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The Counsel

Note from Elie 7/18: Pam Bondi: Trump’s Clueless Heat Shield

The Counsel

Some Spider, Inc.

Politics, News

4.6848 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 12 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

Oh, that's my prime delivery.

0:01.6

What, already?

0:02.7

Only one thing can match the buzz of Prime's fast delivery.

0:06.2

And that's the buzz of Prime's entertainment.

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0:09.7

Heads of state, that new action comedy with Idris Elber as the Prime Minister,

0:13.3

John Sina as the president, and Prianka Chopra Jonas,

0:15.9

as their only hope.

0:17.0

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0:18.2

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0:23.0

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0:28.2

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0:31.7

Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday. Well, you may have noticed already that my voice is a little, I guess,

0:39.8

huskier, as someone put it to me, this week. And there's good reason for that. I'm fine.

0:45.5

But I am finishing up the process of doing the audiobook version of my upcoming hardback

0:52.2

book, when you come at the king inside DOJ's pursuit of the

0:56.0

president from Nixon to Trump. Now, to bring you a little bit behind the scenes, this is now my

1:02.0

third time doing an audiobook version of a book that I've written. So I guess I've become a little

1:07.7

bit of an expert. I feel a little strange saying this, but it's a grueling week. I know, I know. Try getting a real job. Look, I've had jobs where you have to be on your feet 16 hours a day. I worked catering. I worked in kitchens. I get it. But it is physically taxing. You're standing all day long. You don't have to stand. You can sit, but I've chosen to stand.

1:29.0

I think I sound a little better. And it just helps keep me focused for some reason. So you're

1:33.4

standing in place basically all day. You take breaks. I'm in a box. I mean, it's probably six

1:39.3

by six. And it's a black box. It's insulated. You can't have any fan or air conditioning because they can't have any buzz going in the background.

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