Hatchet Man, Elie Honig
Hatchet Man, Elie Honig
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Hatchet Man
How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor’s Code and Corrupted the Justice Department

Author: Elie Honig

Narrator: Elie Honig

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/06/2021


Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“Elie Honig has written much more than a compelling takedown of an unfit attorney general; he also offers a blueprint for how impartial and apolitical justice should be administered in America.”—Preet Bharara“An essential analysis for anyone committed to understanding the abuses of the Trump administration so we can ensure they never happen again.”—Joyce White Vance“Essential reading for all who cherish the rule of law in America.”—George Conway""Written with all the color and pacing of a legal thriller.""—VarietyCNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig exposes William Barr as the most corrupt attorney general in modern U.S. history, with stunning new scandals bubbling to the surface even after Barr's departure from office.  In Hatchet Man, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig uncovers Barr’s unprecedented abuse of power as Attorney General and the lasting structural damage done to the Justice Department. Honig uses his own experience as a prosecutor at DOJ to show how, as America’s top law enforcement official, Barr repeatedly violated the Department’s written rules, and those vital, unwritten norms and principles that comprise the “prosecutor’s code.”Barr was corrupt from the beginning. His first act as AG was to distort the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, earning a public rebuke for his dishonesty from Mueller himself and, later, from a federal judge. Then, Barr tried to manipulate the law to squash a whistleblower’s complaint about Trump’s dealings with Ukraine—the report that eventually led to Trump’s first impeachment. Barr later intervened in an unprecedented manner to undermine his own DOJ prosecutors on the cases of Michael Flynn and Roger Stone, both political allies of the President. And then Barr fired the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York under false pretenses. Finally, Barr amplified baseless theories about massive mail-in ballot fraud, pouring gasoline on the dumpster fire battle over the 2020 election results and contributing to the January 6 insurrection that led to Trump’s second impeachment.In Hatchet Man, Honig proves that Barr trampled the two core virtues that have long defined the department and its mission: credibility and independence – ultimately in service of his own deeply-rooted, extremist legal and personal beliefs. Honig shows how Barr corrupted the Justice Department and explains what we must do to prevent this from ever happening again.

About Elie Honig

Elie Honig is the author of Hatchet Man and Untouchable. He worked as a federal and state prosecutor for fourteen years. He prosecuted and tried cases involving violent crime, human trafficking, public corruption, and organized crime, and successfully prosecuted over 100 members and associates of the mafia. Honig is CNN’s Emmy-nominated Senior Legal Analyst, writes a weekly column for New York Magazine and Cafe.com, hosts podcasts on the law and true crime for Vox Media, is a Rutgers University scholar, and is special counsel to the law firm Lowenstein Sandler. He lives in New Jersey.


Reviews

Hatchet Man is an examination of William Barr’s tenure as Attorney General of the United States. This is a position that Honig believes necessitates some experience in criminal prosecution. One of the themes that runs through this book is that only criminal prosecutorial experience can provide a sol......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on December 08, 2024

I like to read history books. I like to see how a time period is viewed and I like to see everything written in a concise nugget in a way that I can understand. One of the biggest problems I've had with the past 4 years is that there was so much every single day, that I couldn't consume it and make......more

Goodreads review by Ian on June 20, 2022

3.0⭐ Review To follow. 02/06/22 ‐-------------------------------------------------- Updated 20/06/22 Hell hath no fury like a pundit proven wrong. Former U.S. prosecutor Eli Honig, turned CNN legal commentator, went on television and predicted that William Barr might make a good Attorney General. At the......more

Goodreads review by Dan on July 04, 2021

Ordinarily, I’m not one to delve into political reads. But my local store happened to display this one a week early. I perused it for a few minutes and HAD to purchase. Finished it 3 days later. Being a registered Independent, I had few pre-conceived leanings about Mr. Barr. I read this as an outsid......more