OA259: Your Guide to the Congressional Investigations

Published: March 8, 2019, 5 a.m.

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Today\'s extra-long episode contains your guide to the Congressional Investigations, and specifically the 81 document requests sent out by Rep. Jerry Nadler to various Trump-related individuals and entities in connection with the Democratic Congress\'s larger investigation into corruption, ties with Russia, and general criminal behavior by the administration.\\xa0 What does it all mean?\\xa0 Who are the key players?\\xa0 Listen and find out!

We begin, however, with a brief Andrew Was Right -- Michael Cohen is producing drafts of his Congressional testimony, which may support his claim that Trump\'s personal lawyer, Jay "ACLJ" Sekulow edited his testimony to suborn perjury.

Then, it\'s time for an in-depth look at the various documents requested by Rep. Nadler.\\xa0 What does it all mean?\\xa0 We break down the four major "buckets" of inquiries and tell you about some familiar faces... and some surprising new ones.

After that, it\'s time to take a look into recent developments in the Jeffrey Epstein case and correct some reporting as to whether his non-prosecution agreement has really been torn up by the courts.\\xa0 (It hasn\'t.)

We end, as always, with a brand new Thomas Takes the Bar Exam Question #117 about the use of university space for a debate on affirmative action.\\xa0 As always, remember to follow our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and like our\\xa0Facebook Page\\xa0so that you too can play along with #TTTBE!

Appearances
Andrew was just a guest host on Episode 91 of the Skepticrat;\\xa0go check it out!\\xa0 And if you\'d like to have\\xa0either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at\\xa0openarguments@gmail.com.

Show Notes & Links

1. Cohen to produce drafts of his\\xa0testimony to Congress.
2. Congressional Investigations 162 documents served on 81 different people.\\xa0Documents here:
3. Here\\u2019s a handy guide\\xa0to who\\u2019s who in the investigation.
4. Here\\u2019s Hope Hicks\\u2019s\\xa0documents request.
5. Here\\u2019s our tweet out\\xa0to Rep. Nadler regarding Nader\\u2019s document requests:
6. Epstein.\\xa0This is the text\\xa0of the Crime Victims\\u2019 Rights Act of 2004, 18 U.S.C. \\xa7 3771.
7. Judge Marra\\u2019s ruling can be found\\xa0here.

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