Note From Elie 10/03: Jack Smith’s October Cheap Shot

The Counsel

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Politics, News

4.6 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.5	Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday.
0:33.3	Well, let me tell you it straight up.
0:34.6	I'm pretty sure this week's piece is going to be provocative.
0:38.5	You all know by now I don't write things just to stir up controversy. I tell you straight up what's on my
0:44.9	mind, what I think, I make my argument. But I also can tell in advance. There's going to be some
0:49.2	pieces that some folks don't like or disagree with, and that's fine. That's part of what we do here. Here's what I
0:55.0	would just want to say before we get into it. I have said on air many times over the years,
0:59.8	over the last 24 hours, I'll say it again here. It has always been my view that Donald Trump
1:04.5	deserve to be indicted and deserves to be convicted for his role in January 6 leading up to
1:10.7	January 6 and for the classified documents
1:13.5	at Mar-a-Lago.
1:14.4	That said, I don't care who is on the receiving end.
1:17.9	I will not excuse or cheerlead shoddy or unfair or sharp prosecutorial practice, as one judge
1:24.8	once phrased it to me.
1:26.8	I don't think it's okay just because Donald Trump's on the receiving end. I don't think it's okay just because Donald Trump's
1:29.2	on the receiving end. I don't think it's okay just because Jack Smith's on the giving end.
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