CAFE Insider 02/25: The Usual Suspects

INSIDER SHOW NOTES – 2/25/19

TITLE: THE USUAL SUSPECTS

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References and supplemental materials:

The Mueller Report

• DOJ clarifies to NBC News that Mueller report will not be finished this week
• 28 CFR § 600.8: Notification and reports by the Special Counsel
• 28 CFR § 600.9: Notification and reporters by the Attorney General
• Waiver of 6(e), concerning grand jury information
• A breakdown of the members on Mueller’s team

Paul Manafort

• Special Counsel’s sentencing memorandum for Manafort, filed in DC. Plus, the extensive exhibits.
• The sentencing memorandum for Manafort filed in VA.
• Mueller’s November 2018 filing that reported Manafort’s violation of his plea agreement

Michael Cohen

• Committee on Oversight and Reform memo to committee members outlining the background and scope of Michael Cohen’s hearing on 2/27.
• A transcript of Comey’s May 15th, 2007 testimony before the Senate. (And an article from the NYT about the Ashcroft story.)
• Michael Cohen’s plea agreement, and his statement in court.
• Cohen’s ABC News interview
• Cohen’s SDNY sentencing memo, which states Cohen, “acted in coordination with and at the direction of Individual-1.”
• An article in the NYT reporting that Cohen met with SDNY prosecutors

Sentencing

• Definition of concurrent and consecutive sentencing
• DOJ “Petite policy”

Double Jeopardy

• An article in The Atlantic about double jeopardy in New York, including the Leona Helmsley case.

Roger Stone

• A transcript of Stone’s hearing in court on 2/21. Plus, an article in NYT about the proceeding.

Miscellaneous

• Insider vocabulary: arrogate and erstwhile
• Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s Oscars performance of Shallow at the Oscars

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