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The Counsel

Note from Elie 11/15: Trump’s Nomination of Matt Gaetz Is a Sign of Dark Intentions

The Counsel

Some Spider, Inc.

Politics, News

4.6848 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 7 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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Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday.

0:34.9

I guess maybe it's a flummixing Friday of sorts, given all that went down this

0:40.5

week. Here we are a week in change into the president-electhood of Donald Trump, but already

0:47.3

chaos, confusion, and perhaps worse, has broken out. I wrote this week's piece about the nomination of Matt Gates

0:57.2

as Attorney General. As you can tell, I'm a bit skeptical of his chances. I'm very skeptical of how

1:03.8

he will perform if he does somehow get through the Senate. In the meantime, if you get a chance,

1:09.5

check out the new Cafe Insider 2 podcast we've

1:12.5

been doing. My guest this week is Trevor Morrison, a brilliant law professor, law dean, worked for

1:18.3

the Obama administration. We go deep on the sort of fascinating but also confusing, hopefully not

1:26.3

confusing after we talked about it, topic of the DOJ policy

1:29.6

against indictment of a sitting president. This policy keeps on popping its head back up in the

1:34.5

highest leverage of situations. We talk about the history behind it, the constitutional dimensions

1:40.2

of it, and the practical application of it. It's a great conversation. Check that out over on Insider. And as always, with respect to both podcasts, love to hear your thoughts,

1:49.7

questions, comments, send them into letters at cafe.com. Matt Gates, United States Attorney General. It's almost an oxymoron. This is a crazy pick. This is a dangerous pick.

2:17.8

This is a pick that warns of dark intentions.

2:20.9

So let's get specific.

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