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The Counsel

Note from Elie 7/12: After the Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling, All Four Trump Cases are in Trouble

The Counsel

Some Spider, Inc.

Politics, News

4.6848 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 9 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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0:48.5

and Rachel Barko. The goal is to bring you more news analysis at the intersection of law

0:53.3

and politics each week.

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any questions and comments at letters atcafe.com. And now on to this week's note.

1:09.6

It's been a tumultuous few weeks in the legal saga around Donald Trump, and suddenly

1:14.2

the future has come into much sharper focus. After months of high-stakes uncertainty, now we know

1:19.9

for sure that Trump will not face trial on the biggest cases against him before the 2024 election.

1:25.9

And I'm talking about the cases relating to 2020

1:28.4

election subversion and January 6th and to classify documents at Mar-a-Lago. Trump might never be

1:34.6

convicted on anything beyond the Manhattan Hush Money case. And that one stands on increasingly

1:39.2

rickety legal footing. And the chances that Trump ever winds up behind bars are vanishingly slim.

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