On this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, “Mueller Testimony Aftermath," Preet and Anne discuss:
- The disagreement among lawmakers on how to proceed after former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s marathon congressional testimony last week.
- President Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas—who had a fiery performance during Robert Mueller’s testimony—to replace Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.
- The Justice Department’s decision to reinstate the federal death penalty.
They also address Jeffrey Epstein’s jail injuries and Trump’s unfruitful efforts to release American rapper A$AP Rocky from a Swedish jail.
REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
MUELLER TESTIMONY AFTERMATH
- “Rule 6(e) The Grand Jury: Recording and disclosing the proceedings,” Legal Information Institute
- “More than 100 House Democrats want to open an impeachment inquiry into Trump,” Washington Post, 7/29/19
- “Mueller’s Testimony: The Baton Passes to Congress,” Lawfare, 7/24/19
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN U.S. ELECTIONS
- “Report on the Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election,” Volume 1, Senate Intelligence Committee, 7/25/19
- Preet’s tweet about Trump & Putin’s discussion to form an “impenetrable Cyber Security unit” in 2017, 7/28/19
- “Mitch McConnell blocks election security legislation,” CBS News, 7/26/19
- “Russians probably targeted election systems in all 50 states, Senate panel’s report says,” Washington Post, 7/25/19
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
- Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats’ resignation letter, 7/28/19
- “Dan Coats, who often clashed with Trump over Russian election interference, is out as national intelligence director,” Chicago Tribune, 7/29/19
- “Trump to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as DNI,” Axios, 7/28/19
- “Leon Panetta, CIA director, unanimously confirmed by Senate as defense secretary,” Washington Post, 6/21/11
FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY
- Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Legal Information Institute
- “Barr Won’t Get His Macabre Holiday Celebration,” The Atlantic, 7/26/19
- “Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse,” Department of Justice, 7/25/19
- “National Polls and Studies,” Death Penalty Information Center
- “Facts about the Death Penalty,” Death Penalty Information Center, 5/31/19
- “Obama Administration Steps Back From Effort to End Federal Death Penalty,” New York Times, 4/29/15
- “New Jersey Abolishes Death Penalty,” National Public Radio, 12/17/07
JEFFREY EPSTEIN
- “Jeffrey Epstein found injured with marks on his neck in New York jail cell, sources say,” NBC News, 7/25/19
A$AP ROCKY IN SWEDEN
- “Trump has displayed galling hypocrisy in the A$AP Rocky case,” Washington Post, 7/27/19
- “Trump Lashes Out at Sweden Over ASAP Rocky’s Detention,” New York Times, 7/25/19
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