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Stay Tuned with Preet

CAFE Insider 2/9: Trial by Ire

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

4.832.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Anne break down the consequences of former President Trump refusing to testify at his Senate impeachment trial. They also explore impeachment defenses raised by Trump’s lawyers in their pre-trial brief. In the full episode, Preet and Anne further discuss the Senate impeachment trial, and they debate the merits of technology company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News. To listen to the full episode and get access to all exclusive CAFE Insider content, including audio notes from Preet and Elie Honig, the full United Security and Cyber Space podcast archives, and exclusive bonus content from Stay Tuned, 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: “Trial Memorandum Of Donald J. Trump, 45th President Of The United States Of America,” Donald Trump, 2/8/21 “Trial Memorandum Of The United States House Of Representatives In The Impeachment Trial Of President Donald J. Trump,” House Impeachment Managers, 1/28/21 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, another busy week of politically charged legal news making the headlines.

0:06.4

This week, the Senate will hold former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial.

0:10.9

The Trump legal team has filed a brief with the Senate, and let's just say there are some

0:14.8

interesting arguments in there.

0:16.9

Also technology company Smartmatic is suing Fox News for defamation over their coverage

0:21.6

of the company's involvement in the 2020 presidential election.

0:25.4

Anne Milgram and I discuss all this and more on the Cafe Insider podcast.

0:29.5

Today we're sharing a clip from the episode with listeners of Stay tuned.

0:32.7

To hear our full conversation and access all other Cafe Insider content, try the membership

0:37.4

free for two weeks.

0:39.2

You can do that at cafe.com slash insider.

0:42.2

That's cafe.com slash insider.

0:45.2

College students with a valid.edu email can head to cafe.com slash student and sign up

0:50.3

at a lower rate.

0:51.3

Again, that's cafe.com slash student.

0:54.7

We look forward to having you as a part of the insider community.

1:02.2

So pre we got an email also from Peter who wrote Jamie Raskin wrote Trump saying he would

1:07.9

advocate to the Senate that an adverse inference should be drawn from failure to testify.

1:13.4

Since Trump is still subject to criminal investigation, how is this so?

1:18.0

Does the Fifth Amendment apply at all?

1:20.5

Thanks.

1:21.5

That's an interesting question and it's funny because not funny, but interesting because

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