CAFE Insider CAFE Insider 03/04: Truth, Lies, and Nepotism
Mar 4, 2019
43:39
TITLE: TRUTH, LIES, AND NEPOTISM
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REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL
Michael Cohen's testimony:
- Michael Cohen’s testimony and text of his opening statement before the House Oversight Committee
- Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s questioning during the Cohen hearing
- A video from the NYT of Representative Gosar’s questioning of Cohen, featuring his “Liar, Liar Pants on Fire!” poster
- The referral letter from Representatives Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows requesting that the Attorney General investigate Cohen for perjury
- Perjury statutes: 18 U.S.C. § 1621 & 18 U.S.C. § 1001
- Jay Sekulow’s response to Cohen’s testimony claiming that Sekulow reviewed Cohen’s false statement to Congress (for which Cohen was convicted)
- Cohen’s SDNY sentencing memo, which states Cohen, “acted in coordination with and at the direction of Individual-1”
- An article from the Washington Post reporting on Cohen’s SDNY case that implicated Trump in violating campaign finance laws
- An article from Vox explaining Trump’s tweets about Cohen’s book deal
House Judiciary Committee’s investigation:
- Representative Jerry Nadler’s interview on This Week (3/3/19), where he announced the investigation
- The House Judiciary Committee’s Document Requests, issued on 3/4/19, to 81 recipients.
Jared Kushner’s security clearance:
- An article in The Washington Post on career officials' rejection of Kushner’s top-secret security clearance application
- David Priess and Mark Zaid’s op-ed in The Washington Post analyzing Trump’s constitutional authority to give Kusher top-secret security clearance
- A statement from Abbe Lowell’s spokesperson regarding Kushner’s security clearance
- Representative Adam Schiff’s response to Kushner reports
- A report from the Washington Post about Trump’s past comments concerning the invocation of the Fifth Amendment
White House Counsel:
- An article in the Washington Post about White House Counsel’s growing legal team
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