DOJ’s Slush Fund May Cost Todd Blanche the Attorney General’s Office

About this episode

Elie Honig discusses the implications of the DOJ's actions on Todd Blanche's position as Attorney General.

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Elie Honig

Topics covered

• Department of Justice
• legal analysis
• organized crime
• mobsters
• politics
• criminal justice

Keywords

• DOJ
• Todd Blanche
• Attorney General
• Elie Honig
• organized crime
• mobsters
• criminal justice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southern District of New York, Department of Law and Public Safety, New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Lowenstein Sandler, CNN, La Cosa Nostra, Gambino crime family, Genovese crime family

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