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On the CAFE Insider docket this week:

— The Trump indictment and its aftershocks, including Trump’s potential motives for taking the classified documents and his likely defenses.

— The question of whether the government can get Judge Aileen Cannon kicked off the Mar-a-Lago case if she doesn’t recuse herself.

— The differences between Trump’s alleged crimes and the Hillary Clinton email scandal.

— Whether Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran’s testimony and contemporaneous notes will be admissible at trial. 

— Whether a 13-year-old case involving Bill Clinton may help Trump argue that the documents were personal, not presidential, records.

We hope you’re finding CAFE Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. 

Shownotes & transcript can be found at CAFE.com.

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Tamara Sepper – Executive Producer; Jake Kaplan – Editorial Producer; Nat Weiner – Audio Producer

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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.

Notes from Joyce are exclusive to the CAFE Insider membership. For the text of this note, along with the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE's website.

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and NYU psychology professor Niobe Way discuss how to be a better friend and maintain strong personal relationships.

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In the main Now & Then episode, Heather and Joanne discussed the history and mythologies of Texas. 

In Backstage, they talk about their own experiences of Texas, in person and in culture. 

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. Thank you for being a member.

For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/now-then-backstage-6-7-texas-tall-tales-ken-paxtonand-us/

On the CAFE Insider docket this week:

• Reports that suggest Special Counsel Jack Smith is nearing the end of DOJ’s investigation into Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents.
• The embarrassing incident of a lawyer who relied on ChapGPT for legal research and cited made-up cases in a legal document submitted to the court. 

We hope you’re finding CAFE Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. 

This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network. 

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.

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.

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and Slate urban policy reporter Henry Grabar dive deep on congestion pricing and self-driving cars.

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In this special episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, former Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General John Carlin interviews Chris Inglis, while Preet and Joyce are out. Inglis recently served as the first U.S. National Cyber Director, in which role he advised President Biden on cybersecurity issues and helped develop a national cyber strategy. Before that, Inglis served as Deputy Director of the National Security Agency.

In the interview, Inglis discusses the risks artificial intelligence poses for national security, including:  

– The “black box problem” of AI algorithms;

– The use of AI in cyberattacks; 

– The AI arms race among United States, China, and Russia; and

– The potential use of generative AI to spread misinformation ahead of the 2024 election.

Inglis also breaks down the job of the National Cyber Director and the Biden administration’s cyber strategy.

We hope you’re finding CAFE Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. 

Shownotes & transcript can be found at CAFE.com.

This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.