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

Dear Reader, President Joe Biden just made history – the bad kind – with a sweeping Thanksgiving weekend Sunday evening pardon of his own son, Hunter Biden. (Talk about trying to bury a story.) The outgoing president made this all way harder than it needed to be on himself, his son, and the justice system. […]

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

Note from Elie: Kathy Hochul’s Dilemma

Note from Elie: Jack Smith’s October Cheap Shot

Note from Elie: How Strong Is The Eric Adams Case?

Note from Elie: An SDNY Prosecutor’s Read on the Diddy Indictment

Note from Elie: Jack Smith’s Poison Pill

Note from Elie: Kamala Harris’s Secret Weapon