Covering the State of Our Union (with Jake Tapper)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned with Preet, “Covering the State of Our Union,” Preet answers listener questions about Trump’s well wishes to Ghislaine Maxwell, a U.S. Attorney’s role in civil cases, and Attorney General Barr’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. Then, CNN journalist Jake Tapper joins Preet for a conversation focused on the film adaptation of “The Outpost,” his book about the War in Afghanistan. Tapper also discusses New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump’s endless Tweeting, and more. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/covering-the-state-of-our-union-with-jake-tapper To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider at: CAFE.com/Insider Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, updates from Preet, and analysis from Elie Honig, at: CAFE.com/brief And if you haven’t already, listen to a sample from this week’s episode of the CAFE Insider podcast for free at CAFE.com or in the Stay Tuned feed. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.9	From Cafe, welcome to stay tuned. I'm Priperara. I want to live in a world where if the
1:03.3	president says something that is critical of a journalist or anyone, everybody cares.
1:08.6	Because if the president is the president, whoever it is, he or she may be. But he now,
1:15.0	the only conclusion I can reach is that it's just noise so that nobody even cares anymore.
1:25.9	That's Jake Tapper. He's the host of the CNN shows The Lead and State of the Union. In
1:31.3	addition to his on-air work, Jake is a prolific writer. His 2012 book The Outpost is a wrenchingly
1:37.7	detailed account of a devastating battle in Afghanistan. It's recently been adapted
1:42.1	into an acclaimed feature film of the same name. Jake and I discussed the almost two-decade
1:46.5	conflict in Afghanistan, the importance of combative interviews, and his criticism of
1:51.3	New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's COVID-19 response. That's coming up. Stay tuned.
1:56.3	Let's get to your questions.
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