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Co-hosts Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance help you to make sense of law and politics each week, plus weekly notes and bonus content exclusive to CAFE Insider members.
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Mar 15, 2024 • 9min
Note from Elie 3/15: The Failure of DOJ’s Special Counsel System — From Robert Mueller to Robert Hur, It Simply Hasn’t Worked
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.

Mar 14, 2024 • 15min
Stay Tuned Bonus 3/14: Mark Leibovich
In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and The Atlantic staff writer Mark Leibovich answer audience questions at SXSW about polarization, the use of political media, and the potential for Texas to ever go blue. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #Askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, 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.

Mar 13, 2024 • 8min
Note From Joyce 3/13: Trump’s Flirtation with Fascists
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.

Mar 12, 2024 • 44min
CAFE Insider 3/12: Trump’s Pretrial Games
On a new episode of CAFE Insider, Preet and Joyce discuss the latest developments in former President Donald Trump’s criminal prosecutions: – Trump’s motions seeking to delay the hush money criminal trial in Manhattan and exclude certain evidence and witness testimony from being presented at trial, including testimony from his former lawyer Michael Cohen; and– Special counsel Jack Smith’s opposition to Trump’s motions to dismiss the criminal charges stemming from Trump’s retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, and the addition of two appellate lawyers to Smith’s prosecution team in Florida.We hope you’re finding CAFE Insider informative. Email us at letters@cafe.com 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 the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Mar 8, 2024 • 9min
Note from Elie 3/8: Joe Biden's Looming Nightmare Pardons
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.

Mar 7, 2024 • 8min
Stay Tuned Bonus 3/7: David Lat
In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet and David Lat discuss Lat’s experience working for Chris Christie in the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the art of public speaking.Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #Askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, 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.

Mar 6, 2024 • 7min
Note From Barb 3/6: No, You’re Violating My First Amendment Rights!
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.

Mar 5, 2024 • 46min
CAFE Insider 3/5: A Predictable SCOTUS Ruling
On the CAFE Insider docket: – The Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that states cannot disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot for his role in the January 6 insurrection and seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election; – The Court’s decision to grant review of Trump’s immunity defense appeal in the election subversion criminal prosecution; and– Trump’s request to delay the Mar-a-Lago documents criminal trial until after the November election.We hope you’re finding CAFE Insider informative. Email us at letters@cafe.com 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 the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Mar 5, 2024 • 7min
Note from Elie 3/5: Crash and Burn — The Cost of the Doomed, Hubristic 14th Amendment Campaign
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.

Feb 29, 2024 • 10min
Note from Elie 2/29: The Supreme Court Doesn’t Give a Damn About Jack Smith’s Timeline (And It Shouldn’t)
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.


