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In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Ioffe assesses the Biden administration’s strategy to combat Putin’s latest military escalation.

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Joyce Vance is joined by guest co-host Barb McQuade while Preet is traveling. Barb served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017.

On the CAFE Insider docket: 

– The civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James against former President Donald Trump, three of his adult children, and others for allegedly taking part in a years-long financial fraud scheme; 

– The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that permits DOJ to resume investigating the classified documents that were seized from Mar-a-Lago; and

– Special Master Judge Raymond Dearie’s first hearing with prosecutors and Trump’s attorneys.

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“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne talk about their own familial immigration stories. 

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In this bonus from Stay Tuned, NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg responds to listener questions about SCOTUS term limits, friendships on the Court, and how RBG changed her.

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On the CAFE Insider docket this week: 

– The appointment of Judge Raymond Dearie of the Eastern District of New York as special master to review the more than 11,000 documents seized from Mar-a-Lago;

– DOJ’s request for the 11th Circuit to freeze the district court order that blocked investigators from using the seized classified documents in furtherance of the investigation; 

– Former President Donald Trump’s assertion, in media appearances, that he declassified the documents, and why Trump’s lawyers have not raised the declassification argument in court filings; and

– The reports signaling prosecutors are far from deciding whether to bring charges against Trump or his associates, despite indications that DOJ’s investigation into January 6th is accelerating.

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