Elie Honig is a CNN Senior Legal Analyst who previously 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 books for HarperCollins, 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 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 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.

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. Honig is originally from Cherry Hill and is a Cherry Hill High School East graduate.