Note From Elie

Elie Honig is a contributor to CAFE and writes the weekly Note From Elie column featured in the CAFE Brief newsletter. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and co-chief of the organized crime unit at the SDNY.

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Note from Elie: The Trump Hush Money Sentencing: A Felon, Unpunished

Dear Reader, How perfect that the Manhattan DA’s hush money case against Donald Trump is about to end with nothing. This’ll be among the least suspenseful of all sentencings. Judge Juan Merchan has announced in advance – quite pragmatically, actually – that he intends to sentence Trump to an unconditional discharge. To translate that bit […]

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Note from Elie: Joe Biden’s Long, Winding Road on the Death Penalty

Note from Elie: The GOP’s Criminal Case Against Liz Cheney Is a Total Mess

Note from Elie: The Bizarre Infatuation with Luigi Mangione Won’t Help Him Beat a Murder Case

Note from Elie: Joe Biden’s Pardon of Hunter Is So Much Worse Than It Needed to Be

Note from Elie: The Trump Hush Money Case Nears its Sorry End

Note from Elie: Trump’s Nomination of Matt Gaetz Is a Sign of Dark Intentions

Note from Elie: Trump’s Gamble Pays Off As Cases Fade Away

Note from Elie: How Not to Contest the 2024 Election

Note from Elie: How the 2024 Election Will Reshape the Supreme Court

Note from Elie: Kamala Harris is, Indeed, a Cop