About 10 minutes in, Olivia Pope is having a conversation on a bench with Cyrus saying that "Americans want a 'Man of the People' for their president, like Abraham Lincoln. They don't want a Donald Trump." At the time this aired in September 2012, Donald Trump was not a politician and indicated publicly he had no political aspirations. Four years later he would win the highest political office in the land.
In every episode that features Hollis Doyle (Gregg Henry), he is seen eating or mentioning Gettysburger.
Jillian Armenante who portrays lawyer Moira O'Donnell who is defending Quinn allegedly sending her ex a bomb in the mail in this episode also plays a character in Grey's Anatomy involving a bomb inside of her husband's abdomen.
Hollis Doyle, Federal Judge and Norm all stared in Gilmore Girls.