CAFE Insider 8/20: Justice for Matthew Perry (w/ Barb McQuade)

In a new episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara is joined by guest co-host Barb McQuade. Barb served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017. She is a CAFE contributor, a law professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and a legal analyst for NBC News & MSNBC.

On the CAFE Insider docket: 

– Criminal charges filed against five individuals, including two doctors, in connection with the ketamine overdose death of Friends actor Matthew Perry; 

– Former President Donald Trump’s request to postpone sentencing for his Manhattan conviction and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s decision to defer the matter to the judge; 

– Trump’s lawsuit against the Department of Justice seeking $100 million in damages from the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search; 

– Newly released government records revealing Hunter Biden solicited U.S. government assistance relating to international business deals while his father, Joe Biden, was Vice President; and 

– Former Rep. George Santos’s guilty plea to wire fraud and identity theft charges.

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