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CAFE Insider 11/10: State of Denial

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🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of CAFE Insider, “State of Denial,” Preet and Anne break down the presidential election and the related litigation, Attorney General Bill Barr’s controversial memo authorizing federal prosecutors to investigate voter fraud before the election results are certified, Trump’s firing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and more. To listen to the full episode for free, sign up to receive a link in your email inbox:  CAFE.com/preet  Members of CAFE Insider can listen to the podcast on the player of their choice. To get access to all exclusive CAFE Insider content, including audio notes from Preet and Elie Honig and the United Security and Cyber Space podcasts, try out the membership free for two weeks: www.cafe.com/insider Sign up to receive the weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring analysis by Elie Honig: www.cafe.com/brief This podcast is produced by CAFE Studios.  Tamara Sepper – Executive Producer; Adam Waller – Senior Editorial Producer; Matthew Billy – Audio Producer; Jake Kaplan – Editorial Producer See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, on Saturday Joe Biden was projected by every major media outlet in the country

0:07.1

to be the 46th president of the United States.

0:09.9

Kamala Harris became the first female and the first black and Asian American to be projected

0:14.6

to be the vice president of the United States.

0:17.2

It was a historic election with a record voter turnout.

0:20.9

President Trump has vowed to contest the results and his team has already filed lawsuits

0:24.8

in key battleground states.

0:26.9

And on Monday, Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper and is reportedly considering

0:31.3

terminating other top law enforcement and national security officials.

0:35.1

And on Monday evening, we learned that Attorney General Bill Barr has told federal prosecutors

0:39.4

that they are allowed to investigate, quote, specific allegations, unquote, a voter fraud

0:44.4

before the election results are certified.

0:47.2

The direction is in contravention of a longstanding DOJ policy and it prompted the career prosecutor

0:52.2

overseeing voter fraud investigations at the department to resign from his post in protest.

0:57.4

And Milgram and I discuss all that and more on this week's episode of Cafe Insider.

1:01.9

This week, given the growing public concerns about our democracy, we are taking down the

1:05.5

paywall for this episode.

1:07.4

If you'd like to listen for free, head to cafe.com slash pre and sign up to receive an

1:11.9

email with a link to the episode.

1:14.2

That's cafe.com slash pre and if you already receive emails from Cafe, then check your

1:19.4

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