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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, 7/25/19
• Preet’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 INTELLIGENCE

• Director 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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In this Stay Tuned bonus, Preet and Anne continue their analysis of Mueller’s public testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on Wednesday, July 24th. 

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REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

• “President George W. Bush introduces Robert Mueller,” C-SPAN, 7/5/01
• “Robert Mueller Testifies Before Two House Committees,” C-SPAN, 7/24/19
• “READ: Robert Mueller's Opening Statement Before Congressional Hearings,” National Public Radio, 7/24/19
• “Document: The Mueller Report,” Lawfare, 4/18/19
• “Top Law and Intelligence Experts’ Views on Mueller Hearings,” Just Security, 7/24/19
• “Highlights of Robert Mueller’s Testimony to Congress,” New York Times, 7/24/19 

On this episode of CAFE Insider podcast, “Mueller Time, At Last," Preet and Anne focus on:

• Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s highly anticipated testimony on Wednesday before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees.
• Newly unsealed documents in SDNY’s now-concluded hush money investigation into Michael Cohen that potentially implicate the President and his former aide Hope Hicks in violating the law

They also address developments in the Jeffrey Epstein case, and Trump’s expected nomination of Eugene Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to replace Alex Acosta as Secretary of Labor. 

REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

ROBERT MUELLER

• On July 24th, watch Mueller’s testimony live before the House Judiciary Committee here and the House Intelligence Committee here
• “What I Would Ask Robert Mueller,” James Comey, Lawfare, 7/19/19
• “Dear Dems: Make Mueller’s Testimony About 2020, Not 2016,” Just Security, 7/19/19

SDNY’S HUSH MONEY INVESTIGATION

• “READ: FBI documents from Michael Cohen investigation,” CNN, 7/18/19
• U.S. District Court Judge William Pauley’s July 17th order to unseal Cohen investigation search warrant documents
• SDNY’s July 15th letter to Judge Pauley confirming an end to the investigation into Michael Cohen’s campaign finance violations
• House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler’s July 18th letter to Hope Hicks
• “Feds’ probe into Trump hush money payments is over, judge says,” Politico, 7/17/19
•  “Jerry Nadler asks Hope Hicks to clarify her ‘inconsistent’ testimony about hush payments,” Vox, 7/19/19

JEFFREY EPSTEIN

• U.S. District Court Judge Berman’s July 18 decision & order denying bail and remanding Jeffrey Epstein
• “Jeffrey Epstein Is Denied Bail in Sex Crimes Case,” New York Times, 7/18/19

EUGENE SCALIA

• “Trump to Nominate Eugene Scalia for Labor Secretary Job,” New York Times, 7/18/19

ROBERT MORGENTHAU

• “Robert Morgenthau, Longtime Manhattan District Attorney, Dies at 99,” New York Times, 7/21/19

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