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Elie Honig

Episode 57: Elie Honig

CNN senior legal analyst, best-selling author and former federal prosecutor Elie Honig.

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Elie Honig is a CNN senior legal analyst and the bestselling author of Hatchet Man and the recently released Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It. He’s a former federal and state prosecutor. From 2004 to 2012, he was an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of New Yorkshire he successfully prosecuted over 100 members and associates of the Mafia, including bosses and other high-ranking members, on murder, racketeering, and other charges. In 2022, he was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial and Opinion. Honig also hosts podcasts and writes for CAFE and Vox Media, teaches at Rutgers University, and is Special Counsel at a New Jersey law firm.

Join us for a very timely conversation as Elie unpacks and analyzes this week's Trump indictment by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. Elie explains what happens Tuesday when Trump is arraigned; what the actual charges against him might be; Michael Cohen and the strength of Bragg's case; Trump's possible defenses; the impact of these charges on the Georgia, J6 and Mar A Lago documents cases; and more.

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