Third Degree

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Former federal and state prosecutor Elie Honig breaks down the headlines at the intersection of law and politics.  From CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Episode Date
Note from Elie: The Tape that Will Roil the Trump Trial
May 03, 2024
Note from Elie: Donald Trump — Gagged But Hardly Silenced
Apr 26, 2024
Note from Elie: Presidential Immunity: Not As Ridiculous As You’ve Heard
Apr 19, 2024
Note from Elie: Donald Trump’s Rorschach Trial
Apr 12, 2024
Note from Elie: How on Earth Do You Pick a Jury For a Trump Trial?
Apr 05, 2024
Note from Elie: The Texas Immigration Law is Doomed
Mar 29, 2024
Note from Elie: Will We See Any Trump Trials Before the Election?
Mar 22, 2024
Note from Elie: The Failure of DOJ’s Special Counsel System — From Robert Mueller to Robert Hur, It Simply Hasn’t Worked
Mar 15, 2024
Note from Elie: Joe Biden's Looming Nightmare Pardons
Mar 08, 2024
Note from Elie: Crash and Burn — The Cost of the Doomed, Hubristic 14th Amendment Campaign
Mar 05, 2024
Note from Elie: The Supreme Court Doesn’t Give a Damn About Jack Smith’s Timeline (And It Shouldn’t)
Feb 29, 2024
Note from Elie: Michael Cohen’s Moment of Truth Has Arrived
Feb 23, 2024
Note from Elie: The Real Biden Documents Scandal (It’s Not the Old Man Stuff)
Feb 16, 2024
Note from Elie: Donald Trump Has a Jury Problem
Feb 09, 2024
Note from Elie: Fani Willis Has Problems (Upon Problems)
Feb 02, 2024
Note from Elie: How Merrick Garland Saved E. Jean Carroll – and His Own Trump Prosecution
Jan 26, 2024
Note From Elie: The Word Jack Smith Will Never Say
Jan 19, 2024
Note From Elie: The Supreme Court’s Silver Bullet Solution to the Fourteenth Amendment Problem
Jan 12, 2024
Note from Elie: The Trail to 2024 Trump Trials
Jan 05, 2024
Note from Elie: 2023 Legal News Trivia
Dec 29, 2023
Note from Elie: The Danger of Weaponization – No Matter Who Does It
Dec 22, 2023
Note from Elie: The Supreme Court Puts Jack Smith in a Bind
Dec 15, 2023
Note From Elie: The Joe Biden Impeachment Inquiry: Promise Everything, Deliver Nothing
Dec 08, 2023
Note from Elie: My Carroll Hardy Moment
Dec 01, 2023
Note from Elie: Take Donald Trump at His Word
Nov 17, 2023
Note from Elie: What Do We Do With Congressional Scoundrels?
Nov 10, 2023
Note from Elie: Why Halfway Cooperation Doesn’t Work
Nov 03, 2023
Note from Elie: Watergate, Trump, and How History Speaks to Us
Oct 27, 2023
Note from Elie: My Name
Oct 20, 2023
Note from Elie: The Known Unknowns of Trump’s Immunity Defense
Oct 13, 2023
Note from Elie: Why Trump Opted Not to Seek Removal to Federal Court
Oct 06, 2023
Note From Elie: The Prosecution’s Worst Witness
Sep 29, 2023
Note from Elie: The Importance of Who Decides, and Where
Sep 22, 2023
Note from Elie: The Forgotten Special Counsel
Sep 15, 2023
Note from Elie: The End of Unprecedented
Sep 08, 2023
Note from Elie: Speedy Trials and High Stakes in Trump Georgia Case
Sep 01, 2023
Note from Elie: The Purgatory of the Trump Co-Conspirators
Aug 25, 2023
Note from Elie: The Problem With Pardon-Proofing
Aug 18, 2023
Note from Elie: A Tale of Two Judges
Aug 11, 2023
Note from Elie: Trump’s 3rd Indictment Is Really Not About Jan. 6
Aug 04, 2023
Note from Elie: Donald Trump and the “One More Thing” Defense
Jul 28, 2023
Note from Elie: Why Fani Willis Should Stand Down
Jul 21, 2023
Note from Elie: The Supreme Court: Conservative Outcomes, Activist Means
Jul 14, 2023
Note from Elie: Where’s Walt?
Jul 07, 2023
Note From Elie: Why DOJ’s Trump Trial Should Go First
Jun 30, 2023
Note from Elie: Skip the Outrage Over Hunter Biden
Jun 23, 2023
Note from Elie: Why Trump Was Charged in Florida, Not DC
Jun 16, 2023
Note From Elie: Bright Lights Can Make for Ugly Temptation
Jun 09, 2023
Note from Elie: Trump’s Longshot Case for Federal Court
Jun 02, 2023
Note From Elie: George Santos and the Cold Reality of Consequences
May 26, 2023
Note from Elie: Durham Report - Four Years for This?
May 19, 2023
Note from Elie: What John Roberts Really Meant to Say
May 12, 2023
Note from Elie: The Justice Department’s Hunter Biden Conundrum
May 05, 2023
Note from Elie: A Trump Trial Will Happen – But When?
Apr 28, 2023
Note from Elie: Decoding Dominion’s Settlement with Fox
Apr 21, 2023
Note from Elie: Judge Merchan Is Admirable - But He Should Recuse
Apr 14, 2023
Note From Elie: In the Trump Case, We’re All Courtroom Watchers
Apr 07, 2023
Note From Elie: Prosecutors, Turf Battles, and Trump
Mar 31, 2023
Note From Elie: What a Trump Indictment Could Mean for the Nation
Mar 24, 2023
Note From Elie: The Trump Hush Money Case: Bombshell or Dud?
Mar 17, 2023
Note from Elie: Nine Policymakers in Black Robes
Mar 10, 2023
Note From Elie: Speech or Debate — Breaking New Constitutional Ground
Mar 03, 2023
Note From Elie: The Fulton County Grand Juror and the Irresistible Pull of the Spotlight
Feb 24, 2023
Note From Elie: Mark Pomerantz, Self-Promoting Prosecutorial Turncoat
Feb 17, 2023
Note from Elie: How to Get Rid of George Santos
Feb 10, 2023
Note from Elie: How Powerful People Get Away with It
Feb 03, 2023
Note from Elie: Bad Faith in Pursuit of a White Whale
Jan 27, 2023
Note from Elie: DOJ & the Coming Constitutional Showdown
Jan 20, 2023
Note From Elie: What Should We Make of the Biden Documents Matter
Jan 13, 2023
Note From Elie: DOJ and The Cost of Getting There Second
Jan 06, 2023
Note From Elie: Legal Heroes of 2022
Dec 23, 2022
Note from Elie: End Game for the January 6 Committee
Dec 16, 2022
Note from Elie: Loose Lips Sink Ships: Justice Alito and the Supreme Court’s Credibility Crisis
Dec 09, 2022
Note from Elie: An Indictment (or Two) Won't End Trump's 2024 White House Bid
Dec 02, 2022
Note From Elie — Trump Prosecutors: Focus on the People, Not the Label
Nov 18, 2022
Note From Elie: On Antisemitism
Nov 11, 2022
Note from Elie: Can a Republican Majority in Congress Derail the Justice Department?
Nov 04, 2022
Note From Elie: Gaetz Skates — Prosecutorial Malpractice
Oct 28, 2022
Note From Elie: Donald Trump’s Shot at History
Oct 21, 2022
Note from Elie: Time for DOJ to Do its Job on Jan. 6
Oct 14, 2022
Note from Elie: DOJ Subpoenas Mark Meadows (Sort Of)
Oct 07, 2022
Note from Elie: Nobody Wins with the Special Master
Sep 30, 2022
Note from Elie: Politics Mar Trump Lawsuit
Sep 23, 2022
Note from Elie: Steve Bannon’s Joy Ride is Over
Sep 16, 2022
Note from Elie: The Real World Cost of Prosecutorial Delay
Sep 09, 2022
Note from Elie: All the Former President’s Lawyers
Sep 02, 2022
Note From Elie: Merrick Garland Holds the Line
Aug 26, 2022
Note From Elie: In Defense of the Fifth
Aug 19, 2022
Note from Elie: Making Sense of Mar-a-Lago
Aug 12, 2022
Note from Elie: A Chance at Redemption
Aug 05, 2022
Note from Elie: Steve Bannon’s Moment of Accountability
Jul 29, 2022
Note from Elie: What If They All Went Along With It?
Jul 22, 2022
Note from Elie: Deciphering DOJ’s Jan. 6 Contempt Decisions
Jul 15, 2022
Note From Elie: DOJ Delay Hurts Its Own Cause
Jul 08, 2022
Note from Elie: The Supreme Court and the Rule of Five
Jul 01, 2022
Note from Elie: What Does it Mean, Exactly, to Know?
Jun 24, 2022
Note from Elie: Committee Hearings and Criminal Prosecution: Different Ball Games
Jun 17, 2022
Note from Elie: “Dereliction of Duty” Is Far Too Generous to Donald Trump
Jun 10, 2022
Note from Elie: The 2nd Amendment, Justice Scalia, and Selective Textualism
Jun 03, 2022
Note from Elie: What is DOJ Doing on Matt Gaetz?
May 27, 2022
Note from Elie: Latest Jan. 6 Subpoenas: Suboptimal but Sensible
May 20, 2022
Note from Elie: America’s Chaotic Post-Roe Future
May 13, 2022
Note from Elie: Merrick Garland is Running Out of Time
May 06, 2022
Note from Elie: Dishonest but Not Dumb
Apr 29, 2022
Note from Elie: On Hunter Biden, Let DOJ Do its Job
Apr 22, 2022
Note from Elie: Criminal Referral: The Ultimate Sugar Rush
Apr 15, 2022
Note from Elie: A New Rule for Confirming Supreme Court Justices
Apr 08, 2022
Note From Elie: Refuse to Recuse – A Bad Look for Justice Thomas & The Court
Apr 01, 2022
Note from Elie: Defending the Defenders – Judge Jackson's Unique Perspective
Mar 25, 2022
Note from Elie: Lessons from Prosecuting the Nazis
Mar 18, 2022
Note From Elie: Three Reasons for DOJ's Delay on Meadows
Mar 11, 2022
Note from Elie: Bill Barr's Revisionist BS
Mar 04, 2022
Note from Elie: Manhattan DA Bragg vs. the Trump Investigators
Feb 25, 2022
Note From Elie: Where the Constitution is Silent
Feb 18, 2022
Note From Elie: Ivanka Trump Is Not A Child
Feb 11, 2022
Note from Elie: Why Age Matters on the Supreme Court
Feb 04, 2022
Note from Elie: Rudy’s Downward Spiral
Jan 28, 2022
Note From Elie: The Many Faces of Kevin McCarthy
Jan 21, 2022
Note from Elie: Reform the Electoral Count Act Now
Jan 14, 2022
Note From Elie: Jan. 6 Committee Must Play Hardball
Jan 07, 2022
Note From Elie: The Top Legal Heroes of 2021
Dec 17, 2021
Note From Elie: Taking the Fifth: The Constitutional Cop-Out
Dec 10, 2021
Note From Elie: The MAGA-for-lifers vs. The Prison-Averse
Dec 03, 2021
Note From Elie: Judicial Malpractice
Nov 19, 2021
Note From Elie: Aural Closure in a Middle School Gym For All
Nov 12, 2021
Note From Elie: “The Importance of Preserving Executive Privilege”
Nov 05, 2021
Note From Elie: Biden Right to Retract Statement on Jan 6 Prosecutions
Oct 29, 2021
Note From Elie: A Taxonomy of Trumpworld Witnesses
Oct 22, 2021
Note From Elie: Trump Has Mastered The Art of Delay
Oct 15, 2021
Note From Elie: The Supreme Court Publicity Tour
Oct 08, 2021
Note From Elie: Contempt of Congress Prosecutions are Necessary but Fraught
Oct 01, 2021
Note From Elie: The Failure of John Durham’s Investigation
Sep 24, 2021
Note From Elie: The January 6 Committee is On the Clock
Sep 17, 2021
Up Against the Mob: The Cooperator
Sep 13, 2021
Note From Elie: A Personal Reflection on 9/11
Sep 10, 2021
Note From Elie: Bill Barr’s Cringeworthy Text Messages
Sep 03, 2021
Note From Elie: A Bridge Too Far on the Eviction Moratorium
Aug 27, 2021
Note From Elie: Cuomo Unlikely to Face Charges
Aug 20, 2021
Note From Elie: The Coming Congressional Battle Over Jan 6
Aug 13, 2021
Note From Elie: Why Jeffrey Clark Matters
Aug 06, 2021
Note From Elie: The Case Against Tom Barrack
Jul 30, 2021
Note From Elie: The Uncertainty of Andrew Cuomo’s Political Fate
Jul 23, 2021
Note From Elie: Kevin McCarthy and the Truth About Jan. 6th
Jul 16, 2021
Note From Elie: Hatchet Man
Jul 09, 2021
Note From Elie: Trump Won't Go to Jail
Jul 02, 2021
Note From Elie: DOJ Stood Its Ground
Jun 26, 2021
Note From Elie: Too Little, Too Late For Don McGahn
Jun 18, 2021
Note From Elie: DOJ Should Bring Sedition Charges
Jun 11, 2021
Note From Elie: Will Trump Be Indicted?
Jun 04, 2021
Note From Elie: How Much Is Too Much?
May 28, 2021
Tish Targets Trump
May 21, 2021
Much Ado About McGahn?
May 19, 2021
The Business of Cooperation
May 17, 2021
Prosecutors and the Media
May 14, 2021
Hatchet Job
May 12, 2021
Chauvin Charged (Again)
May 10, 2021
"The Shadow Docket"
May 07, 2021
The Court-Packing Debate
May 05, 2021
The Rudy Raid
May 03, 2021
Third Degree Sample: Policing & Systemic Change
Apr 30, 2021
Prosecuting the Insurrection
Apr 28, 2021
Unfinished Business For DOJ
Apr 26, 2021
Third Degree Sample: After the Chauvin Verdict
Apr 23, 2021
The Chauvin Verdict
Apr 21, 2021
Chauvin Trial: The Final Stretch
Apr 19, 2021
Third Degree Sample: The Chauvin Defense Rests
Apr 16, 2021
Stop, Cooperate and Listen
Apr 14, 2021
Chauvin Trial: What’s Next
Apr 12, 2021
Third Degree Sample: Reflections on the Chauvin Trial
Apr 09, 2021
The Investigation of Matt Gaetz
Apr 07, 2021
Chauvin Trial Continues
Apr 05, 2021
Third Degree Sample: Chauvin Trial - The Arguments
Apr 02, 2021
The Battle Over Voting
Mar 30, 2021
Chauvin Trial Begins
Mar 29, 2021
Third Degree Sample: Prosecuting Sedition
Mar 26, 2021
Prosecuting Hate Crimes
Mar 24, 2021
Merrick Garland’s First Test
Mar 22, 2021
Third Degree Sample: How To Strike a Juror
Mar 19, 2021
Can The Chauvin Jury Be Impartial?
Mar 17, 2021
Closing In On Trump
Mar 15, 2021
Third Degree Sample: The Juror
Mar 12, 2021
Picking the Chauvin Jury
Mar 10, 2021
Did Cuomo Commit a Crime?
Mar 08, 2021
The Manhattan DA vs. Trump
Mar 05, 2021
Cuomo’s Conduct
Mar 03, 2021
The Book on Bannon
Mar 01, 2021
A Case Grows in Manhattan
Feb 26, 2021
The DOJ Returns
Feb 24, 2021
Merrick Garland’s Moment
Feb 22, 2021
Zoom Lawyering
Feb 19, 2021
Will Trump Be Charged?
Feb 17, 2021
Is Impeachment Broken?
Feb 15, 2021
Impeachment Day 5
Feb 13, 2021
Impeachment Day 4
Feb 12, 2021
Impeachment Day 3
Feb 11, 2021
Impeachment Day 2
Feb 10, 2021
Impeachment Day 1
Feb 09, 2021
Impeachment Preview
Feb 08, 2021
Coming Soon
Feb 02, 2021