Books mentioned on Legal Analyst on How Powerful Elites Never Get Punished | JHS Ep. 843

“So, Jordan, what I try to do in this book is use my own experience as a prosecutor.”

“So if your client is the whole mob, who are you loyal to: the mob or the guy who you're representing? So I write about this in the book because this is a perfect example of something the mob does, but so do a lot of corporations and powerful politicians.”

“they modeled Better Call Saul after don't worry Murray”

“And I tell a story in the book about a time when a lower-ranking guy wanted to flip, but we couldn't do it through his lawyer. So we sent his girlfriend on a sort of backdoor mission to tell us that he wanted to flip.”

“I mean, there's plenty of examples; I use some in the book of guys who spend millions and millions of dollars. Um, El Chapo, Joaquín Guzmán, spent five million dollars on his lawyers; he's doing life.”

“I tell stories in the book about Cy Vance, the Manhattan DA, of whom I am very critical; he accepted donations from defense attorneys and would often give their clients favorable treatment or no prosecution at all.”

“Yes, I'll give you a high-profile example. I discuss this in my book in the Matt Gates investigation.”

“Even if they weren't trying to intimidate them, jurors are scared. I actually write about this in a chapter in my book.”

“I give an example in the book about a case I worked on regarding a major league baseball player.”

“In my first book, I argue that for a time, that wasn't the case at the DOJ. We should base our assessment on the process itself, not just the results.”