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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.

On the CAFE Insider docket this week: 

– The news that two aides to former Vice President Mike Pence, former chief of staff Marc Short and former chief counsel Greg Jacob, testified before a federal grand jury in the January 6th investigation;

– The January 6th Committee’s eighth public hearing, which focused on then-President Donald Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction while the Capitol was under attack;

– The investigation into the missing Secret Service text messages from January 5th and 6th, 2021; and

– Steve Bannon’s conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a January 6th Committee subpoena.

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"Note From Barb" is now a 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.

This week on the CAFE Insider podcast, 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. She is now a CAFE contributor, a law professor at the University of Michigan law school, and a legal analyst for NBC News & MSNBC.

On the CAFE Insider docket this week:

– Former President Donald Trump attempted to contact a January 6th Committee witness; 

– The Committee issued a subpoena to the Secret Service for the text messages from January 5th and 6th, 2021 that seem to have been deleted; 

– Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone testified before the Committee; and 

– The Committee revealed new details about Trump’s plans in the leadup to January 6th and the links between Trump allies and the far-right extremist groups that stoked much of the violence at the Capitol.

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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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