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The Counsel

Law Enforcement Theater in Fulton County

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 12 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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1:05.5

Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday. Well, on Wednesday, Pam Bondi testified in front of the House

1:13.4

Judiciary Committee. We talked about it last week. I suggested six important substantive questions

1:19.2

that she needed to answer. You may or may not be shocked to find that she answered precisely

1:24.8

zero of them. Maybe she even answered negative of them

1:28.2

because some of them are even less clear now

1:30.9

than they were before.

1:32.5

That's issue number one.

1:33.9

The complete lack of transparency,

1:36.8

the complete lack of candor.

1:38.2

Now look, the AG can't just answer every question he or she is asked.

1:42.7

You can't just go into pending investigations

1:45.1

and commit to things that are ongoing. But there are ways to provide some meaningful information.

1:52.5

Are you investigating anyone around Jeffrey Epstein criminally? That can be a yes or no.

1:58.0

Are you actually criminally investigating the fatal shootings of Alex Prettie and Renee Good? You can just give a yes or no. Are you actually criminally investigating the fatal shootings of Alex

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