The Kavanaugh - Trump - Schiff news cycle (with Susan Hennessey)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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On this episode of Stay Tuned, " The Kavanaugh - Trump - Schiff news cycle," host Preet Bharara answers your questions about: -- How government officials should handle classified information -- Whether former deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe would be entitled to the same discovery as all other defendants in the event he’s charged for making false statements -- House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff’s letter to the Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) concerning an undisclosed whistleblower complaint Susan Hennessey, executive editor of the legal and national security blog Lawfare, joins Preet for a wide-ranging conversation about the lasting impact of Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation, implications of Chairman Adam Schiff’s battle with the DNI, new allegations levied against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and more. Bonus clips from the interview are available for members of the CAFE Insider community. Sign up to receive free references and supplemental materials for Stay Tuned episodes, a weekly newsletter, and updates from Preet. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 699-247-7338 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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0:55.9	From Cafe, welcome to Stay Tune. I'm Pete Barara. The way I think about it is, imagine
1:04.4	you learned the story of your favorite novel through completely accurate, unbiased, fair
1:13.4	news headlines about it. So, man hunts well, boat sinks, right? Sort of the major plot
1:21.0	points laid out for you. Even if it was completely fair reporting on the story, you wouldn't
1:27.8	get to the end and say, I understand what that book is about. The mother report is more
1:34.8	like a book.
1:37.8	That's Susan Hennessy. She's the executive editor of Law Fair, a legal and national security
1:42.7	blog that's taken off in the Trump era. She writes about some of the thorniest challenges
1:47.4	we face today, strains on the rule of law, public accountability, and the integrity of our
1:52.3	democratic institutions. We talk about the public's growing appetite for wonky topics, the
1:57.5	latest controversy around the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh, and what to make of
2:01.3	representative Adam Schiff's urgent letter to the director of national intelligence about
2:06.0	a whistleblower complaint. But first, let's get to your questions. That's coming up. Stay
2:12.4	tuned.
2:21.8	Hey, stay tuned listeners. We're taking the stay tuned podcast on the road this fall.
2:26.3	On November 5th, we'll be in Minneapolis in the great state of Minnesota. Joining me
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