Elie Honig
3 Books Written
Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor’s Code and Corrupted the Justice Department
by Elie Honig
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
CNN legal analyst Elie Honig analyzes how Attorney General William Barr has demolished norms and destroyed faith in the Department of Justice, turning one of the most apolitical and respected American institutions into a private law firm supporting and protecting its client: Donald Trump.America’s top law enforcement official, William Barr is different from his predece
An exploration of America’s two-tier justice system, explaining how the rich, the famous, and the powerful— including, most notoriously, Donald Trump—manipulate the legal system to escape justice and get away with vast misdeedsHow does he get away with it? That question, more than any other, vexes observers of, and participants in, the American criminal justice process. How do p
When You Come at the King: Inside DOJ's Pursuit of the President, from Nixon to Trump
by Elie Honig
Rating: 4.1 ⭐
For decades, the Department of Justice has appointed Special Counsels to resolve our most difficult, high-stakes cases involving our most powerful politicians. But do these independent legal investigators, who operate at the intersection of politics and the law, lead to more just results?Federal prosecutors at the United States Department of Justice are fond of saying