Episode 19: “Justice Off-Balance”
04/01/2019
On Episode 19 of CAFE Insider, Preet and Anne discuss:
- The latest on making Mueller’s report public
- The acrimony in the House Intelligence Committee
- The GOP’s calls to investigate the investigators
- SDNY’s extortion case against Michael Avenatti
- Alex Jones’s deposition
- The Cook County State Attorney’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case
REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Check out Preet’s book, “Doing Justice” – it’s a #4 NYT Bestseller
Bill Barr and the Mueller Report
Adam Schiff and the acrimony in the House Intel Committee
- The letter Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee sent to Chairman Adam Schiff urging him to resign his post
- A video of Rep. Schiff’s speech responding to the GOP’s calls for his resignation
- An article in the Washington Post about the GOP and Trump’s attacks on Rep. Schiff
- A 2012 article from the Washington Post on the former Intel Committee Chairman, Mike Rogers, a Republican, and the community of bipartisanship he created
- Rep. Schiff’s March 2018 interview on Stay Tuned
Polls
- NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll which found that 29% of Americans believe President Trump has been cleared of wrongdoing
- December 2018 NPR/PBS poll, which found that more than three in four Americans wanted the Mueller report to be released in its entirety
Michael Avenatti
Alex Jones
- Charlie Warzel’s piece for the NYT, “Why Courtrooms Are Kryptonite for Alex Jones”
- An article in the NYT on the lawsuit against Alex Jones
Jussie Smollett
- A Chicago Tribune op-ed by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, explaining the handling of the Jussie Smollett case
- The Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association Statement on Jussie Smollett Case Dismissal
- A timeline from NPR on the developments in the Jussie Smollett case
- A clip from the film Miller’s Crossing (“So it’s clear what I’m saying?” “As mud”)
The sandwich debate
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