Trump Goes After Civil Rights Groups

About this episode

Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center and related political events.

Why is a civil rights organization being accused of funding white supremacist groups? On this week’s Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the Justice Department’s 11-count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center. This segment is available for free to listeners of Stay Tuned. To hear the full episode, become a member at cafe.com/insider or staytuned.substack.com/subscribe. You’ll also get access to other exclusive content. Topics covered in the full episode include: – The apparent attempted assassination of President Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner and the charges filed; and – DOJ’s decision to drop the investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. CAFE Insiders click HERE to listen to the full analysis. Join Preet and Barb McQuade live at the 92NY on May 31st: cafe.com/barb Subscribe to our YouTube channel. This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Supervising Producer: Jake Kaplan; Associate Producer: Claudia Hernández; Senior Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; CAFE Team: Celine Rohr, Nat Weiner, Jennifer Indig, and Liana Greenway. Learn more about your ad choices…

People in this episode

Host: Preet Bharara

Guest: Joyce Vance

Topics covered

• civil rights
• indictment
• politics
• Trump
• Justice Department
• investigation

Keywords

• Trump
• civil rights
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• indictment
• Department of Justice
• investigation
• Jerome Powell

Sponsors

CAFE, Vox Media Podcast Network

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southern Poverty Law Center, Department of Justice

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