Elie Honig
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@CNN Senior Legal Analyst, former federal and state prosecutor, bestselling author #HatchetMan , #Untouchable , Emmy nominee, #UpAgainstTheMob podcast, #CafeBrief
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Here we go! My new book – “Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It” – publishes today.
The idea for this book came from all of you. My editor asked, “What’s the question you get asked most often?” The answer has now become this book.
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It’s been about 100 hours since we learned that the President tried to force the Georgia Secretary of State to falsify election results. That was about three impeachable acts ago.
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Impeachment is “divisive” only if there’s an actual *divide* about the President’s conduct. If you’re ok with what he did, stand up and say it. But don’t hide behind weasel words like “divisive.”
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It’s the next morning and I’m not feeling this “moving past it” thing. Still just as convinced Trump must be removed immediately.
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The President of the United States whipped up a mob that murdered a federal agent at the U.S. Capitol.
Anyone opposed to impeachment and removal: defend that.
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Mitt Romney’s vote to convict and remove the President is going to age spectacularly well.
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SDNY just announced the Ghislaine Maxwell case - like the original Epstein case - is staffed by the Public Corruption Unit.
I worked at SDNY and did sex trafficking cases. They do NOT run out of Public Corruption - unless there is some potential angle against a public official.
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So now Barr has decided (1) that Trump somehow was acting *in his official capacity as president* when he called E. Jean Carroll a liar for accusing him of sexual assault, and (2) taxpayers should foot the bill for Trump’s defense.
Another utter debasement of DOJ by Barr.
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At a certain point, Robert Mueller needs to step forward to defend his investigation, his own name, and the prosecutors and agents who worked for him.
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Ordinarily the Attorney General of the United States would personally announce a case as massive and important as the plot to kidnap Governor Whitmer.
Where are you, Bill Barr?
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The House should impeach the President and the Senate should remove him as soon as order is restored.
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I can think of four times when Trump has publicly extended his best wishes to people charged with federal crimes by DOJ: Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort — and now Ghislaine Maxwell.
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From now on when the folks who signed onto the Texas case run for office, everyone should just be able to say “He was one of the 126.” Everyone should know what that means and it should be a mark of shame.
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Even if the President and VP were not briefed - which seems doubtful - then two things would (or should) be happening right now: (1) firings / resignations of White House staff who failed and (2) immediate, unequivocal action by the President condemning Russia.
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DOJ's announcement about the Pennsylvania ballot investigation is so deeply wrong, and telling, that I'm gonna do a rare thread:
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House Dems inviting Berman to testify is fine.
But the guy they really need to hear from is William Barr. Subpoena, give him one day, and if he refuses, go right to court. Game time is over
@RepJerryNadler
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You signed it, 18 state AGs and 126 US Representatives.
You signed it.
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It's mind-boggling to consider all the damage done by a lie to protect one person's fragile ego: a series of preposterous lawsuits, the January 6 insurrection, loss of human life, billion dollar damage claims, flimsy excuses for new laws restricting voting rights. All for a lie.
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Well, Trump defenders: You can’t claim Bill Taylor is lying. (He’s a career diplomat, appointed by Trump admin. & backed up by texts). And you can’t say with any shred of credibility that it’s no big deal to condition foreign aid on delivery of political dirt.
So: what now?
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I worked mafia cases for years in SDNY, mainly Gambino and Genovese. I usually hesitate to make this comparison but here it is completely warranted. This - calling somebody who provides information to law enforcement a “rat” - is straight up mob boss language.
Remember, Michael Cohen only became a “Rat” after the FBI did something which was absolutely unthinkable & unheard of until the Witch Hunt was illegally started. They BROKE INTO AN ATTORNEY’S OFFICE! Why didn’t they break into the DNC to get the Server, or Crooked’s office?
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Let's start with this: why was ANY member of Congress communicating directly with any insurrectionist in the days leading up to January 6?
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Every significant Mueller defendant who refused to cooperate (or started but then stopped) has now been pardoned.
Only Rick Gates and Michael Cohen - both of whom testified publicly, in court or Congress - have not been pardoned.
This math isn’t hard to do.
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So, Senate Republicans: your Intel Committee is telling us that both President Trump and Roger Stone lied to investigators about their efforts to coordinate with Russia through Wikileaks. Noted.
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Bob Woodward - who has seen everything in public life - seems legitimately shaken by what he has seen in Trump.
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Pressuring an election official to generally re-count or re-examine the results is one thing, and arguably over the line.
Pressuring an election official to “find” the exact number of votes you need to win is far over the line, and a crime.
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Bill Barr spent nearly two full years lying, distorting the law, and using DOJ as a political shield and weapon for the President.
He did the right thing last week and now has resigned. That does not cancel out or balance two years worth of corruption and malfeasance.
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Barr: Black men are treated differently but that’s not racism.
I’m stumped.
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Bookstores need a whole new section: “Knew Trump Was Threat to Democracy But Enabled and Supported Him Anyway and Now Trying to Whitewash History and Launder Own Reputation” (or maybe something a bit punchier)
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“I am your President of law and order,” says the President who has committed more crimes than anyone can even really track.
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Who among us doesn't have 3 passports, 15 bank accounts, use cash to purchase a remote 156-acre spread, and order packages using the name of a different person?
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Turns out Trump instructed his staff, "Get the emails."
Which is the same as telling staff, "Go collude."
Which is very different than "NO COLLUSION."
Also: why was this fact omitted or redacted from the Mueller report?
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If Mike Pence was going to invoke the 25th, he'd have done it by now. Move on to impeachment.
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I don’t think Trump and Barr are nearly done using DOJ to carry out their political grievances.
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Subpoena responses are due at midnight. The January 6 Committee can make a hell of a statement by filing their court papers at 12:01 a.m.
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I’m proud to be one of over 1,100 former DOJ officials to join this call for Barr to resign as Attorney General. Enough is enough.
All a prosecutor has is credibility and independence. Barr’s credibility and independence are long gone.
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Double vaxxed and boosted, hit by Covid, felt ok at first, and then - wham. On my back. Doing ok but this stuff is real. Thank goodness for vaccines.
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Whoever interviews President Trump next needs to to start with: “What exactly did you mean by ‘stand back and stand by’”?
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Ok legal friends: how does the 25th Amendment work if the whole Cabinet has resigned?
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I think I’m not alone when I say to
@AmbJohnBolton
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Simply put: as a prosecutor you’re not flipping Greenberg unless he gives you Gaetz.
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My synagogue is building a new sanctuary and so we were without a place to gather this Rosh Hashanah - but our neighbors at First Presbyterian Church opened their doors and let us use their beautiful church for the occasion. Thank you to all the members of First Presbyterian.
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Absolutely outrageous: Barr tried to get SDNY to un-do the part of the Michael Cohen conviction that implicated the President, per NYT.
But the SDNY resisted. Which helps explain last weekend’s attempted takeover.
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In a way, Alito and Thomas smacked this down hardest of all.
The other 7 Justices said essentially: we wouldn't even let Texas in the door.
Alito and Thomas said: we *would* let Texas in the door, and then we'd throw them out.
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Garland really shouldn’t take more than a week or so to make the call on charging Bannon. Everyone needs to move past this culture of delay and slow-play.
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When President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Donald Trump about purchasing javelin missiles in 2019, Trump responded “I would like you to do us a favor, though.” Bill Barr distorted the law to squash the whistleblower complaint, and refused to investigate.
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How’s everyone feeling about those “not guilty” votes on impeachment today?
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I'm still seeing a lot of concern about the Texas Supreme Court filing, which is understandable. From a certain angle, it looks imposing.
So here, in sum, is why there's no need for alarm (thread):
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How on earth can DOJ call this press conference and not have the acting AG or FBI Director at the podium?
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Facts:
-- The Trump campaign tried to coordinate with Wikileaks through Roger Stone;
-- A jury convicted Stone of lying to Congress to protect the President;
-- The President now commutes Stone's sentence, sparing him from prison.
Corruption and abuse of power.
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If I was White House counsel right now, I’d advise the President to retain *personal* counsel immediately. And not the Rudy kind.
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Merrick Garland's opening statement makes some obvious but pointed comments, including:
"The President nominates the Attorney General to be the lawyer -- not for any individual, but for
the people of the United States."
Amen.
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Trump has added Ken Starr to his defense team.
Now House Managers can point across the well and say: “There’s the same guy who interviewed
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If these new videos don't change any minds then I'm just at a loss. I know politics reign supreme but at a certain point don't truth and reality have to prevail?
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My son (15) is working his first ever job, as an ice cream scooper, and I’m prouder than if he was named a Rhodes Scholar and won the Heisman.
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All in all: it’s tough to think of a more straightforward case of election tampering than what Trump did in Georgia.
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People can fairly disagree about whether DOJ will ever indict Trump. Either way, the pace of whatever DOJ is doing, if anything, in no way matches the severity of the crime or the ongoing threat. You don’t take a year-plus to charge this case, if you ever intend to do so. No way.
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Small detail that now seems more resonant: according to DOJ indictment, Oath Keepers intentionally left their guns in hotels in Virginia because DC had stricter firearms laws.
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I have a lot of thoughts on this but they boil down to: William Barr is a disgrace to the Department of Justice.
AG Barr: Democrats are now the "Rousseauian Revolutionary Party that believes in tearing down the system"
"They're not interested in compromise. They're not interested in [a] dialectic exchange of views. They're interested in total victory...It's a substitute for religion."
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It's now been 40 days since the House held Mark Meadows in contempt and referred the case to DOJ, and the Supreme Court last week firmly rejected Trump's executive privilege claims over January 6-related documents. Time for DOJ to make a call.
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Trump has repeatedly claimed not to know Lev Parnas. Now, on top of the photos, we have a recording that appears to show them talking about official state business at a small dinner.
Trump lied his face off about not knowing Parnas. That is now clear, beyond dispute.
So: why?
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Ordinarily if an AG publicly announced during a pending investigation that his own FBI had improperly spied for political purposes, and then that turned out to be false, the AG would resign because he would have zero remaining credibility or moral leadership ability.
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If anyone claims that votes counted after November 3 are not legit, know:
- The Constitution specifically gives *states* control of elections, and
- Federal law creates a “safe harbor” period of *five weeks* to permit states to count votes and certify results.
Reject the BS.
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Prosecutorial rule of thumb: you do not cooperate an accused child sex trafficker unless you are damn sure you’re going to use his information to make other major cases.
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Federal judge finds that the administration used imprisonment to silence Michael Cohen and violate his Frist Amendment rights.
There’s a tendency to go numb from all the abuses but this is a big deal
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10) If you can't see that Trump will contest this election if he loses, I don't know what to tell you. And if you can't tell Barr will weaponize DOJ to enable that, then I also don't know what to tell you. They've both shown us who they are and what they will do.
The end.
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Constitutional wrinkle: the President cannot fire the Vice President.
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Lindsey Graham, Jared, Bill Barr, Stephen Miller, Jim Jordan, Devin Nunes, Mike Pompeo, and all the rest -- this is on you, too.
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Raise your hand if you believe Ivanka Trump legitimately performed $747,000 worth of actual consulting services (for a company that already employed her).
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New Jersey is a small state but we're offering up Springsteen, Bon Jovi, and Jon Stewart for the Inaugural parade tonight.
Other 49 states, are you really carrying your weight here?
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The Stone case has been a massive embarrassment - and worse- for William Barr. He publicly undercut his own prosecutors; Trump laughed at his claim of independence; now his prosecutors revolt in court and the judge calls him out.
Barr earned all of this. He’s unfit.
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Imagine if somebody had flagrantly defied a subpoena from the 9/11 Commission.
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Bill Barr's first extended interview airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. Expect it to be a self-aggrandizing, revisionist, bullshit-fest.
If this thing actually does air as planned, then I'm going to stick around and do a running rebuttal here in this thread. /1
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Strong move by Judge Sullivan asking the Court of Appeals to re-hear the Michael Flynn case “en banc.” This is a fight worth carrying out to the end.
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How is there any real argument about whether the President privately called soldiers who were injured or killed “losers” when he publicly said the same thing about John McCain?
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I once indicted, tried and convicted a guy on obstruction for asking his ex-girlfriend to leave town until his trial was over (she didn’t). Compare that to what the President of the United States did.
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This is chilling, from Justice Kavanaugh in the Wisconsin voting rights case:
“If the apparent winner the morning after the election ends up losing due to late-arriving ballots, charges of a rigged election could explode.”
He’s down to steal this thing.
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Apparently
@danielsgoldman
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Dan and I tried a Genovese Family Boss and two hitmen on a case involving RICO, two murders, one attempted murder, and two murder conspiracies. (All guilty, now doing life).
He'll do fine.
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I know it’s mathematically impossible but somehow Trump and Rudy are *both* going to rip each other off.
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Rod Rosenstein *now* claims he "wish[es] we all had done better" on child separation.
But remember what he did: supported the policy and told prosecutors it didn't matter how young the children were, even infants.
I'd call Rosenstein a disgrace, but that's insufficient.
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Not interested in any more claims from any justices of any particular stripe that this is not a political body. They’ve all done this to themselves.
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Ghislaine Maxwell convicted. Long overdue justice for victims. Don’t forget how Alex Acosta gave Epstein a virtual free pass over a decade ago.
Also: this shouldn’t be over yet. Prosecutors need to hold other powerful players to account. This wasn’t a two-person operation.
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Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein should never live this down.
An ugly, vindictive, cruel abuse of prosecutorial power.
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It’s gotten to the point where I’m done yelling like a maniac through closed bedroom doors in my own house so when I need my son, I call him on the cell to tell him dinner is ready.
Please tell me I’m not alone.
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Unsolicited advice to January 6 Committee: Mark Meadows isn’t going to play ball. Move ahead with contempt.
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If Garland doesn’t at least meaningfully investigate criminality around the Trump-Clark coup attempt - and there’s no sign he is - then we’ll be left with public reporting, Congressional findings, an IG report, and no consequences remotely sufficient for a coup attempt.
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Wonder how Senator Murkowski feels now about voting to hear no witnesses and then to acquit at impeachment.
Few people know where they’ll be in two years from now, but I do, in the Great State of Alaska (which I love) campaigning against Senator Lisa Murkowski. She voted against HealthCare, Justice Kavanaugh, and much else...
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Every federal law enforcement agency - including DHS / Secret Service - is fully aware that it must retain emails and texts, and has internal policies and technology to ensure compliance.
You don’t get to say “technology upgrade” and just toss everything out. They know this.
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Holy lord is DOJ fighting like mad to avoid turning over Mueller's grand jury information to Congress.
JUST IN: Appeals Court has denied DOJ's motion to delay the ruling that it must hand over Mueller's grand jury information to Congress.
Court gives DOJ until May 11 to seek a stay from the Supreme Court.
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Let me help you, AG Barr:
No, the President can not move the election date. (Do you really not know that?)
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A Senate impeachment trial shouldn’t take long.
Exhibit 1: Trump’s Twitter feed (RIP) calling followers to DC Jan. 6 (“will be wild!”)
Exh. 2: Trump’s remarks to the crowd
Exh. 3: Videos of rioters ransacking Capitol
Exh. 4: Trump’s reaction (“great patriots,” etc.)
Done.
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It’s well into March and, despite there being eminently qualified nominees, we still do not have a Senate-confirmed Attorney General, Deputy AG, or Associate AG. That’s unusual (typically AGs get through right after inauguration) and bad for DOJ and the country.
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The new Article of Impeachment is direct and well-crafted. Also smart to explicitly link the longer-term campaign to lie to the public about the election results to the specific explosion of violence on January 6.
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Quick reminder to the Attorney General Merrick Garland: all of Donald Trump's acts of obstruction of justice are still within the statute of limitations.
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