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CAFE Insiders can enjoy this recording of Preet reading his note, "The Importance of ‘Thank You, Good Luck, and Goodbye’” and read his note in the CAFE Insider Newsletter every Thursday.

Dear Reader,

As you might imagine, I have a great many thoughts and feelings about the abrupt firing of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman. The manner and timing of the termination raise countless questions, and it is a shame that Attorney General Bill Barr will not come before the House Judiciary Committee until the end of July to be asked some of those questions.

My concerns are only compounded by the extraordinary hearing that took place yesterday in that committee. Two DOJ officials testified about their perceptions of political decision-making. Most disturbing was the testimony of a current Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) in Maryland who served in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office and then was detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s office in D.C. to see through the government’s case against Roger Stone. That AUSA, Aaron Zelinsky, bravely told Congress and the public that “Roger Stone was being treated differently from any other defendant because of his relationship to the President… and that the U.S. Attorney’s sentencing instructions to us were based on political considerations.”

That is stunning stuff. Especially coming from a current employee of DOJ, whose leadership must be furious.