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Stay Tuned with Preet

CAFE Insider 12/13: The War on Rats

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

On the CAFE Insider docket this week:   – The reported rejection by a federal judge of DOJ’s request to hold Trump’s legal team in contempt; – The conviction of the Trump Organization on charges of conducting a yearslong tax fraud scheme; – The January 6 Committee’s apparent plans to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice; and – The Supreme Court oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, a case that could determine whether state courts have the power to review election rules passed by state legislatures. Stay informed. For analysis of the most important legal and political issues of our time, become a member of CAFE Insider for one month for $1.00: www.cafe.com/insider. You’ll get access to full episodes of the podcast, and other exclusive benefits. Stay Tuned with Preet has been nominated for a Signal Award in the News & Politics category. Vote here.  This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, I'm Joyce Vance.

0:02.4

And I'm Priparara.

0:04.4

This week we have a busy docket on the Cafe Insider podcast.

0:08.4

There are new developments in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation.

0:11.4

A federal judge reportedly rejected DOJ's request to hold Trump's legal team in contempt.

0:17.2

The upshot of all of this is Trump can't be trusted.

0:21.2

You know, all sorts of litigation happens where parties turn over material in discovery

0:27.8

or whether they comply with search warrants and subpoenas that are lawfully issued.

0:33.6

And they turn over material that might be damaging to them.

0:36.8

And Trump has maintained such a posture of obstruction

0:41.8

that I wonder if this doesn't become part of the narrative for charges down the road.

0:46.8

There's a bit of conundrum now that frankly is a little bit understandable.

0:50.4

It's not to excuse Trump.

0:52.2

But if you're in the Trump orbit, why on earth would you make a sworn certification

0:57.2

if you're not positive that you can do it with 100% certainty?

1:04.4

The January 6th Committee appears to be planning to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice.

1:10.8

My view is that that's kind of symbolic that it doesn't mean anything.

1:16.6

That the Justice Department we now know is heavily and deeply involved

1:20.8

in investigating the circumstances surrounding January 6th.

1:24.0

They've appointed, as we've said seven times already, a special counsel.

1:27.6

What is the point from the perspective of the Justice Department

1:31.2

or getting the Justice Department to do something that it might not otherwise do

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