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CAFE Insider Sample 6/15: DOJ's Subpoena Situation

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce break down the news that DOJ prosecutors investigating leaks during the Trump administration subpoenaed Apple for data from Democratic Congressmen Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell.  In the full episode, they discuss former White House counsel Don McGahn’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, and DOJ’s new strategy to protect the right to vote. To listen to the full episode and get access to all exclusive CAFE Insider content, including audio notes from Preet, Joyce, Elie Honig, Barb McQuade, Asha Rangappa, Melissa Murray, and more try the membership free for two weeks: www.cafe.com/insider Use special code JOYCE for 50% off on the annual membership price.  Sign up to receive the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter: www.cafe.com/brief This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.  Tamara Sepper – Executive Producer; Adam Waller – Senior Editorial Producer; Matthew Billy – Audio Producer; Sam Ozer-Staton & Jake Kaplan – Editorial Producers REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS:  Subscribe to Now & Then, hosted by historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman: Apple Podcasts, Spotify “Statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland,” DOJ press release, 6/14/21 “DOJ OIG Initiates a Review of the Department of Justice’s Use of Subpoenas and Other Legal Authorities to Obtain Communication Records of Members of Congress and Affiliated Persons, and the News Media,” DOJ OIG press release, 6/11/21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, Joyce Fantz here. Big news out of the Department of Justice this week.

0:07.0

DOJ prosecutors investigating leaks during the Trump administration, subpoenaed Apple

0:12.1

for data from at least two Democratic representatives on the House Intelligence Committee.

0:17.5

Meanwhile former White House counsel Don McGahn testified before the House Judiciary Committee,

0:22.8

and had some notable things to say about the pressure Trump put on him during the Russia

0:26.5

probe.

0:27.5

In other news, Attorney General Merritt Garland outlined DOJ's plans to protect the

0:31.9

right to vote, which includes expanding the Department's civil rights division.

0:37.0

Crete Barara and I discuss all this and more on the Cafe Insider podcast.

0:42.4

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

0:46.3

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

0:52.0

free for two weeks.

0:54.1

You can do that at cafe.com slash insider.

0:57.3

That's cafe.com slash insider.

1:00.4

And for a limited time, use the code Joyce for 50% off the annual membership price.

1:06.5

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

1:14.0

We're looking at a situation where we know Apple turned over information on Congress

1:19.1

people and their families and their staff. And my question is this, was it a direct subpoena

1:25.4

that targeted them directly or was this incidental collection?

1:30.4

Were there other subpoenas where DOJ was looking at folks that they had identified as potential

1:36.0

leakers and in looking at their communications, the names of Congress people suddenly popped

1:42.2

up.

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