On this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, “Mueller Testimony Aftermath," Preet and Anne discuss:The disagreement among lawmakers on how to proceed after former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s marathon congressional testimony last week.President Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas—who had a fiery performance during Robert Mueller’s testimony—to replace Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.The Justice Department’s decision to reinstate the federal death penalty.

They also address Jeffrey Epstein’s jail injuries and Trump’s unfruitful efforts to release American rapper A$AP Rocky from a Swedish jail. 

REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

MUELLER TESTIMONY AFTERMATH“Rule 6(e) The Grand Jury: Recording and disclosing the proceedings,” Legal Information Institute“More than 100 House Democrats want to open an impeachment inquiry into Trump,” Washington Post, 7/29/19“Mueller’s Testimony: The Baton Passes to Congress,” Lawfare, 7/24/19

RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN U.S. ELECTIONS“Report on the Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election,” Volume 1, Senate Intelligence Committee, 7/25/19Preet’s tweet about Trump & Putin’s discussion to form an “impenetrable Cyber Security unit” in 2017, 7/28/19“Mitch McConnell blocks election security legislation,” CBS News, 7/26/19“Russians probably targeted election systems in all 50 states, Senate panel’s report says,” Washington Post, 7/25/19

DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCEDirector of National Intelligence Dan Coats’ resignation letter, 7/28/19“Dan Coats, who often clashed with Trump over Russian election interference, is out as national intelligence director,” Chicago Tribune, 7/29/19“Trump to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as DNI,” Axios, 7/28/19“Leon Panetta, CIA director, unanimously confirmed by Senate as defense secretary,” Washington Post, 6/21/11

FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Legal Information Institute“Barr Won’t Get His Macabre Holiday Celebration,” The Atlantic, 7/26/19“Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse,” Department of Justice, 7/25/19“National Polls and Studies,” Death Penalty Information Center“Facts about the Death Penalty,” Death Penalty Information Center, 5/31/19“Obama Administration Steps Back From Effort to End Federal Death Penalty,” New York Times, 4/29/15“New Jersey Abolishes Death Penalty,” National Public Radio, 12/17/07

JEFFREY EPSTEIN“Jeffrey Epstein found injured with marks on his neck in New York jail cell, sources say,” NBC News, 7/25/19

A$AP ROCKY IN SWEDEN“Trump has displayed galling hypocrisy in the A$AP Rocky case,” Washington Post, 7/27/19“Trump Lashes Out at Sweden Over ASAP Rocky’s Detention,” New York Times, 7/25/19

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