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On the CAFE Insider docket: 

– Former President Donald Trump’s last-minute attempts to delay the start of the hush money criminal trial in Manhattan, including his petitions to change the venue of the trial, to seek recusal of the judge, and to adjourn the proceedings due to pretrial publicity;

– The increasing tension between U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon and special counsel Jack Smith in his classified documents prosecution of Trump after Cannon rebuffed Smith’s request to issue an immediate ruling on the Presidential Records Act defense; and 

– A Georgia judge’s rejection of Trump’s First Amendment defense in the election subversion prosecution in Fulton County.

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In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos discuss the viability—and danger—of third party candidates in the presidential election.  

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Barb McQuade is the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, a law professor at the University of Michigan, and an NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst. To access the full written version of Barb's note, head to CAFE.com.

On the CAFE Insider docket: 

– The gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump in the hush money prosecution in Manhattan that initially prevented Trump from criticizing witnesses, court staff, and jurors, but was expanded to also cover the judge’s and DA’s families after Trump made a series of social media posts attacking the judge’s daughter; 

– Reporting that Fulton County DA Fani Willis plans to take a lead role in trying the Trump election subversion prosecution in Georgia; 

– The Supreme Court oral arguments in a case that threatens to scale back access to the abortion drug Mifepristone; and

– Former special counsel Robert Hur’s recent testimony at a Congressional hearing about his report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents.

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Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and political commentator Fareed Zakaria discuss what Democrats can learn from the backlash politics of the past.

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Rachel Barkow is the Charles Seligson Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, where she focuses on issues of criminal justice and prison reform. For a transcript of Rachel’s note, as well as the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE.com.

On the CAFE Insider docket: 

– A New York appellate court’s decision to lower the bond amount from $464 plus interest to $175 million in NY Attorney General’s civil fraud case against Donald Trump;

– Hearing in the Manhattan DA’s hush money criminal case against Trump where Judge Merchan set April 15 as the first day of trial;

– A Supreme Court brief filed by Trump in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election case arguing that former presidents are absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for actions taken while president; and

– The legal battle over SB4, a controversial Texas immigration law, that makes it a state crime to, among other things, illegally enter Texas and authorizes local police to arrest anyone suspected of violating the law.

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