CAFE Insider 12/8: "Hold-My-Beer Presidency"

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🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Anne break down Attorney General Bill Barr’s decision to appoint U.S. Attorney John Durham as special counsel to investigate the origins of the Russia probe — possibly insulating him from being fired by the incoming Biden administration. In the full episode, Preet and Anne discuss Barr’s assertion that DOJ has not found evidence of widespread fraud that could change the results of the election. They also break down unsealed court documents that revealed a DOJ investigation of a potential bribery-for-pardon scheme. To listen to the full episode and 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 REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS: 28 CFR §600.7 - Conduct and accountability Attorney General Barr memo informing Congress of Durham’s appointment as special counsel, 12/1/20 “Appointment of Special Counsel to Investigate Matters Related to Intelligence Activities and Investigations Arising out of the 2016 Presidential Campaigns,” Office of the Attorney General, 10/19/20 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, the politically charged legal news just keeps coming.
0:05.6	After laying low for a few weeks, Attorney General Bill Barr resurfaced last Tuesday, saying
0:09.5	in an interview that DOJ had not found evidence of widespread election fraud that could alter
0:14.0	the result of the election, much to the chagrin, a President Trump and his legal team.
0:18.8	Meanwhile, Barr also revealed that before the election, he appointed U.S. Attorney John
0:22.9	Durham as special counsel to investigate the origins of the Russia Prove, a move that
0:27.5	could shield Durham from being fired by the incoming Biden administration.
0:31.3	And unsealed court documents reveal that DOJ is investigating a potential bribery for
0:35.2	pardon scheme, reportedly involving a top GOP donor and an attorney with close ties to
0:40.3	the White House.
0:41.7	And Milgram and I discuss all this and more on the Cafe Insider podcast.
0:45.3	Today, we're sharing a clip from the episode with listeners of Stay Tune.
0:48.7	To hear our full conversation and access all other Cafe Insider content, try the membership
0:53.4	free for two weeks. You can do that at cafe.com slash insider. That's cafe.com slash insider.
1:00.4	College students with a valid E.D.U. email can head to cafe.com slash student and sign up
1:05.9	at a lower rate. Again, that's cafe.com slash student. We look forward to having you as
1:10.8	part of the insider community.
1:12.8	And one programming note, I'll be joined by my friend Bill Browder, the investor and
1:16.7	human rights activist this Thursday, December 10th at 5 p.m. Eastern.
1:20.7	To sign up to join that special Zoom conversation, head to cafe.com slash preet.
1:29.2	So as I said before, Bill Bargit a couple of things. There were these statements about
1:32.9	the election, but he did something else that probably is more pleasing to the president
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