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On the CAFE Insider docket: – The vote by House Republicans to formally launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden; – The Supreme Court’s decision to grant review in a case that involves potential restrictions on the abortion drug Mifepristone and a case that concerns the scope of the obstruction statute prosecutors have used to charge January 6 rioters and Donald Trump;– The expedited schedule set by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Trump’s appeal of the lower court’s rejection of his absolute immunity defense in the election subversion criminal case;– A federal jury’s decision to order Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million in damages for defaming two Georgia election workers; and– A federal appeals court panel’s rejection of former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s request to move his Georgia criminal charges from state court to federal court.We hope you’re finding CAFE Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Give the gift of CAFE Insider: cafe.com/giftShownotes & transcript can be found at CAFE.com.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and finance writer Morgan Housel discuss the podcast industry and further explore Housel’s life story. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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. To access the full written version of Barb's note, head to CAFE.com.

On the CAFE Insider docket: – Special counsel Jack Smith’s petition to the Supreme Court, in the election subversion case against Donald Trump, asking the justices to decide whether a former president is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for crimes committed while in office;– Trump’s decision not to testify in his defense in the NY civil fraud trial; and – Hunter Biden’s indictment on nine federal tax charges.We hope you’re finding CAFE Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Give the gift of CAFE Insider: cafe.com/giftShownotes & transcript can be found at CAFE.com.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl talk about the 2024 GOP presidential field and whether anyone can effectively challenge TrumpThank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Rachel Barkow is the Charles Seligson Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, where she focuses on issues of criminal justice and prison reform. For a transcript of Rachel’s note, as well as the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE.com.

On the CAFE Insider docket: – The ruling by a panel of D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judges that held that presidential immunity does not shield former President Donald Trump from civil liability related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election;– The ruling by a D.C. District Court judge that rejected Trump’s motion to dismiss the criminal charges in the election interference criminal case; and– The hearing in Fulton County where Trump’s lawyers argued that the criminal charges in Georgia should be dismissed and that Trump cannot stand on trial until 2029 if he becomes president again.We hope you’re finding CAFE Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Give the gift of CAFE Insider: cafe.com/giftShownotes & transcript can be found at CAFE.com.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

Asha Rangappa is a lawyer, former FBI Special Agent, and current CNN analyst. She's also a Senior Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Head to CAFE.com for a full transcript of Asha's Note.Notes from Asha 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:– The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that held that only the federal government, not private litigants, could bring lawsuits under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting practices that discriminate on the basis of race;– The decision by the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Georgia prosecution to not send one of Trump’s co-defendants to jail over recent social media posts targeting witnesses; and– The forthcoming hearing about Trump’s motions to dismiss the Georgia charges.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.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

On the CAFE Insider docket:– The oral arguments heard by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in former President Donald Trump’s challenge to the gag order imposed in his federal election interference case;– The protective order issued by the judge overseeing Trump’s Georgia prosecution that bars the public release of discovery materials;– The many subpoenas being issued relating to Hunter Biden’s cases and investigations; and– The House Ethics Committee report that accused Representative George Santos of, among other things, using campaign funds for personal purchases and filing false reports with the FEC.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.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet asks foreign affairs expert Fareed Zakaria about his trips to Ukraine and the geopolitical impact of a theoretical Trump return to the presidency.Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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. To access the full written version of Barb's note, head to CAFE.com.

In this episode of CAFE Insider, Preet and Joyce discuss: – The leaked video of former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis’ proffer session with Georgia prosecutors – The positions taken by federal prosecutors and Donald Trump on the issue of publicly broadcasting Trump’s upcoming election interference trial– The Supreme Court’s newly adopted Code of Conduct– The New York Attorney General’s ongoing civil fraud trial against TrumpTake the CAFE survey to help us plan for our future.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.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network. 

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and physicist Sean Carroll talk more about depictions of time travel in Hollywood films. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/stay-tuned-bonus/stay-tuned-bonus-11-9-sean-carroll/

Rachel Barkow is the Charles Seligson Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, where she focuses on issues of criminal justice and prison reform. For a transcript of Rachel’s note, as well as the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE.com.

On a new episode of CAFE Insider, Preet and Joyce discuss former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York:– Trump’s testimony from the witness stand; – The testimony by Trump’s sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, and the forthcoming testimony by his daughter, Ivanka; and– The sparring between Judge Arthur Engoron and Trump’s lawyers.Preet and Joyce also break down special counsel Jack Smith’s court filing opposing Trump’s motions to dismiss the election interference criminal charges. Take the CAFE survey to help us plan for our future.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.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and organizational psychologist Adam Grant discuss the research behind audio-only conversations for podcast hosts and remote workers.Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Asha Rangappa is a lawyer, former FBI Special Agent, and current CNN analyst. She's also a Senior Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Head to CAFE.com for a full transcript of Asha's Note.Notes from Asha 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:– Former President Donald Trump’s motions to dismiss the criminal charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith in the election interference case;– The ABC News report that, months ago, Smith granted former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows immunity, which cleared the way for Meadows to testify before a D.C. grand jury;– Trump’s $10,000 fine for violating a gag order in the New York civil fraud case for a second time; and– Michael Cohen’s testimony at Trump’s civil fraud trial in NY.Take the CAFE survey to help us plan for our future.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.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and Richard Haass, the president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, discuss the biggest national security threat facing the US.Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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:– The implications of plea deals that Donald Trump’s co-defendants, lawyers Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Kenneth Chesebro, struck with prosecutors in the Georgia election interference case, including their agreements to testify against Trump and other defendants; – Trump’s $5,000 fine for violating a gag order in the New York civil fraud case after a social media post attacking a court clerk remained on his campaign website; and– The Supreme Court oral arguments in a case challenging South Carolina’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.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.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and Drexel University law professor Adam Benforado discuss juror biases. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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. To access the full written version of Barb's note, head to CAFE.com.

On the CAFE Insider docket:– The limited gag order imposed by a federal judge in D.C. that prevents former President Donald Trump from publicly attacking witnesses and prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case;– A federal grand jury’s indictment of Rep. George Santos on ten new criminal charges, including aggravated identity theft and making false statements to the FEC; and– The new criminal charge brought against Senator Bob Menendez for acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.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.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and Princeton sociology professor Matthew Desmond discuss the idea of instituting a national “poverty czar.”Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Melissa Murray is an NYU Law Professor, the co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, and an MSNBC legal analyst. For a transcript of Melissa's note, as well as the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE.com.

On the CAFE Insider docket:– Special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden as part of the classified documents probe;– Reporting by ABC News that special counsel Jack Smith has obtained testimony that former President Donald Trump shared classified information about U.S. nuclear submarines with an Australian billionaire at Mar-a-Lago;– The start of Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York;– Trump’s invocation of presidential immunity in his motion seeking dismissal of DOJ’s election interference criminal charges; and– The bribery charges against New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez.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.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy discuss the Surgeon General’s approach to curing cancer and the ethics of allocating limited resources.Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Asha Rangappa is a lawyer, former FBI Special Agent, and current CNN analyst. She's also a Senior Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Head to CAFE.com for a full transcript of Asha's Note.Notes from Asha 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.

This week on the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce preview the upcoming Supreme Court term with SCOTUS expert Dahlia Lithwick. She’s a senior editor at Slate, where she writes about the courts and the law, and hosts the legal podcast Amicus. Preet, Joyce, and Dahlia discuss what’s coming up at the High Court:– The upcoming Rahimi case, which could gut protective gun legislation, and the prudence of applying a “history and tradition” legal analysis to contemporary challenges; – The real-life impact of a case that could do away with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), effectively undoing post-2008 regulatory reforms;– Justice Thomas’s decision to recuse himself in a case involving Trump’s lawyer John Eastman; and – An apparent split between the conservative justices. Stay Tuned is nominated for a Signal Award…and you’re in the jury box! Head to cafe.com/signal to vote. 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.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network. 

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet talks to historian Heather Cox Richardson about her idea to write a historical novel about Theodosia Burr.Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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.

This week on the CAFE Insider podcast, Joyce Vance is joined by guest co-host Elie Honig while Preet is out. Elie served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, and he is now a CAFE contributor, the host of CAFE’s Up Against the Mob podcast, and a senior legal analyst at CNN.Joyce and Elie discuss the latest developments in former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases:– Reporting from ABC News that Trump directed his former assistant to tell investigators that she did not know that he was storing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, and that Trump wrote to-do lists on classified documents; – Efforts by former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark and three fake electors to remove the Georgia state case to federal court, and the likelihood that Trump follows suit; and– Elie’s criticism of DA Fani Willis’s decision to bring charges against Trump in the first place.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.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and geopolitics expert Ian Bremmer discuss the death of Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, and the involvement of Elon Musk’s Starlink in the Russia-Ukraine war. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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. To access the full written version of Barb's note, head to CAFE.com.

On the CAFE Insider docket:– The indictment of Hunter Biden on three federal gun charges in a case brought by special counsel David Weiss;– The impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden launched by House Republicans; and– Developments in Donald Trump’s election interference federal case, including Trump’s motion to recuse the judge overseeing the case, and prosecutors’ motion seeking a gag order to limit Trump’s ability to speak publicly about the case.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.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.