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The Counsel

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Join Elie Honig as he unpacks the complex legal issues shaping our country. A former prosecutor and co-chief of the organized crime unit at the Southern District of New York, CNN senior legal analyst, and author, Honig brings sharp insight and clear perspective to the intersections of law, politics, and current events. New episodes every Friday. From CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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  The Counsel

  Note from Elie: Will We See Any Trump Trials Before the Election?

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  Mar 22, 2024·10m
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  Note from Elie: The Failure of DOJ’s Special Counsel System — From Robert Mueller to Robert Hur, It Simply Hasn’t Worked

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  Mar 15, 2024·10m
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  The Counsel

  Note from Elie: Joe Biden's Looming Nightmare Pardons

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  Mar 8, 2024·9m
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  Note from Elie: Crash and Burn — The Cost of the Doomed, Hubristic 14th Amendment Campaign

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  Mar 5, 2024·8m
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  Note from Elie: The Supreme Court Doesn’t Give a Damn About Jack Smith’s Timeline (And It Shouldn’t)

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  Feb 29, 2024·10m
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  Note from Elie: Michael Cohen’s Moment of Truth Has Arrived

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  Feb 23, 2024·10m
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  Note from Elie: The Real Biden Documents Scandal (It’s Not the Old Man Stuff)

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  Feb 16, 2024·10m
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  Note from Elie: Donald Trump Has a Jury Problem

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  Feb 9, 2024·8m
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  Note from Elie: Fani Willis Has Problems (Upon Problems)

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  Feb 2, 2024·10m
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  Note from Elie: How Merrick Garland Saved E. Jean Carroll – and His Own Trump Prosecution

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  Jan 26, 2024·9m
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  Note From Elie: The Word Jack Smith Will Never Say

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  Jan 19, 2024·9m
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  Note From Elie: The Supreme Court’s Silver Bullet Solution to the Fourteenth Amendment Problem

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  Jan 12, 2024·7m
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  Note from Elie: The Trail to 2024 Trump Trials

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  Jan 5, 2024·11m
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  Note from Elie: 2023 Legal News Trivia

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  Dec 29, 2023·33m
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  Note from Elie: The Danger of Weaponization – No Matter Who Does It

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  Dec 22, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: The Supreme Court Puts Jack Smith in a Bind

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  Dec 15, 2023·10m
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  Note From Elie: The Joe Biden Impeachment Inquiry: Promise Everything, Deliver Nothing

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  Dec 8, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: My Carroll Hardy Moment

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  Dec 1, 2023·10m
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  Note from Elie: Take Donald Trump at His Word

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  Nov 17, 2023·10m
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  Note from Elie: What Do We Do With Congressional Scoundrels?

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  Nov 10, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: Why Halfway Cooperation Doesn’t Work

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  Nov 3, 2023·10m
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  Note from Elie: Watergate, Trump, and How History Speaks to Us

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  Oct 27, 2023·8m
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  Note from Elie: My Name

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  Oct 20, 2023·11m
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  Note from Elie: The Known Unknowns of Trump’s Immunity Defense

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  Oct 13, 2023·12m
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  Note from Elie: Why Trump Opted Not to Seek Removal to Federal Court

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  Oct 6, 2023·10m
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  Note From Elie: The Prosecution’s Worst Witness

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  Sep 29, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: The Importance of Who Decides, and Where

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  Sep 22, 2023·11m
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  Note from Elie: The Forgotten Special Counsel

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  Sep 15, 2023·8m
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  Note from Elie: The End of Unprecedented

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  Sep 8, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: Speedy Trials and High Stakes in Trump Georgia Case

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  Sep 1, 2023·8m
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  Note from Elie: The Purgatory of the Trump Co-Conspirators

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  Aug 25, 2023·8m
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  Note from Elie: The Problem With Pardon-Proofing

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  Aug 18, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: A Tale of Two Judges

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  Aug 11, 2023·7m
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  Note from Elie: Trump’s 3rd Indictment Is Really Not About Jan. 6

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  Aug 4, 2023·8m
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  Note from Elie: Donald Trump and the “One More Thing” Defense

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  Jul 28, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: Why Fani Willis Should Stand Down

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  Jul 21, 2023·11m
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  Note from Elie: The Supreme Court: Conservative Outcomes, Activist Means

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  Jul 14, 2023·10m
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  Note from Elie: Where’s Walt?

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  Jul 7, 2023·8m
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  Note From Elie: Why DOJ’s Trump Trial Should Go First

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  Jun 30, 2023·8m
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  Note from Elie: Skip the Outrage Over Hunter Biden

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  Jun 23, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: Why Trump Was Charged in Florida, Not DC

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  Jun 16, 2023·7m
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  Note From Elie: Bright Lights Can Make for Ugly Temptation

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  Jun 9, 2023·11m
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  Note from Elie: Trump’s Longshot Case for Federal Court

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  Jun 2, 2023·9m
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  Note From Elie: George Santos and the Cold Reality of Consequences

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  May 26, 2023·10m
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  Note from Elie: Durham Report - Four Years for This?

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  May 19, 2023·10m
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  Note from Elie: What John Roberts Really Meant to Say

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  May 12, 2023·8m
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  Note from Elie: The Justice Department’s Hunter Biden Conundrum

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  May 5, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: A Trump Trial Will Happen – But When?

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  Apr 28, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: Decoding Dominion’s Settlement with Fox

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  Apr 21, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: Judge Merchan Is Admirable - But He Should Recuse

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  Apr 14, 2023·9m
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  Note From Elie: In the Trump Case, We’re All Courtroom Watchers

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  Apr 7, 2023·9m
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  Note From Elie: Prosecutors, Turf Battles, and Trump

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  Mar 31, 2023·23m
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  Note From Elie: What a Trump Indictment Could Mean for the Nation

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  Mar 24, 2023·9m
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  Note From Elie: The Trump Hush Money Case: Bombshell or Dud?

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  Mar 17, 2023·10m
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  Note from Elie: Nine Policymakers in Black Robes

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  Mar 10, 2023·8m
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  Note From Elie: Speech or Debate — Breaking New Constitutional Ground

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  Mar 3, 2023·9m
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  Note From Elie: The Fulton County Grand Juror and the Irresistible Pull of the Spotlight

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  Feb 24, 2023·10m
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  Note From Elie: Mark Pomerantz, Self-Promoting Prosecutorial Turncoat

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  Feb 17, 2023·14m
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  Note from Elie: How to Get Rid of George Santos

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  Feb 10, 2023·9m
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  Note from Elie: How Powerful People Get Away with It

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  Feb 3, 2023·26m