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Stay Tuned with Preet

CAFE Insider Sample 1/18: Seditious Conspiracy & Siddiqui

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The Texas synagogue hostage situation, Aafia Siddiqui’s conviction, seditious conspiracy charges against the Oath Keepers, House minority leader Kevin McCarthy, and Rep. Matt Gaetz are making headlines this week.  In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce discuss the FBI’s response to the hostage situation and the demand made by the hostage-taker that Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui be released from federal prison, where she is serving an 86-year sentence for attempts to murder American military and FBI officials. Preet oversaw Siddiqui’s 2010 prosecution as the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce break down:  – the first seditious conspiracy charges brought by federal prosecutors stemming from the January 6th attack against the leader and members of the Oath Keepers;  – House minority leader Kevin McCarthy’s refusal to comply with the January 6th committee’s request to be interviewed; and  – Rep. Matt Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend’s reported testimony before a federal grand jury as part of an ongoing sex crimes investigation into the congressman. Stay informed. For insight into the most important issues of our time, try the membership free for two weeks: 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.  Tamara Sepper – Executive Producer; Matthew Billy – Senior Audio Producer; Sam Ozer-Staton & Jake Kaplan – Editorial Producers REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS:  “Aafia Siddiqui Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court Of Attempting To Murder U.S. Nationals In Afghanistan And Six Additional Charges,” SDNY, 2010 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.

0:06.6

Federal prosecutors brought the first seditious conspiracy charges, stemming from the January

0:10.5

6th attack against the leader and members of the far-right group, Oath Keepers.

0:15.2

Meanwhile House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is refusing to comply with the January 6th

0:19.9

Committee's request to be interviewed.

0:22.1

Representative Matt Gates has ex-girlfriend testified before a federal grand jury as part

0:25.8

of an ongoing sex crimes investigation into the congressman.

0:29.8

And over the weekend, four hostages were taken at a synagogue outside of Fort Worth, Texas.

0:34.8

The hostage taker reportedly demanded the release of obvious Sidiqi, a Pakistani woman, who

0:39.7

was serving an 86-year sentence for attempting to murder American military and FBI officials.

0:45.0

An MIT and Brandeis educated neuroscientist, Sidiqi has become an icon in the terrorist world.

0:51.1

I oversaw her 2010 prosecution as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

0:56.2

Joyce fans and I discuss all of this and more on the Cafe Insider podcast.

1:01.0

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

1:04.3

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

1:09.3

free for two weeks.

1:11.0

You can do that at cafe.com slash insider.

1:14.3

That's cafe.com slash insider.

1:17.6

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

1:21.9

Preed over the weekend, we all watched in horror as an individual took four hostages during

1:31.5

morning Shabbat services at a synagogue in Colleville, Texas.

1:37.1

One of the names that surfaced in the course of that siege was a name that you had heard

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