Note from Elie 9/19: When You Come at the King

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 26 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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0:38.6	Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday.
0:41.8	Well, this has been a busy week for me.
0:44.1	This is book publication week.
0:46.2	My book is finally out.
0:47.9	It came out Tuesday.
0:48.8	It's available now for order on Amazon or go to your local bookstore, whatever works for you.
0:53.7	It's called When
0:54.5	You Come at the King inside DOJ's pursuit of the president from Nixon to Trump. This week on the
1:01.4	podcast, we present to you an exclusive audio excerpt from the book. It'll give you a flavor of what
1:08.1	the book is about. I really hope that you enjoy it and appreciate it.
1:12.9	If you're interested in history and the law and where are we right now, this book will be
1:18.1	right up your alley. It is right up your alley as a cafe listener and subscriber.
1:22.7	Anyway, thanks to all of you who have supported me and supported this book. I've heard from so many
1:26.7	of you. I really, really do appreciate it. And now here we go with the excerpt.
1:55.6	Jill Wine Banks managed to get a rare Saturday off from her all-consuming job as a Watergate prosecutor to attend a family wedding in New York in late October 1973.
2:02.0	When she returned to her hotel around midnight, a desk clerk handed her a handwritten message of a phone call from a colleague back home in Washington, D.C. The office has been seized by the FBI,
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