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The Counsel

Note from Elie: The Forgotten Special Counsel

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

Out. Indecision, overthinking, second guessing every choice you make.

0:11.0

In. Plans and guides that make it easy to get home projects done.

0:16.0

Out.

0:18.0

Beige, on beige, on beige. In, knowing what to do, when to do it, and who to hire.

0:27.3

Start caring for your home with confidence. Download Thumbtack today.

0:34.9

Hey everyone, Ellie here wishing you another happy week, another happy Friday.

0:40.4

For this week's piece, I wanted to talk about a story that I think has slid under the radar a bit.

0:44.5

I honestly forgot about it until I was reminded of it just the other day.

0:49.3

As always, I love to hear back from you, so let me know what you think.

0:52.2

Send your thoughts to letters at cafe.com.

1:08.7

We're going to start today with a quiz, and you will be on the clock.

1:12.7

So get out your phone, click over to the stopwatch function, and give yourself a 60-second countdown.

1:18.4

You ready?

1:19.3

All right, here we go.

1:20.8

Quick, name the three people who are currently acting as special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice. Right, Jack Smith,

1:29.4

that was the gimme. You got number one, you should have about 58 seconds or so left. Okay, on to

1:35.0

number two, TikTok folks. Did you get David Weiss? That one's a bit of a trick question. He's

1:40.7

the Delaware U.S. attorney who somehow spent five full years investigating

1:45.2

Hunter Biden and nearly entered into a misdemeanor plea deal only to suddenly reverse course

1:50.2

last month and request special counsel status, which was granted by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

1:55.0

If you got Weiss, congratulations. You're right on top of the news for better or worse.

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