In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, “House Rules,” co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram break down the latest developments:

-- The impeachment inquiry into President Trump passed a significant milestone with the first formal vote on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday, shifting the impeachment process into a more public phase.

-- House investigators continue to depose witnesses in closed-door hearings as the DC District Court is deciding in two separate cases whether former Trump officials have “absolute immunity” from congressional subpoenas.

-- While historical parallels are rarely exact, a look at past presidential impeachment inquiries may help the House Judiciary Committee to shape the articles of impeachment in the next stage of the process.

-- On Saturday, the Justice Department complied with a court order and released its first installment of primary-source documents related to then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, which include stunning admissions from key figures in Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

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REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

2020: A LEAP YEAR & THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION “What is a Leap Year?,” NBC News, 2/17/19Election countdown 2020 tracker

TRUMP’S FLORIDA RESIDENCYTrump’s tweet on 10/31 announcing that he will make Palm Beach, Florida his permanent residenceTrump’s tweet on 11/1 complaining about New York City’s leadership“Trump, Lifelong New Yorker, Declares Himself a Resident of Florida,” The New York Times, 10/31/19

MUELLER’S 302 REPORTSThe Justice Department’s first installment of primary documents related to Mueller’s investigation (“302 reports”), 11/1/19The Mueller Report’s Secret Memos,” BuzzFeed, 11/2/19“Internal Mueller documents show Trump campaign chief pushed unproven theory Ukraine hacked Democrats,” The Washington Post, 11/2/19“Feds release Flynn interview notes,” Politico, 11/1/19 (court filing here)

HOUSE INQUIRY VOTEHouse resolution (H.Res.660), resolution fact sheet, and House Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry procedures, 10/31/19“A Divided House Endorses Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump,” The New York Times, 10/31/19“What’s in the House Resolution on Impeachment?,” Lawfare, 10/30/19“Pelosi will get more out of today’s impeachment inquiry vote than Republicans. Here’s why,” The Washington Post, 10/31/19“Democrats pivot from private inquiry of Trump to public case for impeachment,” The Washington Post, 11/2/19“Kellyanne Conway calls Democrats’ bluff on impeachment, claims ‘they don't have the votes’” Fox News, 10/31/19“Defining Impeachment Down,” The Wall Street Journal, 10/31/19“Glengarry Glen Ross,” 1992 film referenced in Preet’s October 30th CAFE Insider Note

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONIESTrump’s tweet alleging that House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff will modify deposition transcripts, 11/3/19“Trump’s awful new ‘transcript’ tweets demonstrate how his propaganda works,” The Washington Post, 11/4/19“House Democrats Release Transcripts of Yovanovitch, McKinley Impeachment Testimony,” The Wall Street Journal, 11/4/19Director for European Affairs for the U.S. National Security Council, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s Opening Statement, 10/29/19“Trump allies attack loyalty of impeachment inquiry witness because he was born in Ukraine,” The Washington Post, 10/29/19“White House official who heard Trump’s call with Ukraine leader testified that he was told to keep quiet,” The Washington Post, 11/1/19“White House official on Ukraine call wasn't concerned ‘anything illegal’ occurred,” CBS News, 10/31/19 (includes Opening Statement of Timothy Morrison, outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council and a deputy assistant to the president)Stay Tuned with Preet: The Prosecution (with Patrick Fitzgerald), 6/7/18Tracker of requests or subpoenas for documents and witness testimony, The New York Times “John Bolton’s former deputy asks judge to resolve conflicting demands for House impeachment testimony,” The Washington Post, 10/31/19

ROBERT BORKThe Atlantic Senior Politics Editor, Yoni Appelbaum’s Twitter thread about Robert Bork’s adamant support of presidential impeachment in 1998“How Robert Bork's Failed Nomination Led to a Changed Supreme Court,” History.com, 10/28/18