INSIDER SHOW NOTES
3/11: Prison, Pardons, & Hoaxes
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Preet and SDNYAn article from the NYT from 3/11/17, “U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Says He Was Fired After Refusing to Quit”An article from the NYT on former New York State Senate majority leader Dean Skelos’ sentencingAn article from the NYT on Rajat Gupta’s sentencing
Manafort sentencing An article in the NYT about Manafort’s sentencing, including Judge Ellis’ comment that Manafort led an “otherwise blameless life”An article in Politico reporting on Mueller’s allegation that Manafort engaged in witness tamperingAn article from the Washington Post on Manafort’s upcoming sentencing before Judge Amy Berman Jackson in D.C.The United States Sentencing Commission report on “The Basics” of Federal Sentencing. The United States Sentencing Commission report from November 2017, “Demographic Differences in Sentencing: An Update to the 2012 Booker report”The Legal Information Institute’s definition of consecutive and concurrent prison sentences
Michael Cohen -- the pardon issue & lawsuit against Trump Org. An article from the NYT about Michael Cohen’s testimony regarding a pardon, and Trump’s reactionAn article from the WSJ reporting that Cohen directed his lawyer to inquire about a Presidential pardon last yearCohen’s complaint filed against the Trump Organization, plus an article from the Washington Post on the lawsuitAn article from the Washington Post on Cohen’s former joint defense agreement with TrumpAn article from Vox on Michael Cohen’s closing statement from his 3/6 testimony before Congress, including his remarks on 2020
Jussie Smollett Jussie Smollett’s indictmentChicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s full remarks on Smollett, prior to the official charges
Supreme CourtBush v. Gore (2000), plus Jeffrey Toobin’s analysis on the repercussions of the Court’s decision
Definition The Merriam-Webster definition of dispositive
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