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CAFE Insider 5/23: Mifepristone In Jeopardy

Stay Tuned with Preet

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4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the oral arguments in a case challenging FDA approval of the abortion pill Mifepristone, where a panel of 5th Circuit judges appeared likely to restrict access to the drug. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce break down: – Writer E. Jean Carroll’s new defamation allegations against former President Donald Trump;  – The evidence that special counsel Jack Smith is reportedly compiling in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation;  – The resignation of former U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Rachael Rollins after a DOJ inspector general’s ethics probe found various instances of misconduct. 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. This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.  Check out other CAFE podcasts: Now & Then, Up Against The Mob Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, Joyce Vance here.

0:03.5

Special counsel Jack Smith continues his investigation into the Mar-a-Lago documents.

0:08.8

Smith is reportedly compiling evidence about Trump's knowledge, about the existence of

0:13.3

the documents, and about the proper declassification process, undercutting Trump's claims that

0:18.9

the documents were declassified.

0:21.2

In other news, a panel of fifth-circuit judges appears likely to restrict access to the abortion

0:26.0

pill mythopristone, following oral arguments in a case challenging FDA approval of the drug.

0:32.5

And the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts has resigned after a DOJ inspector

0:37.9

general's ethics probe found various instances of misconduct.

0:42.2

Preep Barara and I discuss all of this and more on the CAFAY Insider podcast.

0:46.9

Today we're sharing an excerpt from the episode with listeners of Stay Tuned.

0:51.5

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

0:56.7

for just one dollar for one month.

0:59.6

You can do that at CAFAY.com slash insider.

1:03.3

That's CAFAY.com slash insider.

1:06.3

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

1:10.7

So, turning from the Mar-a-Lago documents case to the continuing saga over that one abortion

1:19.8

medication, mythopristone, there was oral argument in the fifth circuit, didn't go great

1:27.0

for people who think the FDA was right in loosening restrictions around the administering

1:32.0

a mythopristone, right choice?

1:35.1

Yeah, you know, the judges, this was a panel of three fifth-circuit judges and it seemed

1:40.9

relatively clear after the argument that they are on a trajectory that means that they'll

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