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On the CAFE Insider docket this week: 

– The Washington Post report that confirmed, for the first time, that the Department of Justice is investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in the attack at the Capitol and other efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election;

– The reported cooperation of key January 6th witnesses, former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson and former DOJ official Ken Klukowski, with DOJ’s investigation;

– The missing January 6th text messages from former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Acting Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli; and 

– The reported involvement of Trump’s lawyers in the fake electors scheme.

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“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss how it feels to track down archival documents that shed light on historical mysteries. 

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Preet spoke with Carol Leonnig, a reporter at the Washington Post, about her recent story confirming that the Department of Justice is investigating Donald Trump's actions on and around January 6th. For a full transcript of the interview, head to the CAFE website.

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, former Rep. Joe Kennedy III discusses his harrowing experience on his first day in Professor Elizabeth Warren’s Harvard Law School class. Plus, he talks about the other important way that Warren’s class changed his life.

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