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The Counsel

Note From Elie 06/13: The Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case: Prosecution as Political Cover

The Counsel

Some Spider, Inc.

Politics, News

4.6848 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 9 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

I'm making a robot head with an Amazon box.

0:03.0

I've painted it silver and Daddy helped me make it.

0:05.0

At Amazon, we're actually using paper bags for more of our deliveries.

0:08.0

And now I'm making a paper hot air balloon

0:11.0

and I even made a little brown basket

0:13.0

and I'm making a dog that looks just like Monty.

0:16.0

Just one of the ways we've reduced the weight of our packaging by more than 40% since 2015,

0:20.0

which is still good for playtime.

0:22.6

Mom, where's the scissors?

0:25.6

To learn more, visit aboutamason.com.com.com.

0:28.5

Sustainability.

0:30.6

Hey, everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday, Friday the 13th.

0:34.5

More importantly, though, let's hope in a good harbinger, it's graduation day for a lot of

0:39.1

parents out there, a lot of kids out there, myself included. My second child, my daughter graduates

0:43.7

high school today, later today. A lot of us are having these moments. They're wonderful. They're

0:49.4

more, I guess, more emotional than you think. But I'm not the first one to say this. I've heard several others say.

0:55.0

Graduation is almost really about the parent more than the kid. I mean, the kid's the one who gets

0:58.9

the attention and deserves it and gets to go up and get the diploma. But man, it's an accomplishment

1:03.8

day for parents too. So all you other parents out there, if you have kids graduating high school or

1:08.8

college or law school or any kind of grad school,

1:11.3

even kindergarten. Man, there's nothing better than those kindergarten graduations. We had them.

1:15.4

Congratulations to you as well. Okay, into more controversial areas, although I suspect a lot of our

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