CAFE Insider 09/16: Scandal Survey: Donald, Brett, Andy, Felicity

In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, "Scandal Survey: Donald, Brett, Andy, Felicity," co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram discuss:

-- The reporting about a potential indictment of former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe

-- Concerns raised by spending at President Trump’s hotels

-- Actress Felicity Huffman’s 14-day jail sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal

-- A New York Times article about sexual harassment allegations made against Justice Brett Kavanaugh from his time as a Yale undergraduate student

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REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

Andrew McCabe

• Andrew McCabe’s lawyer Michael Bromwich’s letter to Jessie Liu, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 9/12/19
• 9-11.120: Power of a grand jury limited by its function, DOJ Justice Manual
• “True bill” definition, Legal Information Institute
• “Types of Juries,” United States Courts
• “On the Mystery of the McCabe Grand Jury,” Lawfare, 9/13/19
• “Andrew McCabe’s legal team asks Justice Dept. if grand jury rejected charges in his case,” Washington Post, 9/13/19 
• “Prosecutors recommend indicting Andrew McCabe over 'lack of candor' about media leaks,” Politico, 9/12/19

Spending at Trump properties

• Donald J. Trump’s tweets addressing the accusations that he’s enriching himself, 9/16/19
• Donald Trump’s tweet: PLENTY OF OIL!, 9/15/19
• Donald Trump’s tweet about meeting with Iran’s leaders, 9/15/19
• “What Is the Emoluments Clause?,” Encyclopedia Britannica
• “The Text and History of the Foreign Emoluments Clause,” Constitutional Accountability Center, 2018
• The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Trump (2019)
• “U.S. Appeals Court Reinstates Emoluments Case Against Trump,” New York Times, 9/13/19
• “Air Force says it sent crews to Trump’s Scottish resort up to 40 times,” Politico, 9/12/19
• “McCarthy defends military stopovers at Trump's Scottish resort: 'It's just like any other hotel,'” Politico, 9/10/19
• “Pence stays at Trump's Doonbeg resort hours away from official meetings,” CNN, 9/4/19
• “Trump Has Just the Place for the Next G7 Meeting: His Own Golf Resort,” New York Times, 8/26/19
• “When Trump visits his clubs, government agencies and Republicans pay to be where he is,” Washington Post, 6/20/19
• “DoJ: Christie spent big on hotels,” Politico, 11/9/10
• “$16 for a Muffin?! A Justice Department Boondoggle,” The Atlantic, 9/20/11

Felicity Huffman sentenced

• The plea agreement United States v. Felicity Huffman
• “By Turns Tearful and Stoic, Felicity Huffman Gets 14-Day Prison Sentence,” New York Times, 9/13/19

Justice Brett Kavanaugh

• “Brett Kavanaugh Fit In With the Privileged Kids. She Did Not.,” New York Times, 9/14/19
• “New York Times apologizes for ‘inappropriate and offensive’ tweet about Kavanaugh sexual misconduct allegation,” Washington Post, 9/16/19

Mike Pence

• “Pence claims a prized racehorse bit him. The farm manager who was there isn’t buying it.,” Washington Post, 9/13/19