CAFE Insider 04/15: "Spying" & Lying

Preet and Anne discuss:

• The arrest and indictment of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, and the likelihood that he’ll testify at Roger Stone’s trial
• Attorney General Bill Barr’s testimony that the Justice Department would look into potential inappropriate “spying” on the Trump campaign
• The indictment of prominent Democratic lawyer Greg Craig who served as President Obama’s White House counsel
• The indictment of attorney Michael Avenatti in California on dozens of charges arising from a scheme to defraud his clients
• President Trump’s proposal to send undocumented immigrants to Sanctuary Cities
• The relationship between the police and prosecutors. 

REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

JULIAN ASSANGE’S INDICTMENT & PRESS FREEDOMS

• Julian Assange’s indictment filed by the Eastern District of Virginia
• “Assange: A Self-Proclaimed Foe of Secrecy Who Inspires Both Admiration and Fury,” NYT, 4/11/19
• “Julian Assange has been charged, prosecutors reveal inadvertently in court filing,” Washington Post, 11/15/18
• “Press Freedoms and the Case Against Julian Assange, Explained,” NYT, 4/11/19
• “Q: Could U.S. Prosecute Reporters For Classified Scoops? A: Maybe,” NPR, 3/22/17
• “How Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning became intertwined,” ABCNews, 4/12/19
• “Everything You Need to Know About Wikileaks,” MIT Technology Review, 12/9/10
• “Julian Assange, A Man Without A Country,” New Yorker, 8/14/17
• “Julian Assange’s arrest could end as a test for press freedom,” CNN, 4/11/19
• “Trump on WikiLeaks after Assange arrest: ‘It’s not my thing,’” The Hill, 4/11/19
• Christina Wilkie’s tweet documenting Trump’s inconsistent love of Wikileaks
• “Behind the Race to Publish the Top-Secret Pentagon Papers,” NYT, 12/20/17
• “What Would Daniel Ellsberg Do With the Pentagon Papers Today?,” NYT, 4/18/10

JULIAN ASSANGE’S CAT

• Wikileaks tweet confirming Assange’s cat is safe
• Assange’s Cat’s twitter account (@EmbassyCat)

EXTRADITION

• “What is Extradition,” Council on Foreign Relations, 4/11/19
• The Extradition Treaty between the US and UK, 3/31/03

ROGER STONE

• Stone’s Motion to Dismiss his indictment in DC court
• Stone’s Motion to Compel Complete Report of the Special Counsel
• Stone indictment filed by the District Court for the District of Columbia
• “Roger Stone wants to put Assange on the stand,” Politico, 4/12/19

BILL BARR & CAMPAIGN “SPYING”

• “Clip: Attorney General Says He Thinks Spying Occurred on Trump Campaign,” C-SPAN, 4/10/19
• “Bill Barr’s Low Moment,” Lawfare Blog, 4/10/19
• “Comey: 'I have no idea' what Barr meant with 'spying' comment,” The Hill, 4/11/19
• Trump’s “never forget” tweet invoking Barr’s use of the word “spying”

GREG CRAIG

• Greg Craig’s indictment filed in the District Court for the District of Columbia
• 18 U.S. Code § 1001
• Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), Department of Justice
• “Gregory Craig, former Obama White House counsel, charged with making false statements related to Ukraine work in latest Mueller fallout,” Washington Post, 4/11/19
• “Prominent Democratic lawyer Greg Craig close to being charged in case stemming from Mueller probe,” CNN, 3/28/19
• “Paul Manafort Guilty Plea Highlights Increased Enforcement of Foreign Agents Registration,” Lawfare Blog, 9/14/18

MICHAEL AVENATTI

• The indictment filed by the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California against Michael Avenatti
• “Attorney Michael Avenatti Named in Federal Grand Jury Indictment that Accuses Him of Stealing Millions of Dollars from Clients,” U.S. Attorney’s Office for Central District of CA, 4/11/19
• “Michael Avenatti Faces New Criminal Charges in Escalated Federal Case,” NYT, 4/11/19

SANCTUARY CITIES

• “White House proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities, targeting political foes,” Washington Post, 4/11/19
• Trump’s tweet confirming reports on the Sanctuary Cities proposal
• “Trump Urged Homeland Security Official to Close Border Despite an Earlier Promise of a Delay,” NYT, 4/12/19
• Mayor Jenny Durkan, “Seattle isn’t afraid of immigrants, Mr. Trump,” Washington Post, 4/12/19

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