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  • Hatchet Man

  • How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor’s Code and Corrupted the Justice Department
  • By: Elie Honig
  • Narrated by: Elie Honig
  • Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (19 ratings)

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Hatchet Man

By: Elie Honig
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National Best Seller

“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." (Variety)

CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig exposes William Barr as the most corrupt attorney general in modern US 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 US 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.

©2021 Elie Honig (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers
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Focus On The Writing Elie!

Elie is a great storyteller but simply doesn't have the voice for the narration. I love the subject matter and have been looking forward to this charlatan Barr getting his comeuppance, and Elie delivers it marvelously. I just hope the next book can be narrated by a dedicated pro.

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Just has expected

An insight to B. Barr conduct that in fact if we are really honest with ourselves this narrative would s more a confirmation of all we already know and how far the Trump administration corrupted American.

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Excellent.

History needs to know about Barr & Elie Honig does it brilliantly. He deserves great credit for his bravery amidst 74 million MAGA Zombies.

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Enlightening and Captivating

Elie Honig’s narration not only reflects his prosecutorial skills but enables the least knowledgeable and more with a clearer and really useful understanding of the American judicial system. Most importantly of all he succeeds in leaving no shadow of a doubt about the extent to which Barr both manipulated and abused his power and enabled possibly the most corrupt occupant of the White House to evade justice. At least for now. The Mafia cases Honig had handled and referenced in clarifying the many complexities facing prosecutors, served their purpose but also made great stories.
Five stars all round - thank you Sir !

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