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: Eric Adams: NYC’s Mayor, DOJ’s Yo-Yo

Dear Reader, Eric Adams is more than happy to be the Justice Department’s yo-yo. Keep me on a string, bounce me back and forth, do what you will, the Mayor’s legal position goes, just so long as you dismiss my indictment and don’t bring it back. This remains the key point of contention as we […]

Note from Elie: Blocked, Un-Blocked, Re-Blocked: How to Understand the Dizzying DOGE Court Rulings

Note from Elie: The Nation’s Most Dangerous Prosecutor

Note from Elie: The Justice Department’s Existential Crisis Is Self-Inflicted

Note from Elie: DOJ Abandons Adams Prosecution — and Independence

Note from Elie: The “Make Me” Presidency

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