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Elie Honig

Elie Honig was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 2004 to 2012 and is currently a Rutgers University scholar.

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SDNY VS. POTUS

Feds Have Evidence on Trump. Will Whitaker Bury It?

Prosecutors won’t likely charge a sitting president, yet have implicated him in a criminal scheme to pay off Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. What to do then? Go to Congress.

Mimi Rocah

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KISS THE RING

Trump Is Drawing Rosenstein Into a Loyalty Test

The president frames the deputy attorney general’s future around their ‘relationship,’ not faithfulness to the Constitution. This threatens Mueller, even if his boss isn’t fired.

Mimi Rocah

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BIG FISH

Manafort Is Now Existential Threat to Trump

There’s no other way to put it: the cooperation agreement with the president’s ex-campaign chief is stunning.

Mimi Rocah

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CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES

Prosecutors May Not Be Done With Trump's Men Yet

Prosecutors immunized the president’s accountant and tabloid confidant. His former fixer implicated him in court. This is far from over.

Mimi Rocah

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CRUNCH TIME

Manafort’s Last Hope: Mueller or a Miracle

It’s not over for the president’s sleazy ex-campaign boss. He’s facing life in prison before his next trial even begins. The only way out is to side with the prosecution or POTUS.

Mimi Rocah

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KNOW WHEN TO HOLD ’EM

Trump Will Fold if Mueller Calls His Bluff. Rudy’s the Tell.

The president’s lawyer puts more preconditions on an interview that the special counsel will never agree to meet. It’s meant to make the eventual cave-in look magnanimous.

Elie Honig

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NO ONE LIKES A RAT

Why Manafort’s ‘Blame Rick Gates’ Strategy Will Fail

We’ve prosecuted mobsters with cooperating witnesses, and each line of attack from the defense will only serve further to prove the accused’s guilt.

Mimi Rocah

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ONE ANGRY MAN

How Paul Manafort Could Beat Robert Mueller

Trump’s ex-campaign chairman goes to trial Tuesday. It would take just one juror to save him and let the president declare the investigation as proven to be a ‘witch hunt.’

Mimi Rocah

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FROM ONE LAWYER TO ANOTHER

Why Rudy’s ‘Collusion’ Excuse Is Such a Joke

The president can’t be charged with a crime that doesn’t exist, so no wonder Rudy keeps saying this. The crimes he can be charged with are very real though.

Elie Honig

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ZIP IT!

Free Advice for Michael Cohen From Ex-Prosecutors: Shut Up

When we cut deals in the Southern District of New York, the first rule was: Your information belongs to us. If the president’s former fixer isn't careful, he could blow it all.

Daniel S. Goldman

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