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In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet asks foreign affairs expert Fareed Zakaria about his trips to Ukraine and the geopolitical impact of a theoretical Trump return to the presidency. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Pree...

Barb McQuade is the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, a law professor at the University of Michigan, and an NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst. To access the full written version of Barb's note, head to CAFE.com.

In this episode of CAFE Insider , Preet and Joyce discuss:  – The leaked video of former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis’ proffer session with Georgia prosecutors  – The positions taken by federal prosecutors and Donald Trump on the issue of publicly broadcasting Trump’s upcoming election interference trial – The Supreme Court’s newly adopted Code of Conduct – The New York Attorney General’s on...

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. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet and physicist Sean Carroll talk more about depictions of time travel in Hollywood films.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcas...

Rachel Barkow is the Charles Seligson Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, where she focuses on issues of criminal justice and prison reform. For a transcript of Rachel’s note, as well as the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE.com.

On a new episode of CAFE Insider , Preet and Joyce discuss former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York: – Trump’s testimony from the witness stand;  – The testimony by Trump’s sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, and the forthcoming testimony by his daughter, Ivanka; and – The sparring between Judge Arthur Engoron and Trump’s lawyers. Preet and Joyce also break down special counsel Ja...

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. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet and organizational psychologist Adam Grant discuss the research behind audio-only conversations for podcast hosts and remote workers. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought...

Asha Rangappa is a lawyer, former FBI Special Agent, and current CNN analyst. She's also a Senior Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Head to CAFE.com for a full transcript of Asha's Note. Notes from Asha are exclusive to the CAFE Insider membership. For the text of this note, along with the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE's website.

On the CAFE Insider docket: – Former President Donald Trump’s motions to dismiss the criminal charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith in the election interference case; – The ABC News report that, months ago, Smith granted former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows immunity, which cleared the way for Meadows to testify before a D.C. grand jury; – Trump’s $10,000 fine for violating...

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. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet and Richard Haass, the president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, discuss the biggest national security threat facing the US. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is bro...

Joyce Vance is a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, a professor at the University of Alabama Law School, and an MSNBC legal analyst. Notes from Joyce are exclusive to the CAFE Insider membership. For the text of this note, along with the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE's website.

On the CAFE Insider docket: – The implications of plea deals that Donald Trump’s co-defendants, lawyers Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Kenneth Chesebro, struck with prosecutors in the Georgia election interference case, including their agreements to testify against Trump and other defendants;  – Trump’s $5,000 fine for violating a gag order in the New York civil fraud case after a social med...

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. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet and Drexel University law professor Adam Benforado discuss juror biases.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Barb McQuade is the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, a law professor at the University of Michigan, and an NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst. To access the full written version of Barb's note, head to CAFE.com.

On the CAFE Insider docket: – The limited gag order imposed by a federal judge in D.C. that prevents former President Donald Trump from publicly attacking witnesses and prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case; – A federal grand jury’s indictment of Rep. George Santos on ten new criminal charges, including aggravated identity theft and making false statements to the F...

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. 

In this bonus from Stay Tuned , Preet and Princeton sociology professor Matthew Desmond discuss the idea of instituting a national “poverty czar.” Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vo...

Melissa Murray is an NYU Law Professor, the co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, and an MSNBC legal analyst. For a transcript of Melissa's note, as well as the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE.com.

On the CAFE Insider docket: – Special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden as part of the classified documents probe; – Reporting by ABC News that special counsel Jack Smith has obtained testimony that former President Donald Trump shared classified information about U.S. nuclear submarines with an Australian billionaire at Mar-a-Lago; – The start of Trump’s civil fraud trial in...

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.