An Evening with Elie Honig, Author & CNN Legal Analyst
Event Details
Metuchen Public Library is pleased to welcome CNN Senior Legal Analyst and longtime, proud Metuchen resident Elie Honig to discuss his newest book, When You Come at the King: Inside DOJ’s Pursuit of the President, From Nixon to Trump.
About the Book:
Advance praise from Booklist (Starred Review):
“[A] deeply researched, keenly analytical, and frequently provocative chronicle of this singular judicial entity… A senior legal analyst for CNN and former assistant U.S. attorney, Honig is well-suited to the task of providing a historical overview of the special counsel’s function with the ever-evolving context of politics, partisanship and political skepticism.”
About the Author:
Elie Honig is CNN’s Senior Legal Analyst who worked for 14 years as a federal and state prosecutor. He provides on-air commentary and analysis for CNN on news relating to the U.S. Department of Justice, major criminal trials, the Supreme Court, Congressional and grand jury investigations, national security, policing, and other legal issues.
Honig is the national bestselling author of two previous books, Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor’s Code and Corrupted the Justice Department, and Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It. He also writes a weekly column for New York Magazine and for Cafe.com, and he hosts two podcasts for Vox Media, including the true crime podcast “Up Against the Mob.”
In 2022, Honig was nominated for an Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the category “Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial & Opinion” for his CNN documentary about the 1961 war crimes trial of Adolf Eichmann, Sixty Years Ago, We Saw the Face of Evil. He has been named to Mediaite’s list of the “75 Most Influential People In American News Media” in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Honig teaches at Rutgers University and works as special counsel to a New Jersey law firm, Lowenstein Sandler. He graduated from Rutgers College in 1997, and Harvard Law School in 2000. He and his family live in Metuchen.
Books will be available for sale and signing at the event.
Space is limited; registration for this program is REQUIRED.
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