CAFE Insider

"Andy McCabe's National Emergency"

Supplemental materials and references made in the episode:

Join Preet on March 19th at NYU’s Skirball for a live Stay Tuned show celebrating the launch of his book. "CBS This Morning" Bianna Golodryga will interview Preet, but he'll still answer your questions at the start of the show. Insiders get early access to tickets, so head to CAFE.com/tour to join us for this special evening.

Is it pled or pleaded? The debate continues

• Preet’s tweet about pleaded v. pled; and see Mueller’s sentencing submission for Manafort, where prosecutors write “pled,” NOT pleaded.

Andrew McCabe, the 25th Amendment, and the aftermath of Jim Comey’s firing

• Andrew McCabe’s 60 Minutes interview, plus the transcript from 2/17/19
• DOJ response to McCabe’s 60 Minutes interview
• A statement from McCabe’s spokesperson responding to the 60 Minutes interview
• Andrew McCabe’s book, The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump
• An article in the NYT reporting Comey’s firing in 2017
• An article in the NYT first reporting that Rod Rosenstein considered secretly recording Trump
• A report from NPR on Rosenstein denial that he discussed recording Trump
• Rosenstein’s appointment of Bob Mueller as Special Counsel
• Rosenstein’s 2017 memo that Trump used to justify firing Comey
• An article from the NYT on Rosenstein’s reaction to being “used” by the White House to justify Comey’s firing 
• Trump’s 2017 interview with Lester Holt
• An article from the NYT on Manafort’s departure from the Trump campaign
• Michael Horowitz’s inspector general report.
• Understanding how impeachment proceedings work
• Alan Dershowitz comment on the 25th Amendment and impeachment, tweeted by Trump
• Sen. Lindsey Graham’s comments about McCabe on CBS “Face The Nation”
• An article from ABC News reporting on Rosenstein’s expected departure from DOJ in March. 

National Emergency

• Trump’s press conference where he declares a National Emergency
• National Emergencies Act
• 10 U.S. Code 2808
• 25th Amendment
• Article I, Section I and Article I, Section 9, Constitution
• Outline of the administration’s plan to fund the wall
• Types of federal forfeiture
• An article in the Washington Post on the origin of the National Emergencies Act and its previous uses.
• Chris Wallace’s interview with Stephen Miller
• A 16 state lawsuit challenging Trump’s declaration of a national emergency (and an article from the NYT )

Roger Stone

• Mueller’s indictment of Roger Stone
• The gag order imposed on Roger Stone (and NPR’s report)
• An article from Washington Post on Roger Stone’s Instagram post threatening Judge Jackson
• Stone’s apology to Judge Amy Berman Jackson over the Instagram post

Thank you for listening to this week's episode of CAFE Insider. We’ll be back next week. Please email your questions for Preet and Anne to [email protected].

In this Stay Tuned bonus clip, Adam McKay discusses if a movie’s success is determined by its performance with critics or in the box office. Plus, the best advice he’s received in his career.  

References:

• McKay’s movies: The Big Short (2015), Stepbrothers (2008)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• Office Space (1999)
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
• It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
• Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
•  Red Dawn (1984)

This episode was taped on 2/5/19. Thank you for subscribing to CAFE Insider. 

CAFE Insider: Bezos, AMI, and TMI

Supplemental materials and references made in the episode:

• Jeff Bezos’ post in Medium, “No thank you, Mr. Pecker”
• Bezos’ hired investigator, Gavin De Becker, comments on AMI’s possible “political motive” to leak.  
• The extortion statute, 18 U.S.C. 875(d)
• The September 2018 non-prosecution agreement between American Media, Inc. (AMI) and SDNY.
• An interview on ABC’s “This Week” with Elkan Abramowitz, the attorney representing AMI CEO David Pecker. Transcript here.
• An interview on ABC’s “This Week” with Professor Alan Dershowitz. Transcript here.
• Jeffrey Toobin’s analysis in the New Yorker of Gawker’s collapse and its implications for the First Amendment.
• The Daily Beast article reporting that Michael Sanchez, the brother of Bezos’ mistress, Lauren Sanchez, gave the couple’s intimate texts to the National Enquirer.
• Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
• The viral moment from Whitaker’s testimony, where he tells Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler his five minutes are up.
• A Politico article recounting the subpoena standoff between Rep. Nadler and Whitaker.
• Chairman Adam Schiff’s statement on the House Intelligence Committee Investigation and CNN’s report on the announcement and the Committee’s vote to send Mueller transcripts from some 50 interviews it conducted on the Russia investigation.
• Trump’s use of the phrase “presidential harassment” and its origin.
• Trump’s Dr. Seuss-inspired line from the State of the Union, and a Washington Post analysis of Trump’s invocation of Dr. Seuss’s style and rhyme.
• The partially redacted transcript from Paul Manafort’s hearing on 2/4/19.
• A question from a listener, Twitter user @papayapulp, asking Preet and Anne, is it “pled” or “pleaded.”

Thanks for listening to this week’s episode of CAFE Insider. We’ll be back next week. Please email your questions for Preet and Anne to [email protected]

This is the Cafe Insider Podcast. Your hosts are Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram. The producers at Pineapple Street Media are Kat Aaron, Jenna Weiss-Berman and Max Linsky. The executive producer at Cafe is Tamara Sepper. And the Cafe team is Julia Doyle, Calvin Lord, Vinay Basti and Geoff Isenman. Our music is by Andrew Dost.

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