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The Power of Pardons (to Distract)

The Power of Pardons (to Distract)
24.01.2025 20

Daily Intelligencer

Elie Honig

The Power of Pardons (to Distract)

The Power of Pardons (to Distract)
24.01.2025 20

Daily Intelligencer

Elie Honig

The Perplexing Case of Pam Bondi

The Perplexing Case of Pam Bondi

The former Florida prosecutor is qualified to be the U.S. attorney general. But will she stand up to Trump when it counts?

16.01.2025 6

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Elie Honig

Jack Smith, Paper Tiger

Jack Smith, Paper Tiger
14.01.2025 6

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Elie Honig

Jack Smith, Paper Tiger

Jack Smith, Paper Tiger
14.01.2025 6

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Elie Honig

Trump Sentencing Marks End of Saga That Helped Reelect Him

Trump Sentencing Marks End of Saga That Helped Reelect Him
10.01.2025 30

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Elie Honig

Trump’s Sentencing Marks the End of a Saga That Helped Him Get Reelected

Trump’s Sentencing Marks the End of a Saga That Helped Him Get Reelected
10.01.2025 40

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Elie Honig

TikTok’s Last Stand

Twelve days from now, TikTok could be out of business in the United States. Middle school teachers, your days of enduring students who randomly...

07.01.2025 10

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Elie Honig

TikTok’s Last Stand

Twelve days from now, TikTok could be out of business in the United States. Middle school teachers, your days of enduring students who randomly...

07.01.2025 2

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Elie Honig

Joe Biden’s Long, Winding Road on the Death Penalty

Over the past four years, Joe Biden’s position on the death penalty has gone from Abolition to Wait to Sometimes to Go for It to Abolition,...

24.12.2024 30

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Elie Honig

Joe Biden’s Big Reversal on the Death Penalty

Over the past four years, Joe Biden’s position on the death penalty has gone from Abolition to Wait to Sometimes to Go for It to Abolition,...

23.12.2024 5

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Elie Honig

The GOP’s Criminal Case Against Liz Cheney Is a Total Mess

Even if you take every word of the House Oversight Committee’s report on January 6 as gospel — and, please, don’t — Liz Cheney did not commit...

20.12.2024 7

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Elie Honig

The GOP’s Criminal Case Against Liz Cheney Is a Total Mess

Even if you take every word of the House Oversight Committee’s report on January 6 as gospel — and, please, don’t — Liz Cheney did not commit...

20.12.2024 5

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Elie Honig

The Infatuation With Luigi Mangione Won’t Help Him in Court

Quick, no Googling: What’s the name of the CEO who was gunned down on the street in Manhattan last week? I’ll be honest. I’ve been covering this...

12.12.2024 6

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Elie Honig

The Bizarre Infatuation With Luigi Mangione Won’t Help Him Beat a Murder Case

Quick, no Googling: What’s the name of the CEO who was gunned down on the street in Manhattan last week? I’ll be honest. I’ve been covering this...

12.12.2024 10

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Elie Honig

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

President Joe Biden just made history — the bad kind — with Sunday night’s sweeping Thanksgiving-weekend pardon of his own son, Hunter Biden....

03.12.2024 5

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Elie Honig

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

President Joe Biden just made history — the bad kind — with Sunday night’s sweeping Thanksgiving-weekend pardon of his own son, Hunter Biden....

02.12.2024 2

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Elie Honig

Somebody Needs to Tell the Manhattan DA’s Office It’s Over

The hush-money case against Donald Trump is moving inexorably towards its final resting place — back on the same scrap heap it came from. But the...

22.11.2024 20

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Elie Honig

Somebody Needs to Tell the Manhattan DA’s Office the Trump Case Is Over

The hush-money case against Donald Trump is moving inexorably towards its final resting place — back on the same scrap heap it came from. But the...

22.11.2024 10

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Elie Honig

Trump’s Nomination of Matt Gaetz Is a Sign of Dark Intentions

Matt Gaetz, United States Attorney General. It’s almost an oxymoron. This is a crazy pick. This is a dangerous pick. This is a pick that warns of...

14.11.2024 10

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Elie Honig

Trump’s Nomination of Matt Gaetz Speaks to Dark Intentions

Matt Gaetz, United States Attorney General. It’s almost an oxymoron. This is a crazy pick. This is a dangerous pick. This is a pick that warns of...

14.11.2024 10

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Elie Honig

So What Happens With All the Cases Against Trump Now?

There’s no gentle way to put this, so let’s be direct: All four criminal cases against Donald Trump are effectively over. Prosecutors can still...

08.11.2024 20

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Elie Honig

So What Happens With All the Cases Against Trump Now?

There’s no gentle way to put this, so let’s be direct: All four criminal cases against Donald Trump are effectively over. Prosecutors can still...

08.11.2024 2

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Elie Honig

Thinking of Contesting the 2024 Election? Here’s Some Advice

To anybody interested in contesting the 2024 election: Go right ahead. But please take a lesson from (very) recent history. If you cross the line,...

01.11.2024 2

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Elie Honig

Thinking of Contesting the 2024 Election? Here’s Some Advice.

To anybody interested in contesting the 2024 election: Go right ahead. But please take a lesson from (very) recent history. If you cross the line,...

01.11.2024 3

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Elie Honig

How the 2024 Election Will Reshape the Supreme Court

Clarence Thomas will, in a few months, begin serving as a Supreme Court justice during a tenth presidential term. Thomas, who took the bench in...

25.10.2024 3

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Elie Honig

How the 2024 Election Will Reshape the Supreme Court

Clarence Thomas will, in a few months, begin serving as a Supreme Court justice during a tenth presidential term. Thomas, who took the bench in...

25.10.2024 5

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Elie Honig

Kamala Harris Has Finally Embraced Being a Cop

One of the primary knocks on Kamala Harris from the far left during her failed run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination was that she was...

18.10.2024 2

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Elie Honig

Kamala Harris Has Finally Embraced Being a Cop

One of the primary knocks on Kamala Harris from the far left during her failed run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination was that she was...

18.10.2024 2

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Elie Honig

Kathy Hochul Has an Eric Adams Problem

The person in the least enviable position following the federal indictment of New York City mayor Eric Adams is New York City mayor Eric Adams. The...

11.10.2024 6

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Elie Honig

Kathy Hochul Has an Eric Adams Problem

The person in the least enviable position following the federal indictment of New York City mayor Eric Adams is New York City mayor Eric Adams. The...

11.10.2024 10

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Elie Honig

Jack Smith’s October Surprise

Jack Smith has failed in his quest to try Donald Trump before the 2024 election. So instead, the special counsel has bent ordinary procedure to get...

03.10.2024 2

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Elie Honig

Jack Smith’s October Surprise

Jack Smith has failed in his quest to try Donald Trump before the 2024 election. So instead, the special counsel has bent ordinary procedure to get...

03.10.2024 1

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Elie Honig

How Strong Is the Eric Adams Case? A Former SDNY Prosecutor’s Take

There’s been smoke swirling around New York City mayor Eric Adams for months, and now he’s in the fire. We’ve never seen anything quite like...

26.09.2024 2

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Elie Honig

How Strong Is the Eric Adams Case? An SDNY Prosecutor’s Take

There’s been smoke swirling around New York City mayor Eric Adams for months, and now he’s in the fire. We’ve never seen anything quite like...

26.09.2024 4

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Elie Honig

A Former SDNY Prosecutor’s Read on the Diddy Indictment

By now, you’ve probably seen the jaw-dropping indictment of Sean Combs (also known as, well, about a hundred different names; we’re just going...

18.09.2024 2

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Elie Honig

Jack Smith’s Reckless Gamble

There’s an unforgettable scene in Good Will Hunting in which Matt Damon’s character, in a session with a therapist played by Robin Williams,...

13.09.2024 10

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Elie Honig

Jack Smith’s Reckless Gamble

There’s an unforgettable scene in Good Will Hunting in which Matt Damon’s character, in a session with a therapist played by Robin Williams,...

13.09.2024 10

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Elie Honig

Kamala Harris’s Secret Weapon

There’s a common misperception about who prosecutors are and what they do. I’m loath to reveal this because, as a former prosecutor myself, it...

06.09.2024 7

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Elie Honig

Kamala Harris’s Secret Weapon

There’s a common misperception about who prosecutors are and what they do. I’m loath to reveal this because, as a former prosecutor myself, it...

06.09.2024 2

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Elie Honig

Trump’s Fate Will Determine Merrick Garland’s Legacy

The ascent of Vice-President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s new leader has changed everything for everyone in (or aspiring to) every...

30.08.2024 10

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Elie Honig

Trump’s Fate Will Determine Merrick Garland’s Legacy

The ascent of Vice-President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s new leader has changed everything for everyone in (or aspiring to) every...

30.08.2024 5

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Elie Honig

Jack Smith Can Still Hurt Donald Trump

I remember vividly the first time I lost a key piece of evidence. The NYPD had caught our defendant in Washington Heights with a fake police badge...

16.08.2024 10

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Elie Honig

Kamala Harris and Those ‘Lock Him Up’ Chants

It’s become a recurring scene at the political rallies of Vice-President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Harris refers to the...

09.08.2024 10

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Elie Honig

Kamala Harris and Those ‘Lock Him Up’ Chants

It’s become a recurring scene at the political rallies of Vice-President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Harris refers to the...

09.08.2024 10

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Elie Honig

Making Sense of Joe Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Plan

Joe Biden’s not running anymore, but he’s still got six months left in the most powerful office on earth. The outgoing president — with...

02.08.2024 5

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Elie Honig

Making Sense of Joe Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Plan

Joe Biden’s not running anymore, but he’s still got six months left in the most powerful office on earth. The outgoing president — with...

02.08.2024 5

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Elie Honig

Let’s Knock Off the 25th Amendment Talk

We rarely see these opportunities for bipartisan self-improvement, but we’ve got one right now: How about if everyone agrees to knock off the...

26.07.2024 5

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Elie Honig

Let’s Knock Off the 25th Amendment Talk

We rarely see these opportunities for bipartisan self-improvement, but we’ve got one right now: How about if everyone agrees to knock off the...

26.07.2024 3

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Elie Honig

The Secret Biden Tape That We Shouldn’t Hear

Forget about Kendrick Lamar and Sabrina Carpenter — the hottest track of the summer is the secret (thus far) tape of Justice Department special...

19.07.2024 1

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Elie Honig