Asha Rangappa is a lawyer, former FBI Special Agent, and current CNN analyst. She's also a Senior Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Head to CAFE.com for a full transcript of Asha's Note.

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On the CAFE Insider docket:

– Former President Donald Trump’s motions to dismiss the criminal charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith in the election interference case;

– The ABC News report that, months ago, Smith granted former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows immunity, which cleared the way for Meadows to testify before a D.C. grand jury;

– Trump’s $10,000 fine for violating a gag order in the New York civil fraud case for a second time; and

– Michael Cohen’s testimony at Trump’s civil fraud trial in NY.

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In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and Richard Haass, the president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, discuss the biggest national security threat facing the US.

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Joyce Vance is a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, a professor at the University of Alabama Law School, and an MSNBC legal analyst.

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On the CAFE Insider docket:

– The implications of plea deals that Donald Trump’s co-defendants, lawyers Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Kenneth Chesebro, struck with prosecutors in the Georgia election interference case, including their agreements to testify against Trump and other defendants; 

– Trump’s $5,000 fine for violating a gag order in the New York civil fraud case after a social media post attacking a court clerk remained on his campaign website; and

– The Supreme Court oral arguments in a case challenging South Carolina’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

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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 Drexel University law professor Adam Benforado discuss juror biases. 

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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 limited gag order imposed by a federal judge in D.C. that prevents former President Donald Trump from publicly attacking witnesses and prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case;

– A federal grand jury’s indictment of Rep. George Santos on ten new criminal charges, including aggravated identity theft and making false statements to the FEC; and

– The new criminal charge brought against Senator Bob Menendez for acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.

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