Elie Honig

Elie Honig is CNN’s Senior Legal Analyst. He previously worked for 14 years as a federal and state prosecutor. Honig 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. 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.” Honig is the national bestselling author of two prior books published by HarperCollins: Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor’s Code and Corrupted the Justice Department (2021) and Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It (2023). His third book, When You Come at the King: Inside DOJ’s Pursuit of the President, from Nixon to Trump, is now available. Honig writes a weekly column on legal news for New York Magazine and Cafe.com. He hosts the popular true-crime podcast, Up Against the Mob, and a weekly legal podcast, The Counsel, both productions of Vox Media. He is also a fill-in host on SiriusXM. Honig graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor’s degree in 1997 and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2000. He is an adjunct professor at the Eagleton Institute of Politics and teaches in the Department of Political Science. He is also an alum of the Eagleton Undergraduate Associates program (’97 UA)