Note from Elie 9/26: The Meaning of the Comey Indictment

The Counsel

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News, Politics

4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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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	Introducing the new Dell AI PC powered by the Intel Core Ultra processor.
0:05.0	It helps do your busy work for you so you can fast forward through enhancing security,
0:11.0	simplifying IT management, automating workflows, synthesizing data, improving user experience or responding to James' long emails.
0:19.0	Leaving all the time in the world for the things you actually want to do responding to James's long emails. Ooh.
0:25.1	Leaving all the time in the world for the things you actually want to do.
0:26.2	No offence, James.
0:31.6	Get a new Dell AIPC at Dell.com.uk slash AI-PC.
0:32.4	Dell.
0:34.4	How those ahead, stay ahead.
0:42.5	Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday.
0:45.9	Whenever you get this, it might not be morning, might be closer to midday.
0:48.5	I had a feeling we'd be back on Friday.
0:53.4	Remember, I did an early piece this week, previewing what would become the Comey indictment,
0:55.6	a series of retributive indictments.
0:58.2	And I said, we'll be back Friday of something big drops.
0:59.4	Here we are.
1:00.5	You all know the story.
1:03.3	Jim Comey has been indicted, so let's get right to it. You know the story Jim Comey has been indicted, so let's get right to it. The Trump administration has crossed a line.
1:20.2	The wall of independence between the Justice Department and the White House,
1:24.1	which has long stood to protect DOJ's fearsome power to deprive individuals of their
1:28.6	liberty, has been reduced to rubble. Politics have invaded and infected prosecution, and the
1:34.8	resulting indictment is confounding at best. I'm no fan of Jim Comey. You all know that. I've publicly
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