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The Counsel

Note from Elie 10/18: Kamala Harris is, Indeed, a Cop

The Counsel

Some Spider, Inc.

Politics, News

4.6848 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 8 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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0:31.9

Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday.

0:35.1

Well, let me put in a quick plug for the new podcast we're doing over

0:38.9

on Insider. This week, we took a dive into the Menendez Brothers case, and let me tell you,

0:44.8

I have become obsessed with this case. It's fascinating. It's riveting. It's horrifying.

0:50.5

And I will say, if you're around my age, which is 49, we really were fed this case

0:58.3

in a misleading way. We absorbed this case in a misleading way. I will cop to completely

1:03.5

misunderstanding what this case was all about. And now I have a much different view,

1:08.5

although it's complex. So check it out, take a listen.

1:13.4

I think you will be drawn in like I was.

1:15.3

Now, on to this week's brief.

1:20.1

We are, wow, the election is 400 hours away or so.

1:24.7

Believe it or not, I saw it phrased that way on CNN the other night, and I sort of did the math.

1:26.8

I said, oh, yeah, it is actually about that now.

1:31.5

Hard to believe. I do want to raise an issue that I think is really interesting about Kamala Harris's prosecutorial past and how it has played and not played in the current campaign.

1:37.8

As always, love to hear your thoughts, questions, comments. We will answer them as I did the other day

1:41.8

from time to time. Send them in to Letters atcafe.com.

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