On the CAFE Insider docket this week:

– The completion of Merrick Garland’s first year as Attorney General;

– The conviction of the first January 6th rioter to stand trial; 

– The indictment of the leader of the Proud Boys on multiple charges relating to January 6th, including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding;

– The lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee against the January 6th Committee seeking to block a subpoena relating to RNC email campaigns; and

– The launch of the Department of Justice’s “KleptoCapture Task Force” targeting Russian oligarchs who are supporting Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Hip hop artists are finding their rap lyrics and videos used against them in criminal court proceedings across the country. A group of celebrities and scholars led by Jay-Z signed a letter recently calling on New York lawmakers to pass the Senate Bill S7527, also known as the” Rap Music On Trial” bill, which seeks to make it more difficult for prosecutors to admit creative expressions into evidence. 

CAFE Executive Producer Tamara Sepper speaks with Andrea Dennis, co-author of the book, “Rap On Trial – Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America,” and Alex Spiro, Jay-Z’s attorney who drafted the letter and represents many hip hop artists and other celebrity clients as a partner at the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. 

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