Stuart Kelter interviews Elie Honig, a former federal and state prosecutor for over fourteen years at the renowned Southern District of New York and later as deputy director of New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice. He prosecuted and tried cases involving organized crime, public corruption, and human trafficking, achieving convictions of over 100 members of the American mafia, including members of the Genovese and Gambino crime families.
In 2018, he became a CNN senior legal analyst, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. He writes a weekly column for CAFÉ and Vox Media, is the host of two podcasts, Third Degree and Up Against the Mob, and has produced a documentary for CNN on the trial of Adolf Eichmann. He has also published two books. The first, Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutors’ Code and Corrupted the Justice Department, was published in 2021 and became a national bestseller. His recently published second book entitled, Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away with It, is the subject of today’s interview.
In 2018, he became a CNN senior legal analyst, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. He writes a weekly column for CAFÉ and Vox Media, is the host of two podcasts, Third Degree and Up Against the Mob, and has produced a documentary for CNN on the trial of Adolf Eichmann. He has also published two books. The first, Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutors’ Code and Corrupted the Justice Department, was published in 2021 and became a national bestseller. His recently published second book entitled, Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away with It, is the subject of today’s interview.
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