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The Counsel

Note from Elie 2/27: The Nation’s Most Dangerous Prosecutor

The Counsel

Some Spider, Inc.

Politics, News

4.6848 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 10 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, well, not quite Friday.

0:21.6

I think we're going to drop this one on Thursday this week.

0:23.5

Like I've said before, things are happening really too fast to wait for Friday every week.

0:28.0

We're going to turn away from Eric Adams this week.

0:30.1

Of course, there was one new development where the judge has appointed an outside lawyer,

0:35.9

a longtime conservative stalwart named Paul Clement,

0:39.5

former Solicitor General of the United States. And basically, the judge on the Eric Adams case,

0:44.2

has asked Paul Clement to come back with a report and research and recommendations. What can I do

0:48.9

here? What are my options? I think it's an interesting development. I think it's good and smart

0:53.8

that the judge

0:54.5

has said I'd like to get some oppositional view because the only view the judge technically has

0:59.9

is from Eric Adams and from DOJ under Emo Boewe. They agree. They want the case dismissed. But I think

1:06.1

the judge is smart to say, well, what's the other side of this? So we will learn the fate of this within the

1:11.4

next two weeks or so. I think it's pretty clear this case, will not live on the Eric Adams case,

1:17.8

but there's higher interest at stake here, including first and foremost, what is a proper reason

1:23.8

or improper reason to dismiss or I guess maybe bring an indictment. So we will stay on that

1:30.6

story. In the meantime, I am turning my focus to another outrage. Look, you all know I'm not big on

1:37.6

outrage, I guess. I try to keep things sort of level. And I think I'm level here, but I think what's

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