Note from Elie 9/22: How Will Pam Bondi React to Trump’s Outrageous Demands of Her?
Sep 22, 2025•9 min
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Summary
This episode delves into Donald Trump's direct and public demands that Attorney General Pam Bondi indict his political adversaries. Elie Honig examines the impossible bind Bondi faces, drawing parallels to how Trump treated past officials like Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr for non-compliance. He also critiques the legal weakness of Trump's desired prosecutions and warns about the dangerous, open weaponization of the Justice Department for political revenge.Episode description
Elie Honig is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and co-chief of the organized crime unit at the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted more than 100 mobsters, including members of La Cosa Nostra, and the Gambino and Genovese crime families. He went on to serve as Director of the Department of Law and Public Safety at New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. He is currently Special Counsel at Lowenstein Sandler and a CNN legal analyst.
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