Stay Tuned with Preet

On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Misinformation Apocalypse,” Preet answers listener questions about:Grand jury rules, and speculation that a grand jury declined to indict former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabeThe D.C. Court of Appeals’ ruling preventing the House Judiciary Committee from enforcing its subpoena for Don McGahn’s testimony Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times CompanySuper Tuesday predictions and punditry The guest is Hany Farid, a digital forensics expert and a professor at University of California, Berkeley. Farid is at the forefront of the race to develop technology that can detect visual, audio, and video manipulation. With the recent rise of AI-based fakes, also known as “deepfakes,” Farid is part of a small team of analysts creating new techniques to assist with the identification of fake content.   As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THE Q&A  ANDREW MCCABE“Andrew McCabe, Ex-F.B.I. Official, Will Not Be Charged in Lying Case,” New York Times, 2/14/20“On the Mystery of the McCabe Grand Jury,” Lawfare, 9/13/19The Grand Jury, Legal Information Institute  MCGAHN DECISIONThe decision in House Committee on the Judiciary v. Donald F. McGahn, 2/28/20“Court of Appeals Decision Amounts to a Constitutional Earthquake,” CNN, 3/2/20“Dems tread cautiously on investigations after impeachment,” Politico, 3/1/20 NYT LAWSUITDiscovery, “How Courts Work,” American Bar AssociationTrump campaign libel lawsuit filing, 2/26/20“Trump Campaign Sues New York Times for Libel,” New York Times, 2/26/20“The Real Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo,” New York Times, 3/27/19“Trump’s curious lawsuit against the New York Times,” National Review, 2/28/20“Trump 2020 Sues ‘Washington Post,’ Days After ‘N.Y. Times’ Defamation Suit,” National Public Radio, 3/3/20 THE INTERVIEW“Deepfakes Are Getting Better, But They're Still Easy to Spot,” Wired, 5/2619 “Fake-porn videos are being weaponized to harass and humiliate women: ‘Everybody is a potential target,’” Washington Post, 12/30/18Faux Rogan  PELOSI “SHALLOWFAKE” “Speaker Pelosi at CAP Ideas Conference,” C-SPAN, 5/22/19“Distorted Videos of Nancy Pelosi Spread on Facebook and Twitter, Helped by Trump,” New York Times, 5/24/19  LEE HARVEY OSWALD Srivamshi Pittala, Emily Whiting, Hany Farid: A 3-D Stability Analysis of Lee Harvey Oswald in the Backyard Photo (2009)“Settling the Controversy Over Photo of Lee Harvey Oswald,” Dartmouth News, 10/19/15  YOUTUBE & CONSPIRACY VIDEOSMarc Faddoul, Guiilaume Chaslot, and Hany Farid: A longitudinal analysis of YouTube’s promotion of conspiracy videos (2020)“Can YouTube Quiet Its Conspiracy Theorists?,” New York Times, 3/2/20“Pizzagate: From rumor, to hashtag, to gunfire in D.C.,” Washington Post, 12/6/16“5 Theories About Conspiracy Theories,” New York Mag, 2/6/20  REGULATING TECH COMPANIESWatch: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Hearing on Online Imposters and Disinformation, 9/26/1947 U.S. Code § 230, a provision of the Communications Decency Act: Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive materialTelecommunications Act of 1996“What is GDPR, the EU’s new data protection law?,” GDPR.EU“Silicon Valley Heads to Europe, Nervous About New Rules,” New York Times, 2/16/20“Europe Is Toughest on Big Tech, Yet Big Tech Still Reigns,” New York Times, 11/11/19“Two New California Laws Tackle Deepfake Videos in Politics and Porn,” David Wright Tremaine Blog, 10/11/19 THE BUTTON“James Lipton, ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ Host, Dies at 93,” New York Times, 3/2/20Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo TV

In this clip from the latest episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, "COVID-19 & Other Contagions," co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram discuss the latest on the Roger Stone case, including Stone's lawyers' argument that a jury member was biased and should have been removed. Listen to the full episode with a free 2-week trial of the CAFE Insider membership.

On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Inside the Fight Against Hate,” Preet answers your questions about: — Whether winning a Democratic majority in the Senate is preferable to a Democrat winning the presidential election — Attorney General Bill Barr’s new policy on starting investigations into political campaigns — The voir dire process for jury selection, and how it was executed in the Roger Stone case The guest this week is Cynthia Deitle, former Chief of the FBI’s Civil Rights Unit. Deitle served 22 years as a special agent focused on civil rights and hate crimes. Today, she is the Director of Civil Rights Reform at the Matthew Shepard Foundation, an LGBTQ advocacy organization committed to promoting inclusiveness and eradicating hate. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THE Q&A“Barr says investigations into 2020 candidates must be approved by top Justice officials,” CNN, 2/6/20“Voir dire,” Legal Information Institute“Trump calls Stone juror ‘totally biased’ while prosecutors, defense attorneys are debating new trial,” Washington Post, 2/25/20 THE INTERVIEWThe Matthew Shepard Foundation, and the Foundation’s twitter accountDennis Shepard's Statement to the Court, 1999Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine documentary“’Ten Years Later,’ The Matthew Shepard Story Retold,” National Public Radio, 10/12/09The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009“Senate Passes Hate Crimes Bill,” NPR, 7/17/09Watch: 10th Anniversary of The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act, 10/15/19ABNER LOUIMA“Incident in the 70th Precinct,” Vanity Fair, December 1997“Twenty Years Later: The Police Assault on Abner Louima and What it Means,” WNYC, August 2017HATE CRIMES“In the Name of Hate: Examining the Federal Government’s Role in Responding to Hate Crimes,” U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, November 2019FBI 2018 Hate Crimes ReportDOJ’s 2018 Crime Victimization Survey“FBI Reports Dip In Hate Crimes, But Rise In Violence,” National Public Radio, 11/12/19“The FBI recorded a surge of hate crimes last year. But it undercounted — by a lot.,” Washington Post, 11/14/18FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting ProgramDOJ’s National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)“More Than 100 Federal Agencies Fail to Report Hate Crimes to the FBI’s National Database,” ProPublica, 6/22/17“Acts of anti-Semitism are on the rise in New York and elsewhere, leaving Jewish community rattled,” Washington Post, 12/29/19JAMES BYRD, JR.The Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing“In Texas, a Decades-Old Hate Crime, Forgiven but Never Forgotten,” New York Times, 7/9/18

In this clip from the CAFE Insider podcast, "Time's Up for Weinstein & Jail for Stone," co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram discuss Harvey Weinstein’s conviction on two of the five charges he faced in New York — and what his guilty verdict means for sex crimes prosecutions in the #MeToo era.  Listen to the full episode with a free 2-week trial of the CAFE Insider membership.

On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Pardonpalooza & #MeToo,” Preet and Anne Milgram, his CAFE Insider podcast co-host, answer your questions about the numerous pardons and sentence commutations issued by the White House this week. The guest this week is Ronan Farrow, author of Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators and the host of the accompanying “The Catch and Kill Podcast.” Both works recount Farrow’s difficult journey to publishing game-changing sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Farrow is currently working with HBO on a documentary about the threats journalists face around the world. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THE Q&AOffice of the Pardon AttorneyDerrick Bryson Taylor, Heather Murphy, and Mariel Padilla, "A Complete List of Trump’s Pardons and Commutations," NYT, 2/18/20"U.S. attorney launches criminal probe of Rich pardon," CNN, 2/14/01 THE INTERVIEWFarrow’s First Appearance on Stay Tuned, CAFE, 4/26/2018Ronan Farrow, The War on Peace, W.W. Norton & Company, 2018 CATCH AND KILLRonan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, Little, Brown, and Company, 2019Ronan Farrow, “The Catch and Kill Podcast,” Pineapple Street Media, 2019-2020Kara Scannell and Mark Morales, “National Enquirer company chief David Pecker talking with New York prosecutors,” CNN, 11/25/2019Rachel Maddow, “NBCUniversal Offers NDA Releases Over Harassment Claim Concerns,” MSNBC, 10/26/2019Jeff Bezos, “No thank you, Mr. Pecker,” Medium, 2/7/2019Sarah Ellison and Paul Farhi, “Publisher of the National Enquirer admits to hush money payments made on Trump’s behalf,” Washington Post, 12/12/2018Joe Palazzolo, Michael Rothfeld, and Lukas I. Alpert, “National Enquirer Shieldd Donald Trump From Playboy Model’s Affair Allegation,” WSJ, 11/4/2016Reed Albergotti, Vanessa O’Connell, and Russel Adams, “How Tiger Woods Protected His Image,” WSJ, 12/18/2009Anna Louise Bardach, “The Hush-Hush Deal that Made Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor,” LA Magazine, 9/1/2004 NEW YORKER STORIESRonan Farrow, “The Black Cube Chronicles,” The New Yorker, Parts I, II, and III, 10/9/2019Ronan Farrow, “How an Élite University Research Center Concealed its Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,” The New Yorker, 9/7/2019Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow, “A Sexual-Misconduct Allegation Against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Stirs Tension Among Democrats in Congress,” The New Yorker, 9/14/2018Ronan Farrow, “Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct,” The New Yorker, 7/27/2018Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow, “Four Woman Accuse New York’s Attorney General of Physical Abuse,” The New Yorker, 5/7/2018Ronan Farrow, “The National Enquirer, A Trump Rumor, and Another Secret Payment to Buy Silence,” The New Yorker, 4/12/2018Ronan Farrow, “Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity,” The New Yorker, 2/16/2018Ronan Farrow, “Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies,” The New Yorker, 11/6/2017Ronan Farrow, “From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories,” The New Yorker, 10/10/2017 WEINSTEIN TRIALRonan Farrow, Tweet on Jurors, Twitter, 1/9/2020Michael Levenson, “Who’s Who in the Harvey Weinstein Trial,” New York Times, 2/19/2020Jeremy Barr, “Why the Weinstein Trial Jurors are Deliberating Slowly,” The Hollywood Reporter, 2/19/2020Alyssa Rosenberg, “Harvey Weinstein is on trial. But #MeToo is in danger,” Washington Post, 2/18/2020

This week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Scenes from an Impeachment,” features an exclusive interview with Dan Goldman, the House Intelligence Committee’s Director of Investigations and Senior Adviser who was charged with leading the public questioning of impeachment witnesses. Goldman, a former federal prosecutor who served as SDNY’s Deputy Chief of Organized Crime, takes us behind the scenes of impeachment. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, try CAFE Insider with free two-week trial. For students with a valid .edu email, there’s now a special rate. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS SUBPOENA POWERCRS Report: Congress’s Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure, May 2017 THE WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTInspector General of the Intelligence Community Michael Atkinson’s first letter notifying the House Intel Committee of the withheld whistleblower complaint, 9/9/19Chairman Adam Schiff’s letter to Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire requesting the withheld whistleblower complaint, 9/10/19Chairman Schiff’s subpoena and accompanying letter issued to Acting DNI Maguire regarding the withheld whistleblower complaint, 9/13/19The Whistleblower complaint regarding President Trump’s actions, filed August 2019Acting DNI Maguire’s testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, 9/26/19 MUELLER REPORTAttorney General Bill Barr’s letter on Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s report’s principal conclusions, March 2019Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s Report on The Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election, March 2019 UKRAINEMemorandum of Trump’s July 25, 2019 conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyFormer special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker’s text messagesThree House Committees Launch Wide-Ranging Investigation into Trump-Giuliani Ukraine Scheme, 9/9/19“Rudy Giuliani Plans Ukraine Trip to Push for Inquiries That Could Help Trump, New York Times, 5/9/19 HOUSE IMPEACHMENT WITNESSESAmbassador Bill Taylor’s deposition transcript and testimonyGeorge Kent’s deposition transcript and testimonyDr. Fiona Hill’s deposition transcript and testimony  David Holmes’ deposition transcript and testimonyUndersecretary David Hale’s deposition transcript and testimonyTim Morrison’s deposition transcript and testimonyLt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s deposition transcript and testimonyAmbassador Gordon Sondland’s deposition transcript and testimonyFormer Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s deposition transcript and testimonyLaura Cooper’s deposition transcript and testimony  Jennifer Williams’ deposition transcript and testimonyAmbassador Kurt Volker’s deposition transcript and testimonyDan Goldman’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, 12/9/19 ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENTThe House Resolution Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors, December 2019Clip: Pelosi’s full impeachment inquiry announcement, 9/24/19“Seven freshman Democrats: These allegations are a threat to all we have sworn to protect,” Washington Post, 9/23/19“How senators voted on Trump’s impeachment,” Politico, 2/5/20 SENATE TRIALClip: Rep. Adam Schiff Closing Argument in Senate Trial, 1/23/20Clip: Rep. Adam Schiff Closing Argument in Senate Trial, 2/3/20   ROGER STONERoger Stone initial sentencing memo, 2/10/20Roger Stone updated sentencing memo, 2/11/20Trump tweet congratulating AG Barr on Stone case intervention, 2/12/20“Prosecutors quit Roger Stone case after Justice Dept. intervenes on sentencing,” The New York Times, 2/11/20“Trump pulls nomination of former U.S. for Treasury post,” Axios, 2/11/12

In this special episode of Stay Tuned, “Stone Cold Crisis,” Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram dig into some seriously troubling news: The DOJ’s decision to overrule career prosecutors’ recommended sentence for Roger Stone, Trump’s long-time advisor and friend, a day after Trump called the initial sentencing recommendation “horrible and very unfair.” The analysis of this and other politically charged legal news continues next Tuesday for members of CAFE Insider. Sign up for a free two-week trial to listen. For students with a valid .edu email, there’s now a special rate. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS STONE CASE Roger Stone initial sentencing memo, 2/10/20Roger Stone updated sentencing memo, 2/11/20Trump tweet congratulating AG Barr on Stone case intervention, 2/12/20Preet tweet re: Judge Amy Berman Jackson, 2/11/20Trump tweet attacking Judge Jackson, 2/11/20“Prosecutors quit Roger Stone case after Justice Dept. intervenes on sentencing,” The New York Times, 2/11/20“Trump pulls nomination of former U.S. for Treasury post,” Axios, 2/11/12 FLYNN“In reversal, prosecutors recommend up to 6 months in prison for Flynn,” ABC News, 1/7/20 GIULIANI / BARR BACKCHANNELAG Bill Barr’s memo outlining new restrictions on opening politically sensitive investigations, 2/5/20“Giuliani is giving Biden info the government, Barr confirms,” Los Angeles Times, 2/10/20

On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Iowa & The State of Disunion,” Preet answers your questions about:The future of the Iowa CaucusesWhether the House can re-open the impeachment inquiry into President TrumpHow elections should bear on impeachmentSituations where the guilty are acquitted   The guest this week is John Dickerson. He is a correspondent for 60 Minutes, contributing editor to The Atlantic, and an author. Dickerson is also a co-host of Slate’s Political Gabfest and Whistlestop podcasts. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THE Q&A IOWA“Lessons Learned From The Iowa Caucuses, And Danger Signs Ahead,” National Public Radio, 2/5/20“‘A total mess’: Critics call for an end to Iowa’s first-in-the-nation statusIowa caucuses – reporting,” Vox, 2/4/20 IMPEACHMENTDouble Jeopardy, Legal Information Institute Jury Nullification, Legal Information Institute “Alexander: Trump's Ukraine actions 'wrong,' 'inappropriate,' but not impeachable,” Politico, 2/1/20“Murkowski says she 'cannot vote to convict,' but calls Trump's actions 'shameful and wrong,'” CNN, 2/3/20“Rep. Jerry Nadler Says House Will Likely Subpoena John Bolton,” National Public Radio, 2/5/20 THE INTERVIEW SOTUTrump’s 2020 State of the Union AddressState of the Union Address, United States House of Representatives History, Art & ArchivesTrump’s 2019 State of the Union Address, 2/5/19“In dissonant State of the Union speech, Trump seeks unity while depicting ruin,” Washington Post, 2/5/19 Ezra Klein: “Why the media is so polarized — and how it polarizes us,” Vox, 1/28/20Dickerson: “The Hardest Job in the World,” The Atlantic, May 2018 BIPARTISANSHIP“Obama’s Call for Bipartisanship Failed. Why Do 2020 Dems Think They’ll Do Better?,” NY Mag, 3/1/19“Frenemies: A Love Story,” New York Times, 10/5/12“Nancy Pelosi, Icon of Female Power, Will Reclaim Role as Speaker and Seal a Place in History,” New York Times, 1/2/19 HOUSE OF TIP O’NEILLThe Troubles of Tip O’Neill, New York Times, 8/16/91“After Two Decades, the 'Boll Weevils' Are Back, and Whistling Dixie,” Washington Post, 4/26/81Clip: “Speaker O'Neil's Words Taken Down,” C-SPAN, 5/15/84“Newt vs. Tip: Partisanship at Its Apogee?,” RealClearPolitics, 5/15/14“The House of Jim Wright,” Politico, 5/7/15“Lott Remarks on Thurmond Echoed 1980 Words,” Washington Post, 9/11/02 TRUMANListen: “Harry S. Truman’s Battles With the Bosses,” Whistlestop Podcast, 11/15/17“As Election Day nears, Trump borrows from Harry Truman’s playbook,” Washington Post, 11/5/18 POLITICAL “GAFFES”Clip: Joe Lieberman, “3-way tie for 3rd,” C-SPAN, 5/18/17 Clip: “The Scream that doomed Howard Dean,” 2004Clip: “George H.W. Bush checks the time,” 1992“Dukakis and the Tank,” Politico, 11/17/13 POLITICAL SPEECHESClip: Mario Cuomo 1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech, C-SPAN, 7/16/84Clip: Ronald Reagan’s 1976 Presidential Endorsement Speech, C-SPAN, 8/19/76Clip: President Obama delivers Eulogy, Youtube, 6/26/15Clip: Senator Barack Obama 2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech, 7/27/04Clip: Obama Speech in Manassas, Virginia, 11/3/08 IMPEACHMENTClip: Rep. Adam Schiff Closing Argument, 2/3/20 THE BUTTONClip: Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Democratic Response to State of the Union Address, 2/4/20Clip: Marco Rubio's State of the Union Response, 2/12/13Clip: Jindal Delivers Republican Response, 2/25/09Clip: 30 Bobby Jindal Rock, 2/25/09“Jindal's Kenneth problem,” Politico, 3/7/09

In this Stay Tuned special bonus, national security experts Lisa Monaco and Ken Wainstein discuss the latest news stories that aren't about impeachment: Coronavirus, encryption, and the controversy over Carter Page FISA warrants. Lisa Monaco served as Advisor to President Obama for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism from 2013-2017. A former federal prosecutor, Monaco spent 15 years in the Justice Department in various DOJ and FBI leadership positions—including Counsel to and Chief of Staff at the FBI for then-Director Robert Mueller. In 2011, Monaco was the first woman to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security. Kenneth Wainstein served as Advisor to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism from 2008-2009. Wainstein served as the first Assistant Attorney General for National Security at DOJ, and led the new National Security Division in the wake of 9/11. A former federal prosecutor, Wainstein spent 19 years in the Justice Department and also served as General Counsel, and then Chief of Staff to then-Director Robert Mueller. Please send your thoughts to staytuned@cafe.com. Members of CAFE Insider can hear the full conversation, and access other exclusive content, including a weekly podcast at CAFE.com/insider. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS CORONAVIRUS Coronavirus Live Updates, New York Times“Trump sticks embattled health chief with coronavirus response,” Politico, 1/30/20“195 Quarantined in California After Fleeing Coronavirus Epicenter,” New York Times, 1/31/20“How a ‘Czar’ Fights a Disease,” Politico, 1/19/15 ENCRYPTION Clip: Cybersecurity, Encryption and United States National Security Matters Hearing before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate, 9/13/16Clip: Attorney General Barr on Encryption Technology and Law Enforcement, 10/4/19Clip: Encryption and Lawful Access: Evaluating Benefits and Risks to Public Safety and Privacy, Senate Judiciary Committee, 12/10/19Valerie Caproni’s Statement Before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 2/17/11“A Year After San Bernardino And Apple-FBI, Where Are We On Encryption?,” National Public Radio, 12/3/16 FISAThe Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), Legal Information InstituteFourth Amendment, Legal Information InstituteJudge James Boasberg’s Order Regarding Handling and Disposition of Information regarding Carter Page, filed 1/7/20DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation, December 2019FBI Director Chris Wray’s response in regards to “Accuracy Concerns regarding FBI Matters Submitted to the FISC,” 1/10/20David Kris’ amicus brief, “Accuracy Concerns regarding FBI Matters Submitted to the FISC,” 1/15/20Clip: Attorney General Barr and FBI Deputy Director Bowdich Hold Press Conference, 1/13/20Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, “The Church Committee”“Justice Dept. Says Facts Did Not Justify Continued Wiretap of Trump Aide,” New York Times, 1/23/20

On this episode of Stay Tuned, “The Fate of the World in 2020,” Preet answers your questions about:What constitutes impeachable conductThe authorities that Chief Justice John Roberts can assert in Trump's impeachment trialReports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t have the votes to block impeachment witnesses The guest this week is Ian Bremmer, the Founder and President of Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk and research firm. Bremmer is also the president of GZERO Media, which features short videos, podcasts, and explainers to help break down complicated global issues, and is an Editor-at-Large and Foreign Affairs columnist at TIME Magazine. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THE Q&A JOHN ROBERTS:"John Roberts Can Call Witnesses to Trump's Trial. Will He?," New York Times, 1/27/20"Rebuke From Roberts Signals His Limited Role in Trump’s Senate Trial," New York Times, 1/22/20 MITCH MCCONNELL:"McConnell Says GOP Doesn't Have Votes to Block Impeachment Witnesses," Wall Street Journal, 1/29/20 THE INTERVIEW EURASIA GROUP TOP RISKS: “Top Risks for 2020,” Eurasia Group, 1/6/2020“Top Risks for 2019,” Eurasia Group, 1/7/2019“The Fate of the World in 2019,” Stay Tuned with Preet, 1/8/2019 DAVOS: Klaus Schwab, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Currency/Penguin Random House, 2017“Ian Bremmer reveals what business and political leaders are discussing behind closed doors in Davos,” Eurasia Group and Business Insider, 1/24/2020“Climate Change Takes Center Stage at Davos,” New York Times, 1/20/2020“Trump Focuses on Economy at Davos, Seeking a Counter to Impeachment,” New York Times, 1/21/2020“Greta Thunberg on Averting a Climate Apocalypse: Davos 2020,” World Economic Forum on Youtube, 1/21/2020 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOREIGN POLICY: Donald Trump Tweet about Bremmer, Twitter, 5/27/2019Bremmer's tweet apologizing about the quote, Twitter, 5/27/2019“A political scientist caused confusion when he made up a Trump quote. The president noticed,” Washington Post, 5/27/2019“Mattis says Iran downing a US aircraft should be met with retaliation,” Military Times, 12/3/2019“Zuckerberg talks Warren ‘existential’ breakup threat in leaked audio,” Axios, 10/1/2019“After Contentious Interview, Pompeo Publicly Accuses NPR Journalist Of Lying to Him,” NPR, 1/25/2020“Prince Charles: We need a new economic model or the planet will burn,” CNN, 1/22/20Ian Bremmer, “How the Trump Administration’s Israel-Palestine Peace Plan Will Change the Middle East,” TIME, 1/28/2020 EXTRAS: “A Large Blank World Map,” Wikimedia Commons “Is it Appropriate to Undo Two Shirt Buttons at Work?” Wall Street Journal, 12/11/2014 THE BUTTONWatch: 2020 Grammy Awards"Alicia Keys honors Kobe Bryant in moving Grammys opening speech," LA Times, 1/26/20 As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet.

In this clip from the CAFE Insider podcast, "Nuts & Bolton," co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram discuss the bombshell revelations that former National Security Advisor John Bolton wrote in the manuscript of his forthcoming book that President Trump tied releasing aid to Ukraine investigating the Bidens. Listen to the full episode with a free 2-week trial of the CAFE Insider membership.

On this episode of Stay Tuned, “POTUS on Trial & A Military Mind,” Preet answers your questions about:Whether foreign policy is exclusively in the purview of the executive branch and what that has to do with impeachment of President TrumpWhy Lev Parnas is able to sit for public interviews while out on bond while Roger Stone is bound by a gag orderWhether Chief Justice John Roberts has veto power during the Senate trial The guest is Admiral James Stavridis. He spent 37 years in the U.S. Navy and earned four stars, served as the 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, and forayed into academia as the 12th Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. His most recent book is Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THE Q&A“Alan Dershowitz’s Strange Constitutional Arguments on Impoundment and Foreign Policy,” Lawfare, 1/22/20Transcripts of Rachel Maddow’s first and second interview with Lev Parnas, 1/15/20“Roger Stone Lost His Appeal Of The Gag Order Barring Him From Posting On Twitter, Facebook, And Instagram,” BuzzFeed News, 10/22/19Senate Resolution 483, “To Provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States,” Jan 2020“Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice,” New York Times, 1/14/20 THE INTERVIEWStravridis’ most recent book: Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character, October 2019Stavridis’ column for Time: “Why Trump’s Generals Have Abandoned Ship,” 1/3/19“‘You’re a bunch of dopes and babies’: Inside Trump’s stunning tirade against generals,” Washington Post, 1/17/20General Ulysses S. Grant’s book, Personal Memoirs, 1999Michael Shaara’s book, The Killer Angels, 2004Steven Pressfield’s book, Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae, 2005“Trump invites disgraced Navy SEAL who posed with a dead ISIS captive he was accused of murdering to Mar-a-Lago,” Business Insider, 12/24/19“Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALs Who Turned In Edward Gallagher,” New York Times, 12/27/19The North Atlantic Treaty, April 1949“What Is NATO’s Article 5?,” History, 8/31/18Stavridis column for Time: “Why NATO Is Essential For World Peace, According to Its Former Commander,” 4/4/19My Big Fat Greek Wedding, IMDb, 2002 As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet.

In this clip from the CAFE Insider podcast, "Mock Trial," co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram discuss the trial rules proposed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, which Democrats argue give a helping hand to the White House and make it impossible to have fair proceedings. Listen to the full episode with a free 2-week trial of the CAFE Insider membership.

On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, "Born to Poll," host Preet Bharara answers your questions about: -- Former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's move to withdraw his guilty plea -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement naming the House Impeachment Managers -- The documents provided to the House Intelligence Committee by Rudy Giuliani's associate, Lev Parnas The guest is J. Ann Selzer, the president and founder of polling firm Selzer & Company. She is one of the country's most widely-respected pollsters and has been overseeing the Des Moines Register Iowa poll almost every year since the 1980s. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THE Q&A MICHAEL FLYNNMr. Flynn’s Motion to Withdraw Plea of Guilty And Unopposed Motion for Continuance, 1/14/20“Allocution,” Legal Information InstituteFederal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 11. Pleas, Legal Information Institute“Michael Flynn moves to withdraw guilty plea, claiming government ‘vindictiveness,’” Washington Post, 1/14/20  IMPEACHMENTPelosi Names Impeachment Managers, Speaker of the House, 1/15/20“Who are the impeachment managers prosecuting the case against Trump in the Senate trial?” Washington Post, 1/15/20Documents provided by Lev Parnas to House investigators“Ukraine prosecutor offered information related to Biden in exchange for ambassador’s ouster, newly released materials show,” Washington Post, 1/14/20“Meet the Trump Donor Who Allegedly Stalked America’s Ambassador in Ukraine,” Daily Beast, 1/14/20  THE INTERVIEWElizabeth Winkler, “The Pollster Who Figured Out Iowa’s Quirky Caucuses,” Wall Street Journal, 1/3/2020Brianne Pfannenstiel, “Bernie Sanders Leads the Iowa Poll for the First Time, Weeks Before the Iowa Caucuses,” Des Moines Register, 1/10/2020Iowa Poll Methodology, Selzer & Company, 1/10/2020Brianne Pfannenstiel, “Iowa Poll: Pete Buttigieg Rockets to the Top of the 2020 Field as a Clear Front-Runner,” Des Moines Register, 11/16/2019Iowa Poll Methodology, Selzer & Company, 11/16/2019Geoffrey Skelley and Nathaniel Rakich, “What the Heck is Going on With Tom Steyer’s Poll Numbers?” FiveThirtyEight, 1/13/2020Clare Malone, “Ann Selzer is the Best Pollster in Politics,” FiveThirtyEight, 1/27/2016Nate Silver, “Ann Selzer on Youth & Minority Turnout,” FiveThirtyEight, 9/26/2008Steven Shepard, “Ann Selzer’s Secret Sauce,” POLITICO, 12/12/2015Jonathan Allen and Amie Parmes, Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign, Penguin Random House, 2017J. Ann Selzer, Tweet about Iowa Poll Timing, Twitter, 1/2/2020J. Ann Selzer, “How Cruz and Sanders Defied the Iowa Polls, Including Our Own,” Bloomberg, 2/2/2016“Kerry Comes Back to Win Dramatic Caucuses,” CNN, 1/20/2004Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg, “Last-Minute Scramble as Caucus Night Nears,” New York Times, 12/31/2011Liz Halloran, “Is Huntsman Wrong to Skip Iowa?” NPR, 6/21/2011“For Gauging Goofiness, Majority Back Iowa Poll,” New York Times, 1/29/1990 THE BUTTONClip of Doug Collins on Fox, 1/8/20“Preet Bharara to Georgia congressman: You've hit a shocking new low,” CNN, 1/09/20Preet’s first, second, and third tweet about Rep. Doug Collins, 1/8/20Doug Collins’ twitter apology, 1/10/20 As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet.

In this clip from the CAFE Insider podcast, "'Impeached For Life,'" co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram discuss the The politics at play in the impeachment trial of President Trump, expected to begin next week, and the role of Chief Justice John Roberts, who will preside of the proceedings. Listen to the full episode with a free 2-week trial of the CAFE Insider membership.