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CAFE Insider 04/01: Justice Off-Balance


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Episode 19: “Justice Off-Balance”
04/01/2019
On Episode 19 of CAFE Insider, Preet and Anne discuss:The latest on making Mueller’s report publicThe acrimony in the House Intelligence CommitteeThe GOP’s calls to investigate the investigatorsSDNY’s extortion case against Michael AvenattiAlex Jones’s depositionThe Cook County State Attorney’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case
REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Check out Preet’s book, “Doing Justice” – it’s a #4 NYT Bestseller
Bill Barr and the Mueller ReportBarr’s second letter to lawmakers giving an update on the release of the Mueller reportFederal Rules of Criminal Procedure: Rule 6 (e) “The Grand Jury, Recording and Disclosing the Proceedings”The 2008 Office of Legal Counsel Opinion, “Assertion of Executive Privilege Concerning the Special Counsel’s Interviews of the Vice President and Senior White House Staff”An article in the NYT reporting on the length and release of Mueller’s reportAn explainer from the Washington Post on how executive privilege works and how it doesn’t
Adam Schiff and the acrimony in the House Intel CommitteeThe letter Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee sent to Chairman Adam Schiff urging him to resign his postA video of Rep. Schiff’s speech responding to the GOP’s calls for his resignationAn article in the Washington Post about the GOP and Trump’s attacks on Rep. Schiff A 2012 article from the Washington Post on the former Intel Committee Chairman, Mike Rogers, a Republican, and the community of bipartisanship he createdRep. Schiff’s March 2018 interview on Stay Tuned
Polls NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll which found that 29% of Americans believe President Trump has been cleared of wrongdoingDecember 2018 NPR/PBS poll, which found that more than three in four Americans wanted the Mueller report to be released in its entirety
Michael AvenattiSDNY’s criminal complaint against AvenattiThe criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CaliforniaBloomberg columnist Matt Levine’s take on Avenatti's arrest
Alex JonesCharlie Warzel’s piece for the NYT, “Why Courtrooms Are Kryptonite for Alex Jones”An article in the NYT on the lawsuit against Alex Jones
Jussie Smollett A Chicago Tribune op-ed by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, explaining the handling of the Jussie Smollett caseThe Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association Statement on Jussie Smollett Case DismissalA timeline from NPR on the developments in the Jussie Smollett caseA clip from the film Miller’s Crossing (“So it’s clear what I’m saying?” “As mud”)
The sandwich debateA listener tweet with a pressing question, plus this helpful infographic
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