CAFE Insider 03/11: Prison, Pardons, & Hoaxes

Mar 11, 2019

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3/11: Prison, Pardons, & Hoaxes

Order Preet’s book, “Doing Justice,” here.

Preet and SDNY

An article from the NYT from 3/11/17, “U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Says He Was Fired After Refusing to Quit”
An article from the NYT on former New York State Senate majority leader Dean Skelos’ sentencing
An article from the NYT on Rajat Gupta’s sentencing

Manafort sentencing

An article in the NYT about Manafort’s sentencing, including Judge Ellis’ comment that Manafort led an “otherwise blameless life”
An article in Politico reporting on Mueller’s allegation that Manafort engaged in witness tampering
An article from the Washington Post on Manafort’s upcoming sentencing before Judge Amy Berman Jackson in D.C.
The United States Sentencing Commission report on “The Basics” of Federal Sentencing.
The United States Sentencing Commission report from November 2017, “Demographic Differences in Sentencing: An Update to the 2012 Booker report”
The Legal Information Institute’s definition of consecutive and concurrent prison sentences

Michael Cohen -- the pardon issue & lawsuit against Trump Org.

An article from the NYT about Michael Cohen’s testimony regarding a pardon, and Trump’s reaction
An article from the WSJ reporting that Cohen directed his lawyer to inquire about a Presidential pardon last year
Cohen’s complaint filed against the Trump Organization, plus an article from the Washington Post on the lawsuit
An article from the Washington Post on Cohen’s former joint defense agreement with Trump
An article from Vox on Michael Cohen’s closing statement from his 3/6 testimony before Congress, including his remarks on 2020

Jussie Smollett

Jussie Smollett’s indictment
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s full remarks on Smollett, prior to the official charges

Supreme Court

Bush v. Gore (2000), plus Jeffrey Toobin’s analysis on the repercussions of the Court’s decision

Definition

The Merriam-Webster definition of dispositive

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