Robach started her career at
WCBD-TV in 1995. She moved in 1999 and started working at
WTTG in Washington, D.C. She joined
MSNBC in 2003, and worked there for four years. She anchored two hours in the morning, and filled in on
Weekend Today,
Countdown with Keith Olbermann and
Morning Joe. In July 2007 she was named co-anchor of
Weekend Today. On May 19, 2012, Robach initially appeared on ABC's
Good Morning America as a correspondent. She became the show's news anchor on March 31, 2014. In 2018, Robach became the new co-anchor of
20/20. In March 2020, Robach began hosting
Pandemic: What You Need to Know on ABC, a daytime program initially focused on the
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and airing in place of
Strahan, Sara & Keke. The program later replaced
Strahan, Sara & Keke indefinitely as
GMA3: What You Need to Know, with Robach continuing as host.
Jeffrey Epstein story On November 2, 2019,
Project Veritas released a late August 2019 "hot mic" incident in which Robach discusses ABC shutting down her story in 2015 on
Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire who was a convicted sex offender and accused sex trafficker. Robach's comments were made two days after an NPR story disclosed the existence of an on-camera interview with
Virginia Roberts Giuffre and ABC's failure to broadcast it. Giuffre says she was sexually trafficked by Epstein to powerful men, including
Prince Andrew, Duke of York — a claim the Duke strenuously denied. In a "hot mic" video, Robach was recorded on set for ABC's
Good Morning America voicing the following statements: "I've had the story for three years," Robach says in the video. "We would not put it on the air. Um, first of all, I was told, 'Who was Jeffrey Epstein? No one knows who that is. This is a stupid story.' Then the palace found out that we had her whole allegations about Prince Andrew and threatened us a million different ways." Robach said that Giuffre alluded to others in the interview, including former President
Bill Clinton, Harvard University law professor emeritus
Alan Dershowitz, and Epstein's former girlfriend,
Ghislaine Maxwell. Giuffre has made similar accusations against all of them also in court documents. (All deny any wrongdoing or involvement in Epstein's sex trafficking.) Giuffre has said in court papers that she saw Clinton in Epstein's presence but did not witness Clinton participate in any sexual activity. "I tried for three years to get it out to no avail, and now these new revelations and — I freaking had all of it," Robach says on the tape. "I'm so pissed right now. Like, every day I get more and more pissed, 'cause I'm just like, 'Oh my God!' It was — what we had, was unreal. Other women backing it up." Robach further said: “One of the reasons an interview with Roberts was not broadcast was because, we were so afraid we wouldn’t be able to interview
Kate and
Will, so I think that had also quashed the story.” Robach responded to the Project Veritas leaked video, stating: "As a journalist, as the Epstein story continued to unfold last summer, I was caught in a private moment of frustration. I was upset that an important interview I had conducted with Virginia Roberts didn’t air because we could not obtain sufficient corroborating evidence to meet ABC’s editorial standards about her allegations. My comments about Prince Andrew and her allegation that she had seen Bill Clinton on Epstein's private island were about what Virginia Roberts said in that interview in 2015. I was referencing her allegations—not what ABC News had verified through our reporting. The interview itself, while I was disappointed it didn't air, didn't meet our standards. In the years since, no one ever told me or the team to stop reporting on Jeffrey Epstein, and we have continued to aggressively pursue this important story." ABC News asserted: "At the time, not all of our reporting met our standards to air, but we have never stopped investigating the story. Ever since, we’ve had a team on this investigation and substantial resources dedicated to it. That work has led to a two-hour documentary and 6-part podcast that will air in the new year." On January 27, 2023, both Robach and Holmes were fired from ABC News as a result of their relationship. On December 5, 2023, they launched a
podcast,
Amy & T.J., on
iHeartRadio. ==Personal life==