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Preet and Anne address the criticisms of Bob Mueller and Bill Barr, the tricky situation Mueller faced on obstruction, and what’s next as lawmakers grapple with the report’s findings and conclusions. 

REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

The Mueller Report & Barr’s comments

• Mueller’s report, plus the executive summaries for Volumes I and II
• Bill Barr’s press conference, plus the transcript of his remarks

OLC Memos

• The 1973 and 2000 Office of Legal Counsel memos on indicting a sitting President

Congressional response

• House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler’s subpoena requesting the unredacted Mueller report

Federal Campaign Finance laws

• 52 U.S.C. Subchapter I, Disclosure of Federal Campaign Funds, Legal Information Institute
• 52 U.S. Code § 30121, Contributions and donations by foreign nationals, Legal Information Institute
• 11 CFR § 110.20, Prohibition on contributions, donations, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements by foreign nationals, Legal Information Institute  

Rudy Giuliani

• An excerpt of Rudy Giuliani’s interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Preet’s interview, and a transcript of both interviews

Mueller & the role of the Special Counsel

• Video: “MSNBC Reporter Confronts Robert Mueller Outside Church After Easter Service; Mueller: ‘No Comment,’” RealClearPolitics, 4/21/19
• 28 CFR § 600, Special Counsel regulations
• “Special Counsel Investigations: History, Authority, Appointment and Removal,” Congressional Research Service, 3/13/19
• “Expired Independent-Counsel Law Leaves More Power with Justice Department,” Wall Street Journal, 5/10/17
• “How the Mueller report reminds us of Watergate,” Washington Post, 4/19/19

Reactions to & analysis of Mueller’s report

• “Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: A Heat Map,” Lawfare, 4/21/19
• “Trump lawyers reviewed Mueller report for 10 hours before it was made public,” Reuters, 4/19/19
• “How a legal dispute between Mueller and Barr drove the end of the special counsel’s probe,” Washington Post, 4/20/19
• “Robert Mueller failed to do his duty,” Washington Post, 4/19/19
• “On live TV, instant Mueller report takes reveal the challenges of real time reporting,” Washington Post, 4/20/19
• “All the Mistakes Mueller Made in Declining to Prosecute Donald Trump Jr,” Slate, 4/18/19

Trump’s prior experience with depositions

• “Trump: A True Story,” Washington Post

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In this Insider bonus, Preet and Anne continue their discussion of the newly released Mueller report.

REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

• The (redacted) Mueller report
• Bill Barr’s press conference, plus the transcript of his remarks
• The 1973 and 2000 Office of Legal Counsel memos regarding DOJ policy on indicting a sitting President

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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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