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The Counsel

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News, Politics

4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 11 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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0:19.0	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.
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0:32.4	Dell.
0:34.4	How those ahead, stay ahead.
0:42.1	Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday.
0:48.1	So we're not going to discuss the Jim Comey prosecution in today's main podcast, but I do want to talk about it quickly here on the prologue.
0:50.4	So a couple of interesting things came out in this week's initial appearance of Jim Comey.
0:55.2	First of all, trial is set for January 5th, 2026.
0:59.6	I said on air earlier in the day on CNN, I said, we should be looking for a trial in early
1:04.0	2026.
1:04.9	I didn't think January 5th early, though.
1:07.4	That is about 85 days from right now.
1:10.4	That is astonishingly quick for a trial date. And by the way,
1:13.7	that is largely, almost entirely at the defendant's urging, Jim Comey and his lawyer, Pat Fitzgerald's,
1:20.2	urging. That shows me that the defense feels good about where it is. That shows me the defense does
1:25.1	not want to give the prosecution time to get its act together,
1:28.3	to cast around, to find new evidence, to come up with new charges. I think it's a smart move
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