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The Counsel

What Trump Wants in His Next Attorney General

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 13 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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Music forward slash del PCs. Built for you. Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday. Two quick things before we start. First of all,

0:48.0

there is a story that flew by pretty quickly that a lot of people may have missed. I would have

0:53.0

missed it, except for the fact

0:54.3

that when I hosted on radio, I had Sarah Fitzpatrick, the reporter on this story for the Atlantic

0:59.2

on as a guest. And we actually didn't even get to talk about it because I think it was the day

1:04.1

after Pam Bondi was fired. However, we were going to talk about, and I want to talk about now,

1:09.7

this remarkable reporting that she

1:11.2

did about how the Justice Department of the Trump administration are eyeing up Cuba as the next

1:17.8

Venezuela, essentially. You all remember back in January, we, the U.S. government seized Nicholas

1:24.2

Maduro, brought him to the United States, where he's facing federal indictment. He's now

1:28.0

in federal prison. Well, here's a piece of Sarah's reporting from the Atlantic. Quote,

1:32.9

the U.S. Attorney's Office in South Florida is preparing indictments against Cuba's political

1:38.1

and military leadership, including members of the Castro family on a range of possible charges

1:43.0

related to alleged violent crime,

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