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The Counsel

Note from Elie 7/11: Nobody Trusts Pam Bondi

The Counsel

Some Spider, Inc.

Politics, News

4.6848 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 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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0:00.0

Rated T for Teen.

0:02.0

Each year, thousands of adults lose their shred.

0:05.0

It's an epidemic simply known as shred loss, but it doesn't have to be this way.

0:09.0

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0:14.0

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0:19.0

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0:22.2

Hit the new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 and show the world that the shred's not dead.

0:26.4

Pre-order Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 and play the foundry demo.

0:31.5

Hey everyone, Ellie here wishing you a happy Friday.

0:34.3

First of all, just want to remind all of you loyal cafe listeners and subscribers

0:38.3

that my next book is now available for presale on Amazon. It's called When You Come at the King

0:43.9

Inside DOJ's Pursuit of the President from Nixon to Trump, each of the major cases you can think

0:50.1

of, from Watergate to Iran-Contra to Clinton and Ken Starr, on through the modern Mueller

0:56.3

and Durham and Hunter Biden and Joe Biden and Robert Her and Jack Smith and Donald Trump,

1:01.2

inside accounts of all of those cases, defense lawyers, prosecutors, defendants, witnesses,

1:06.9

White House officials, FBI agents, you name it. I bring you inside those cases. It was a ball. It was a true

1:13.0

blast to put this book together. You won't believe some of the people who spoke to me on the record.

1:18.2

Okay, enough of this week's plug. Now, for this week's piece, I want to visit with our current

1:24.0

Attorney General, Pam Bondi. It's been a bit since we've checked in on her. It's not going

1:28.8

great. I'll tease the piece a little bit. I think she's at a very unusual and maybe dangerous

1:34.6

inflection point for her. Anyway, on with this week's piece. As always, love to hear

1:39.8

thoughts, questions, comments. Send them into letters at cafe.com.

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