tom barrack was released after posting $250 million in bail. elie honig author of hatchet man, how bill barr broke the prosecutor s code and corrupted the justice department joins us now. elie, great to see you, as always. one viewer wants to know about this. how likely is it that tom barrack might cooperate with prosecutors? i think that s the question on a lot of folks minds right now. that would be interesting. it s a big question, jim. barrack is in a tough spot. he s been charged with illegal foreign lobbying and with obstruction of justice. we can t know what a person is going to do when it comes to cooperation, it s an intensely difficult personal decision. but if we look at his incentives here, he s looking at serious charges. the evidence laid out in the indictment is really powerful. it s almost entirely barrack s own words in emails. he s 74 years old. if he gets convicted, he ll go to jail several years. very interesting development yesterday, as you said. prosecutors
notified by service providers. i think it s time that most of us heard from the department of justice. i mean, that in itself really is shocking. you know, it s a fair point. the question a lot of people have is what not only what was happening at the department of justice about what happening now? elie, you just wrote a book about bill barr. your title is hatchet man: how bill barr broke the prosecutor s code and corrupted the justice department . that s a clear indication of how you feel about barr as attorney general. but based on what has transpired since last night, how would you refer to him now? it s worse than that. it s worse than i even knew. the fund mental corruption is deeper than we thought. as a prosecutor, you havage ethical duty not to pursue an investigation flls is pred indication, some basis of evidence and the reporting that whitney gave us is that bill barr had none. he told the prosecutors you have