INSIDER SHOW NOTES

3/11: Prison, Pardons, & Hoaxes

Order Preet’s book, “Doing Justice,” here.

Preet and SDNY

• An article from the NYT from 3/11/17, “U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Says He Was Fired After Refusing to Quit”
• An article from the NYT on former New York State Senate majority leader Dean Skelos’ sentencing
• An article from the NYT on Rajat Gupta’s sentencing

Manafort sentencing

• An article in the NYT about Manafort’s sentencing, including Judge Ellis’ comment that Manafort led an “otherwise blameless life”
• An article in Politico reporting on Mueller’s allegation that Manafort engaged in witness tampering
• An article from the Washington Post on Manafort’s upcoming sentencing before Judge Amy Berman Jackson in D.C.
• The United States Sentencing Commission report on “The Basics” of Federal Sentencing. 
• The United States Sentencing Commission report from November 2017, “Demographic Differences in Sentencing: An Update to the 2012 Booker report”
• The Legal Information Institute’s definition of consecutive and concurrent prison sentences

Michael Cohen -- the pardon issue & lawsuit against Trump Org.

• An article from the NYT about Michael Cohen’s testimony regarding a pardon, and Trump’s reaction
• An article from the WSJ reporting that Cohen directed his lawyer to inquire about a Presidential pardon last year
• Cohen’s complaint filed against the Trump Organization, plus an article from the Washington Post on the lawsuit
• An article from the Washington Post on Cohen’s former joint defense agreement with Trump
• An article from Vox on Michael Cohen’s closing statement from his 3/6 testimony before Congress, including his remarks on 2020

Jussie Smollett

• Jussie Smollett’s indictment
• Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s full remarks on Smollett, prior to the official charges

Supreme Court

• Bush v. Gore (2000), plus Jeffrey Toobin’s analysis on the repercussions of the Court’s decision

Definition

• The Merriam-Webster definition of dispositive

Thank you for listening to this week’s episode of CAFE Insider. We’ll be back next week. Please email your questions for Preet and Anne to [email protected].