Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away with It
(Hardback)
Elie Honig (author)
Over the
four years of his administration, Donald Trump's corruption seemed plain for
all to see. The former president obstructed justice, flouted his responsibility
to the Constitution, lied to the American people, and set the United States on
a dark path to disunity and violence. Yet he has never been held accountable
for any of his misdeeds. Why not?
Untouchable
holds the answer. Honig shows how Trump and others use seemingly fair
institutions and practices to build empires of corruption and get away with
misdeeds for which ordinary people would be sentenced to years behind bars.
It's not just that money talks, Honig makes clear, but how it can corrupt
otherwise reliable institutions and blind people to the real power dynamics
behind the scenes.
In this
vital, incisive book, Honig explains how the system allows the powerful to
become untouchable, takes us inside their heads, and offers solutions for
making the system more honest and fairer, ensuring true justice for all-holding
everyone, no matter their status, accountable for their criminal misdeeds.
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CNN senior
legal analyst and nationally bestselling author Elie Honig explores America's
two-tier justice system, explaining how the rich, the famous, and the powerful-
including, most notoriously, Donald Trump-manipulate the legal system to escape
justice and get away with vast misdeeds.
How does he
get away with it? That question, more than any other, vexes observers of and
participants in the American criminal justice process. How do powerful people
weaponize their wealth, political power, and fame to beat the system? And how
can prosecutors fight back?
In
Untouchable, Elie Honig exposes how the rich and powerful use the system to
their own benefit, revealing how notorious figures like Donald Trump, Jeffrey
Epstein, Harvey Weinstein, and Bill Cosby successfully eluded justice for
decades. He demonstrates how the Trump children dodged a fraud indictment. He
makes clear how countless CEOs and titans of Wall Street have been let off the
hook, receiving financial penalties without suffering criminal consequences.
This doesn't happen by accident
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