CAFE Insider 4/21: Rolling with Pandemic Punches

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🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In this clip from the latest episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, "Rolling with Pandemic Punches," co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram discuss: — President Trump’s threat to force Congress to adjourn so that he can bypass the Senate confirmation process for judicial nominees, a process known as “recess appointments.” — An update on members of Trump’s inner circle, including Michael Cohen, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort, the possibility that the president might pardon them, and the Justice Department’s compassionate release policy. — The Supreme Court’s decision to livestream oral arguments for the first time in its history due to coronavirus, and the high-profile cases that the public will now be able to hear, including those involving Trump’s taxes. Listen to the full episode with a free 2-week trial of the CAFE Insider membership. 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, I hope you and your loved ones are staying healthy and safe during these extraordinarily
0:05.4	difficult times.
0:06.9	Each day brings a slate of headlines and as always, we're here to make sense of it.
0:10.8	On Wednesday, President Trump threatened to adjourn Congress in order to ram through his
0:14.5	pending nominations for federal court judges attempting to take advantage of a process known
0:18.7	as recess appointments to bypass the Senate confirmation process.
0:22.8	Meanwhile, Trump's longtime advisor Roger Stone, who in February was sentenced to 40 months
0:27.1	in prison, had his motion for a retrial denied by a district court judge in D.C.
0:31.9	And for the first time ever, the Supreme Court has announced that it will live stream oral
0:35.6	arguments during a series of high-profile cases in early May, including cases concerning
0:40.0	the release of President Trump's financial records and tax returns.
0:43.8	I talk about all this and more with Ann Milgram on the Cafe Insider podcast.
0:48.2	Each week we break down politically charged legal issues making the headlines.
0:51.8	Today, we're making a clip from the most recent episode available in the stay tuned feed.
0:56.0	To listen to our full conversation and access all other Cafe Insider content, try the
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1:20.5	We look forward to having you as a part of the insider community.
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