Words Matter: Interview with Rod Rosenstein

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein joins Katie Barlow and Joe Lockhart for a wide-ranging discussion that includes his long DOJ career and why he hasn’t written a book since leaving public service, whether police departments suffer from systemic racism, reports that he suggested wearing a wire to record President Trump, and of course, the critical decisions points and controversies around Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Words Matter will become part of the CAFE Insider membership product in the coming weeks. Become a member: www.cafe.com/words Sign up to receive the weekly CAFE Brief newsletter which includes analysis by Elie Honig, links to new content, and more: www.cafe.com/brief See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Words Matter with Katie Barlow and Joe Lockhart.
0:12.0	Welcome to Words Matter, I'm Katie Barlow.
0:15.7	Our goal is to promote objective reality.
0:18.8	As a wise man once said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
0:25.1	Have power and words have consequences.
0:33.1	Hey folks, I'm excited to report that we have more new content for you.
0:37.7	Cafe is partnered with Words Matter Media to bring you the Words Matter podcast,
0:42.2	co-hosted by Joe Lockhart and Katie Barlow.
0:45.4	Joe served as the White House press secretary for President Bill Clinton and Katie is a journalist
0:49.8	and an attorney.
0:51.1	Each week they will bring context and understanding to the often fraught political conversations
0:55.9	that dominate our national discourse.
0:58.2	They'll be interviewing an array of guests, including people who have made a great impact
1:01.6	in American politics or who make it their business to make sense of what's happening
1:05.4	in Washington.
1:06.9	The episodes of Words Matter will be free for the next several weeks and ultimately will
1:10.9	become exclusive to members of Cafe Insider.
1:14.1	Today's guest is Rod Rosenstein.
1:16.8	As many of you know, he served as the Justice Department's Deputy Attorney General
1:20.3	under President Trump and appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel to lead the Russia
1:24.1	investigation.
1:25.4	And he's been in many ways quite the controversial figure.
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