Barr the Enabler (with Elie Honig)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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On this episode of Stay Tuned, Preet answers listener questions about the latest developments in the case against an associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz, why Bill Cosby is not facing federal charges following the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision to overturn his conviction, and the joy of seeing Bruce Springsteen perform over the weekend with his son. Then, Preet interviews former prosecutor (and current CAFE contributor) Elie Honig about his new book, Hatchet Man, a deep-dive on the tenure of former Attorney General Bill Barr. They also discuss the DOJ under new AG Merrick Garland and the recent indictment of business entities under the Trump organization umbrella and CFO, Allen Weisselberg. For show notes and a transcript to the episode, head to our website: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/barr-the-enabler-with-elie-honig/ Don’t miss the bonus for CAFE Insiders where Preet and Elie discuss both the challenge and satisfaction of commenting on breaking news in their role as CNN legal analysts. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is produced by CAFE Studios. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; Editorial Producers: Noa Azulai, Sam Ozer-Staton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:05.0	I'm Pete Barara.
0:07.0	And then you pile on top of that, the use by Bill Barr, the weaponization by Bill Barr,
0:13.0	of the Justice Department for political purposes.
0:15.0	And I want people to know what happened, hopefully, so that we can understand it
0:19.0	and so that no AG of any party will ever go down that road again.
0:24.0	That's Ellie Honek.
0:29.0	He's a former state and federal prosecutor, and my colleague here at Cafe and at CNN.
0:34.0	Ellie served as co-chief of the organized crime unit at SDNY when I was a U.S. attorney.
0:39.0	There he developed a reputation as a tough, smart prosecutor who skillfully tried cases
0:44.0	and flipped mobsters into cooperating witnesses.
0:47.0	He's out with a new book called Hatchet Man, how Bill Barr broke the prosecutor's code
0:52.0	and corrupted the Justice Department.
0:55.0	Ellie joins me today to discuss Barr's conduct as attorney general under Donald Trump,
0:59.0	the budding tenure of current AG Merrick Garland, and the recent indictment from the Manhattan District Attorney
1:04.0	of Trump Organization Entities and CFO Alan Weiselberg.
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