the sanctuary of Westminster Presbyterian Church touched on a wide range of topics, with democracy becoming a recurring theme between the two legal minds. Coates is a former federal prosecutor and authored “Just Pursuit – A Black Prosecutor’s Fight for Fairness.” 

The video of the conversation is available here for viewing.

YouTube video