Stay Tuned with Preet

On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Inside the Fight Against Hate,” Preet answers your questions about:

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The guest this week is Cynthia Deitle

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In this clip from the CAFE Insider podcast, "Time's Up for Weinstein & Jail for Stone," co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram discuss Harvey Weinstein’s conviction on two of the five charges he faced in New York — and what his guilty verdict means for sex crimes prosecutions in the #MeToo era. 

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On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Pardonpalooza & #MeToo,” Preet and Anne Milgram, his CAFE Insider podcast co-host, answer your questions about the numerous pardons and sentence commutations issued by the White House this week.

The guest this week is Ronan Farrow, author of Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators and the host of the accompanying “The Catch and Kill Podcast.” Both works recount Farrow’s difficult journey to publishing game-changing sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Farrow is currently working with HBO on a documentary about the threats journalists face around the world.

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THE Q&A

Office of the Pardon Attorney

Derrick Bryson Taylor, Heather Murphy, and Mariel Padilla, "A Complete List of Trump’s Pardons and Commutations," NYT, 2/18/20

"U.S. attorney launches criminal probe of Rich pardon," CNN, 2/14/01

THE INTERVIEW

Farrow’s First Appearance on Stay Tuned, CAFE, 4/26/2018

Ronan Farrow, The War on Peace, W.W. Norton & Company, 2018

CATCH AND KILL

Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, Little, Brown, and Company, 2019

Ronan Farrow,“The Catch and Kill Podcast,”Pineapple Street Media, 2019-2020

Kara Scannell and Mark Morales,“National Enquirer company chief David Pecker talking with New York prosecutors,” CNN, 11/25/2019

Rachel Maddow, “NBCUniversal Offers NDA Releases Over Harassment Claim Concerns,”MSNBC, 10/26/2019

Jeff Bezos,“No thank you, Mr. Pecker,”Medium, 2/7/2019

Sarah Ellison and Paul Farhi,“Publisher of the National Enquirer admits to hush money payments made on Trump’s behalf,” Washington Post, 12/12/2018

Joe Palazzolo, Michael Rothfeld, and Lukas I. Alpert, “National Enquirer Shieldd Donald Trump From Playboy Model’s Affair Allegation,” WSJ, 11/4/2016

Reed Albergotti, Vanessa O’Connell, and Russel Adams, “How Tiger Woods Protected His Image,” WSJ, 12/18/2009

Anna Louise Bardach, “The Hush-Hush Deal that Made Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor,” LA Magazine, 9/1/2004

NEW YORKER STORIES

Ronan Farrow, “The Black Cube Chronicles,” The New Yorker, Parts I, II, and III, 10/9/2019

Ronan Farrow, “How an Élite University Research Center Concealed its Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,” The New Yorker, 9/7/2019

Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow, “A Sexual-Misconduct Allegation Against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Stirs Tension Among Democrats in Congress,” The New Yorker, 9/14/2018

Ronan Farrow, “Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct,” The New Yorker, 7/27/2018

Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow, “Four Woman Accuse New York’s Attorney General of Physical Abuse,” The New Yorker, 5/7/2018

Ronan Farrow, “The National Enquirer, A Trump Rumor, and Another Secret Payment to Buy Silence,” The New Yorker, 4/12/2018

Ronan Farrow, “Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity,” The New Yorker, 2/16/2018

Ronan Farrow, “Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies,” The New Yorker, 11/6/2017

Ronan Farrow, “From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories,” The New Yorker, 10/10/2017

WEINSTEIN TRIAL

Ronan Farrow, Tweet on Jurors, Twitter,1/9/2020

Michael Levenson, “Who’s Who in the Harvey Weinstein Trial,” New York Times, 2/19/2020

Jeremy Barr, “Why the Weinstein Trial Jurors are Deliberating Slowly,” The Hollywood Reporter, 2/19/2020

Alyssa Rosenberg, “Harvey Weinstein is on trial. But #MeToo is in danger,” Washington Post, 2/18/2020

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This week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Scenes from an Impeachment,” features an exclusive interview with Dan Goldman, the House Intelligence Committee’s Director of Investigations and Senior Adviser who was charged with leading the public questioning of impeachment witnesses. Goldman, a former federal prosecutor who served as SDNY’s Deputy Chief of Organized Crime, takes us behind the scenes of impeachment.

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REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

SUBPOENA POWER

CRS Report: Congress’s Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure, May 2017

THE WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT

Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Michael Atkinson’s first letter notifying the House Intel Committee of the withheld whistleblower complaint, 9/9/19

Chairman Adam Schiff’s letter to Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire requesting the withheld whistleblower complaint, 9/10/19

Chairman Schiff’s subpoena and accompanying letter issued to Acting DNI Maguire regarding the withheld whistleblower complaint, 9/13/19

The Whistleblower complaint regarding President Trump’s actions, filed August 2019

Acting DNI Maguire’s testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, 9/26/19

MUELLER REPORT

Attorney General Bill Barr’s letter on Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s report’s principal conclusions, March 2019

Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s Report on The Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election, March 2019

UKRAINE

Memorandum of Trump’s July 25, 2019 conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker’s text messages

Three House Committees Launch Wide-Ranging Investigation into Trump-Giuliani Ukraine Scheme, 9/9/19

“Rudy Giuliani Plans Ukraine Trip to Push for Inquiries That Could Help Trump, New York Times, 5/9/19

HOUSE IMPEACHMENT WITNESSES

Ambassador Bill Taylor’s deposition transcript and testimony

George Kent’s deposition transcript and testimony

Dr. Fiona Hill’s deposition transcript and testimony  

David Holmes’ deposition transcript and testimony

Undersecretary David Hale’s deposition transcript and testimony

Tim Morrison’s deposition transcript and testimony

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s deposition transcript and testimony

Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s deposition transcript and testimony

Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s deposition transcript and testimony

Laura Cooper’s deposition transcript and testimony  

Jennifer Williams’ deposition transcript and testimony

Ambassador Kurt Volker’s deposition transcript and testimony

Dan Goldman’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, 12/9/19

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT

The House Resolution Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors, December 2019

Clip: Pelosi’s full impeachment inquiry announcement, 9/24/19

“Seven freshman Democrats: These allegations are a threat to all we have sworn to protect,” Washington Post, 9/23/19

“How senators voted on Trump’s impeachment,” Politico, 2/5/20

SENATE TRIAL

Clip: Rep. Adam Schiff Closing Argument in Senate Trial, 1/23/20

Clip: Rep. Adam Schiff Closing Argument in Senate Trial, 2/3/20  

ROGER STONE

Roger Stone initial sentencing memo, 2/10/20

Roger Stone updated sentencing memo, 2/11/20

Trump tweet congratulating AG Barr on Stone case intervention, 2/12/20

“Prosecutors quit Roger Stone case after Justice Dept. intervenes on sentencing,” The New York Times, 2/11/20

“Trump pulls nomination of former U.S. for Treasury post,” Axios, 2/11/12

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In this special episode of Stay Tuned, “Stone Cold Crisis,” Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram dig into some seriously troubling news: The DOJ’s decision to overrule career prosecutors’ recommended sentence for Roger Stone, Trump’s long-time advisor and friend, a day after Trump called the initial sentencing recommendation “horrible and very unfair.”

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REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

STONE CASE 

Roger Stone initial sentencing memo, 2/10/20

Roger Stone updated sentencing memo, 2/11/20

Trump tweet congratulating AG Barr on Stone case intervention, 2/12/20

Preet tweet re: Judge Amy Berman Jackson, 2/11/20

Trump tweet attacking Judge Jackson, 2/11/20

“Prosecutors quit Roger Stone case after Justice Dept. intervenes on sentencing,” The New York Times, 2/11/20

“Trump pulls nomination of former U.S. for Treasury post,” Axios, 2/11/12

FLYNN

“In reversal, prosecutors recommend up to 6 months in prison for Flynn,” ABC News, 1/7/20

GIULIANI / BARR BACKCHANNEL

AG Bill Barr’s memo outlining new restrictions on opening politically sensitive investigations, 2/5/20

“Giuliani is giving Biden info the government, Barr confirms,” Los Angeles Times, 2/10/20

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On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Iowa & The State of Disunion,” Preet answers your questions about:

The future of the Iowa Caucuses

Whether the House can re-open the impeachment inquiry into President Trump

How elections should bear on impeachment

Situations where the guilty are acquitted  

The guest this week is John Dickerson. He is a correspondent for 60 Minutes, contributing editor to The Atlantic, and an author. Dickerson is also a co-host of Slate’s Political Gabfest and Whistlestop podcasts.

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THE Q&A

IOWA

“Lessons Learned From The Iowa Caucuses, And Danger Signs Ahead,” National Public Radio, 2/5/20

“‘A total mess’: Critics call for an end to Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status

Iowa caucuses – reporting,” Vox, 2/4/20

IMPEACHMENT

Double Jeopardy, Legal Information Institute

Jury Nullification, Legal Information Institute

“Alexander: Trump's Ukraine actions 'wrong,' 'inappropriate,' but not impeachable,” Politico, 2/1/20

“Murkowski says she 'cannot vote to convict,' but calls Trump's actions 'shameful and wrong,'” CNN, 2/3/20

“Rep. Jerry Nadler Says House Will Likely Subpoena John Bolton,” National Public Radio, 2/5/20

THE INTERVIEW

SOTU

Trump’s 2020 State of the Union Address

State of the Union Address, United States House of Representatives History, Art & Archives

Trump’s 2019 State of the Union Address, 2/5/19

“In dissonant State of the Union speech, Trump seeks unity while depicting ruin,” Washington Post, 2/5/19 

Ezra Klein: “Why the media is so polarized — and how it polarizes us,” Vox, 1/28/20

Dickerson: “The Hardest Job in the World,” The Atlantic, May 2018

BIPARTISANSHIP

“Obama’s Call for Bipartisanship Failed. Why Do 2020 Dems Think They’ll Do Better?,” NY Mag, 3/1/19

“Frenemies: A Love Story,” New York Times, 10/5/12

“Nancy Pelosi, Icon of Female Power, Will Reclaim Role as Speaker and Seal a Place in History,” New York Times, 1/2/19

HOUSE OF TIP O’NEILL

The Troubles of Tip O’Neill, New York Times, 8/16/91

“After Two Decades, the 'Boll Weevils' Are Back, and Whistling Dixie,” Washington Post, 4/26/81

Clip: “Speaker O'Neil's Words Taken Down,” C-SPAN, 5/15/84

“Newt vs. Tip: Partisanship at Its Apogee?,” RealClearPolitics, 5/15/14

“The House of Jim Wright,” Politico, 5/7/15

“Lott Remarks on Thurmond Echoed 1980 Words,” Washington Post, 9/11/02

TRUMAN

Listen: “Harry S. Truman’s Battles With the Bosses,” Whistlestop Podcast, 11/15/17

“As Election Day nears, Trump borrows from Harry Truman’s playbook,” Washington Post, 11/5/18

POLITICAL “GAFFES”

Clip: Joe Lieberman, “3-way tie for 3rd,” C-SPAN, 5/18/17

Clip: “The Scream that doomed Howard Dean,” 2004

Clip: “George H.W. Bush checks the time,” 1992

“Dukakis and the Tank,” Politico, 11/17/13

POLITICAL SPEECHES

Clip: Mario Cuomo 1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech, C-SPAN, 7/16/84

Clip: Ronald Reagan’s 1976 Presidential Endorsement Speech, C-SPAN, 8/19/76

Clip: President Obama delivers Eulogy, Youtube, 6/26/15

Clip: Senator Barack Obama 2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech, 7/27/04

Clip: Obama Speech in Manassas, Virginia, 11/3/08

IMPEACHMENT

Clip: Rep. Adam Schiff Closing Argument, 2/3/20

THE BUTTON

Clip: Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Democratic Response to State of the Union Address, 2/4/20

Clip: Marco Rubio's State of the Union Response, 2/12/13

Clip: Jindal Delivers Republican Response, 2/25/09

Clip: 30 Bobby Jindal Rock, 2/25/09

“Jindal's Kenneth problem,” Politico, 3/7/09

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In this Stay Tuned special bonus, national security experts Lisa Monaco and Ken Wainstein discuss the latest news stories that aren't about impeachment: Coronavirus, encryption, and the controversy over Carter Page FISA warrants.

Lisa Monaco served as Advisor to President Obama for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism from 2013-2017. A former federal prosecutor, Monaco spent 15 years in the Justice Department in various DOJ and FBI leadership positions—including Counsel to and Chief of Staff at the FBI for then-Director Robert Mueller. In 2011, Monaco was the first woman to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

Kenneth Wainstein served as Advisor to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism from 2008-2009. Wainstein served as the first Assistant Attorney General for National Security at DOJ, and led the new National Security Division in the wake of 9/11. A former federal prosecutor, Wainstein spent 19 years in the Justice Department and also served as General Counsel, and then Chief of Staff to then-Director Robert Mueller.

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REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

CORONAVIRUS

Coronavirus Live Updates, New York Times

“Trump sticks embattled health chief with coronavirus response,” Politico, 1/30/20

“195 Quarantined in California After Fleeing Coronavirus Epicenter,” New York Times, 1/31/20

“How a ‘Czar’ Fights a Disease,” Politico, 1/19/15

ENCRYPTION

Clip: Cybersecurity, Encryption and United States National Security Matters Hearing before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate, 9/13/16

Clip: Attorney General Barr on Encryption Technology and Law Enforcement, 10/4/19

Clip: Encryption and Lawful Access: Evaluating Benefits and Risks to Public Safety and Privacy, Senate Judiciary Committee, 12/10/19

Valerie Caproni’s Statement Before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 2/17/11

“A Year After San Bernardino And Apple-FBI, Where Are We On Encryption?,” National Public Radio, 12/3/16

FISA

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), Legal Information Institute

Fourth Amendment, Legal Information Institute

Judge James Boasberg’s Order Regarding Handling and Disposition of Information regarding Carter Page, filed 1/7/20

DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation, December 2019

FBI Director Chris Wray’s response in regards to “Accuracy Concerns regarding FBI Matters Submitted to the FISC,” 1/10/20

David Kris’ amicus brief, “Accuracy Concerns regarding FBI Matters Submitted to the FISC,” 1/15/20

Clip: Attorney General Barr and FBI Deputy Director Bowdich Hold Press Conference, 1/13/20

Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, “The Church Committee”

“Justice Dept. Says Facts Did Not Justify Continued Wiretap of Trump Aide,” New York Times, 1/23/20

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On this episode of Stay Tuned, “The Fate of the World in 2020,” Preet answers your questions about:

What constitutes impeachable conduct

The authorities that Chief Justice John Roberts can assert in Trump's impeachment trial

Reports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t have the votes to block impeachment witnesses

The guest this week is Ian Bremmer, the Founder and President of Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk and research firm. Bremmer is also the president of GZERO Media, which features short videos, podcasts, and explainers to help break down complicated global issues, and is an Editor-at-Large and Foreign Affairs columnist at TIME Magazine.

REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

THE Q&A

JOHN ROBERTS:

"John Roberts Can Call Witnesses to Trump's Trial. Will He?," New York Times, 1/27/20

"Rebuke From Roberts Signals His Limited Role in Trump’s Senate Trial," New York Times, 1/22/20

MITCH MCCONNELL:

"McConnell Says GOP Doesn't Have Votes to Block Impeachment Witnesses," Wall Street Journal, 1/29/20

THE INTERVIEW

EURASIA GROUP TOP RISKS:

“Top Risks for 2020,” Eurasia Group, 1/6/2020

“Top Risks for 2019,” Eurasia Group, 1/7/2019

“The Fate of the World in 2019,” Stay Tuned with Preet, 1/8/2019

DAVOS:

Klaus Schwab, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Currency/Penguin Random House, 2017

“Ian Bremmer reveals what business and political leaders are discussing behind closed doors in Davos,” Eurasia Group and Business Insider, 1/24/2020

“Climate Change Takes Center Stage at Davos,” New York Times, 1/20/2020

“Trump Focuses on Economy at Davos, Seeking a Counter to Impeachment,” New York Times, 1/21/2020

“Greta Thunberg on Averting a Climate Apocalypse: Davos 2020,” World Economic Forum on Youtube, 1/21/2020

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOREIGN POLICY:

Donald Trump Tweet about Bremmer, Twitter, 5/27/2019

Bremmer's tweet apologizing about the quote, Twitter, 5/27/2019

“A political scientist caused confusion when he made up a Trump quote. The president noticed,” Washington Post, 5/27/2019

“Mattis says Iran downing a US aircraft should be met with retaliation,” Military Times, 12/3/2019

“Zuckerberg talks Warren ‘existential’ breakup threat in leaked audio,” Axios, 10/1/2019

“After Contentious Interview, Pompeo Publicly Accuses NPR Journalist Of Lying to Him,” NPR, 1/25/2020

“Prince Charles: We need a new economic model or the planet will burn,” CNN, 1/22/20

Ian Bremmer, “How the Trump Administration’s Israel-Palestine Peace Plan Will Change the Middle East,” TIME, 1/28/2020

EXTRAS:

“A Large Blank World Map,” Wikimedia Commons

“Is it Appropriate to Undo Two Shirt Buttons at Work?” Wall Street Journal, 12/11/2014

THE BUTTON

Watch: 2020 Grammy Awards

"Alicia Keys honors Kobe Bryant in moving Grammys opening speech," LA Times, 1/26/20

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In this clip from the CAFE Insider podcast, "Nuts & Bolton," co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram discuss the bombshell revelations that former National Security Advisor John Bolton wrote in the manuscript of his forthcoming book that President Trump tied releasing aid to Ukraine investigating the Bidens.

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On this episode of Stay Tuned, “POTUS on Trial & A Military Mind,” Preet answers your questions about:

Whether foreign policy is exclusively in the purview of the executive branch and what that has to do with impeachment of President Trump

Why Lev Parnas is able to sit for public interviews while out on bond while Roger Stone is bound by a gag order

Whether Chief Justice John Roberts has veto power during the Senate trial

The guest is Admiral James Stavridis. He spent 37 years in the U.S. Navy and earned four stars, served as the 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, and forayed into academia as the 12th Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. His most recent book is Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character.

REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

THE Q&A

“Alan Dershowitz’s Strange Constitutional Arguments on Impoundment and Foreign Policy,” Lawfare, 1/22/20

Transcripts of Rachel Maddow’s first and second interview with Lev Parnas, 1/15/20

“Roger Stone Lost His Appeal Of The Gag Order Barring Him From Posting On Twitter, Facebook, And Instagram,” BuzzFeed News, 10/22/19

Senate Resolution 483, “To Provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States,” Jan 2020

“Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice,” New York Times, 1/14/20

THE INTERVIEW

Stravridis’ most recent book: Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character, October 2019

Stavridis’ column for Time: “Why Trump’s Generals Have Abandoned Ship,” 1/3/19

“‘You’re a bunch of dopes and babies’: Inside Trump’s stunning tirade against generals,” Washington Post, 1/17/20

General Ulysses S. Grant’s book, Personal Memoirs, 1999

Michael Shaara’s book, The Killer Angels, 2004

Steven Pressfield’s book, Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae, 2005

“Trump invites disgraced Navy SEAL who posed with a dead ISIS captive he was accused of murdering to Mar-a-Lago,” Business Insider, 12/24/19

“Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALs Who Turned In Edward Gallagher,” New York Times, 12/27/19

The North Atlantic Treaty, April 1949

“What Is NATO’s Article 5?,” History, 8/31/18

Stavridis column for Time: “Why NATO Is Essential For World Peace, According to Its Former Commander,” 4/4/19

My Big Fat Greek Wedding, IMDb, 2002

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