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.

Note from Elie: DOJ Abandons Adams Prosecution ā and Independence
Dear Reader, The federal prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams is, effectively, over. The reason, weāre told by the new Justice Department bosses, has nothing to do with the charges against the mayor or the strength of the prosecutionās evidence. (Why would those trifling concerns matter?) Rather, new DOJ honcho Emil Bove (a […]

Note from Elie: The āMake Meā Presidency

Note from Elie: Donald Trumpās Assault on DOJ

Note from Elie: The Power of Pardons (To Distract)

Note from Elie: Jack Smith, Paper Tiger

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

Note from Elie: TikTok’s Last Stand

Note from Elie: Your Legal Questions Answered

Note from Elie: Joe Bidenās 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 Wonāt Help Him Beat a Murder Case

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

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