Elie Honig

The riveting part will be the actual testimony, and I think at that point they'll, they'll be, they'll, they'll have considered they made a miscalculation in not playing along and leaving it completely for the Dems, who cannot, by the way, because of Cheney and Kinzinger say this is bipartisan, et cetera.

Next week could prove to be a watershed moment for the committee as it listens to testimony from Trump former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who CNN's Elie Honig referred to as mission control for pushing all of Trump's crackpot conspiratorial schemes.

According to former Trump White House officials, Meadows reached out to some of the country's top national security officials in an effort to connect them to Trump allies who were pushing unfounded claims of foreign election interference and voter fraud.

When you step back though, this is really why Mark Meadows is the single most important witness to the January 6th investigation, other than Trump himself, and he's never gonna realistically testify.

Why does Jane Doe get your empathy, and there is none to spare for the men who have been accused possibly unfairly and untruthfully? This is a complete dereliction of duty by a prosecutor.

Even Elie Honig, the CNN, uh, legal analyst, straight shooter, found the same in a, in a compelling piece he wrote, uh, that's available, I think, at MSNBC.

Uh, so empathy for whom? That's not an appropriate thing to bring to your commentary around a case like this, especially when we all know she had been sniffing around it and almost certainly knew when she made these comments three days before she was appointed that there was a chance she'd be getting the case.

So no, it, you don't express empathy.

Plenty of public officials say things like that, but you can't have this, because the person who wrote it is now the one deciding whether seven young men lose their, their personal liberty.

Uh, Elie Honig put it this way in a piece that he wrote for New York Magazine we linked to yesterday.

He said, "In the AG's own words, Jane Doe is a survivor.

That conclusion, of course, turns on resolution of the ultimate issue, whether the sexual acts were or were not consensual.

[instrumental music] Good evening, everyone.

I'm Elie Honig here in New York filling in for Abby.

Well, don't look now, but midterms are less than one month away, so we've got a lot of news to discuss and a stacked panel of experts and analysts ready to break it down for you.

First up, less- Donald- President Donald Trump appears increasingly desperate to shore up support.

Uh, that's a really interesting episode that I encourage all of you to listen to.

Another example is Elie Honig.

He's a, uh, senior analyst on CNN for legal issues, and we talk about past investigations, the history of investigations, uh, into the President of the United States, his recent new book about that, When You Come at the King.

Uh, it really gets into all of those issues, which is a fascinating topic right now, and looking at current Supreme Court issues, and what's it like behind the scenes to be a CNN senior analyst.

Then on top of that, you've got the governor today appointing Letitia James as special prosecutor in this case because...

Well, I'll let Elie Honig talk a little bit about the legality of all this.

Well, this changes the whole dynamic around the case.

Now ordinarily, the New York State AG actually only has limited cr- criminal jurisdiction and could not investigate a sexual assault case unless we have an appointment like we're about to see from the governor, which does empower the AG to take over.

I'm not Sarah Isgur, I'm David French, and I am sitting in the host chair once again, just, just for a week, only a week, so you don't have to wait too long for Sarah to come back.

But while I'm in the host chair, I have the best guest host, once again coming back for the encore presentation, CNN Senior Political Analyst, Elie Honig.

Now, Elie, fresh off of jury duty? Tell us about that.

Yeah.

Are you kidding me? And then those other charges, Alvin Bragg, based on some convoluted theory that somehow the payments to Stormy Daniels, which Trump called legal expenses, violated a federal law that attached to state crime.

One of the legal analysts on CNN, Elie Honig, called it a Frankenstein case, meaning you put together different parts and assemble it in a way nobody has ever seen before.

That's a CNN legal analyst saying it was bunk.

And then the lawsuit, civil lawsuit brought against him by Letitia James, the AG of New York.