About the Book: Hatchet Man
As Americas top law enforcement official, the Attorney General of the United
States is supposed to represent the nation. Yet former Attorney General William
Barr turned the Department of Justice into a private law firm that shielded one
client: Donald Trump. In Hatchet Man, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig
uncovers Barrs unprecedented abuse of power as AG and the lasting structural
damage his corruption has done. Honig uses his own experience as a DOJ
prosecutor to show how Barr repeatedly violated the DOJs written rules and those
vital, unwritten norms and principles that comprise the "prosecutors code."
Honig outlines Barrs actions