When You Come At The King with Elie Honig
September 23, 2025
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September 23, 2025
When You Come At The King with Elie Honig
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When You Come At The King with Elie Honig
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<div>Elie Honig joins Rick Wilson to discuss When You Come at the King, exploring the intersection of presidential power and the law. Nixon's Watergate scandal, Reagan's Iran-Contra affair, and Clinton's Monica Lewinsky scandal all tested the limits of executive power in their own ways. However, Trump has altered the game when it comes to executive power and has zero shame about it. Trump's presidential immunity ruling was the most significant expansion of presidential power in the last 100 years. Wilson and Honig delve into how this shift has not only challenged legal norms but also deepened partisan divides, raising questions about the future of presidential accountability.<br />•<br />•<br />•<br />•<br />•<br />You can follow Elie Honig @eliehonig on X, and pick up his new book “When You Come at the King: Inside DOJ's Pursuit of the President, from Nixon to Trump” wherever fine books are sold.<br /><br />Follow Rick Wilson at @TheRickWilson on X and @therickwilson.bsky.social on Bluesky, and subscribe to his Substack at <a href="http://therickwilson.substack.com">therickwilson.substack.com</a>. <br /><br />Join the fight with the Lincoln Project at <a href="http://www.lincolnproject.us">www.lincolnproject.us</a> and follow LP on X at @ProjectLincoln. If you'd like to help us continue our critical work, visit <a href="https://action.lincolnproject.us/helplp">https://action.lincolnproject.us/helplp</a> to make a difference.</div>
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