How Rookie Mistakes Could Sink the Comey Prosecution

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Elie Honig is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and co-chief of the organized crime unit at the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted more than 100 mobsters, including members of La Cosa Nostra, and the Gambino and Genovese crime families. He went on to serve as Director of the Department of Law and Public Safety at New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. He is currently Special Counsel at Lowenstein Sandler and a CNN legal analyst. For a transcript of Elie’s note and the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's time for Black Friday at Dell Technologies.
0:02.7	Save big on PCs like the Dell 16 Plus featuring Intelcore Ultra Processors.
0:07.3	Shop now at Dell.com.
0:08.3	Okay, forward slash Black Friday.
0:11.6	Hey, everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday.
0:14.8	The Friday before Thanksgiving, is it too early to start counting down to Thanksgiving?
0:20.8	I don't think so.
0:21.6	Not in my book.
0:22.7	I'm getting ready.
0:23.7	I've got my turkey brining kit ready.
0:25.9	Kids are coming home from college.
0:27.5	I'm excited.
0:28.4	I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving if we don't do another piece before then.
0:32.2	Okay.
0:32.7	Before we get to the heart of this week's piece,
0:35.2	the story we are not primarily focusing on is the Jeffrey Epstein story, but the big of this week's piece. The story we are not primarily focusing on is the Jeffrey
0:38.9	Epstein story, but the big news this week is Congress overwhelmingly passed quite a turnaround
0:44.2	from a lot of members of Congress, but overwhelmingly passed this law requiring DOJ to release
0:50.7	the Epstein files. Donald Trump signed it late Wednesday night. I was ready to go on air with CNN about the Comey story, the other story.
0:57.9	And suddenly they were like, where are you run to set?
1:00.4	Let's discuss.
1:01.6	If you think this means that we will now all see the Epstein files, I urge you to think again
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