In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the news that the Department of Justice has reportedly decided against bringing sex-trafficking charges against Florida Representative Matt Gaetz.

In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss:

– Developments from the January 6 and classified documents special counsel investigations, including former Vice President Mike Pence’s invocation of the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause to avoid testifying, and the debate over whether the attorney-client privilege shields Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran from testifying; and

– The Fulton County, Georgia grand jury’s recommendation that the district attorney bring perjury charges against unnamed witnesses in the investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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Preet Bharara Episodes Around February 21, 2023

CAFE Insider 1/17: Do We Need Another Special Counsel?

Inside the January 6 Investigation (with Tim Heaphy)

In Brief: China Has Police Stations in the U.S.? (with John Carlin)

CAFE Insider 1/24: Why Charge Alec Baldwin with Manslaughter?

Politics, Punditry, and Restaurants (with Frank Bruni)

In Brief: It's a Debt Trap (with Justin Wolfers)

CAFE Insider 1/31: Charges in the Tyre Nichols Killing, Explained

Above the Law? (with Elie Honig)

In Brief: Hail to the Chief (of Staff) (with Chris Whipple)

CAFE Insider 2/7: The Case Against Alec Baldwin, Explained

Salman Rushdie's Defiance (with David Remnick)

In Brief: "Blue Slip" Blues (with Leigh Ann Caldwell)

CAFE Insider 2/14: Will Pence Testify in the Jan 6 Investigation?

What’s Up With the UFOs? (with Michael Morell)

In Brief: High Court Hijinks (with Sheldon Whitehouse)

CAFE Insider 2/21: Gaetz Outta Jail Free

One Year Later in Ukraine (with Bianna Golodryga)

In Brief: The Fate of the Death Penalty (with Sadie Gurman)

CAFE Insider 2/28: Is the Fulton County Foreperson Undermining the DA’s Case?

On Social Media and Self Delusion (with Jia Tolentino)

In Brief: The Unconventional Wisdom on Jimmy Carter (with Jonathan Alter)

CAFE Insider 3/7: Will SCOTUS Strike Down Student Loan Forgiveness?

Up Against The Mob: It’s Shangri-La Up There

Gambling on the Economy (with Zanny Minton Beddoes)

In Brief: Debating Daylight Saving (with Dan Diamond)

CAFE Insider 3/14: The 10th Justice (with Joyce Vance & Michael Dreeben)

Debating 101 (with Mehdi Hasan)

In Brief: When Should Banks Be Saved? (with Sheila Bair)

Preview of an Indictment (with Joyce Vance, Barb McQuade, and Elie Honig)

In Brief: What's Going On in Mexico? (with Shannon O'Neil)

CAFE Insider 3/28: Trump’s “Extortion" "Defense,” Explained

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