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CNN legal expert Elie Honig on Thursday signaled where President Donald Trump's new executive order on birthright citizenship could end up.

The former U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York spoke on a panel with CNN anchor Kasie Hunt, describing how Trump lost his birthright citizenship case in June when the Supreme Court voted to uphold the law and reject the president's executive order. The next steps, Honig explained, could be tied to trying to broaden the two exemptions included in the current law.

"First of all, the children of foreign diplomats," Honig said. "And you just heard Stephen Miller say that they're going to try to expand the definition of who counts as a foreign diplomat. And the second long-recognized exception has been for the children of invading armies. Now, fortunately, we've never actually had to deal with that. But I think that's really where the rubber is going to hit the road. It sounds like what the president is going to do is expand that definition of what constitutes an invading army." ...

A GOP strategist slammed Trump's pick for national intelligence director and his recent performance at a confirmation hearing.

While speaking on a panel with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins and senior legal analyst Elie Honig, GOP strategist Douglas Heye evaluated one of the comments made by Jay Clayton during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

When asked why former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard attended an FBI raid that seized voting records in Georgia, Clayton admitted that the question "just wasn't something that was on my mind before the preparation for this hearing."...

A legal expert revealed the "cardinal" Todd Blanche committed as Acting Attorney General that could kneecap his upcoming confirmation hearing.

During a Tuesday appearance on CNN, senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Elie Honig spoke about Blanche's upcoming hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will vote on whether to advance his nomination for the permanent role of attorney general.

"I'm sure that much of the focus and attention tomorrow will be on the most recent and most sensational scandals around Todd Blanche," Honig said, pointing in particular to Blanche's signing of Trump's anti-weaponization fund and his handling of the Epstein files....

Former federal prosecutor and CNN legal expert Elie Honig reacted Friday to comments from Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, who was furious during an impromptu press conference following a major legal blow to the Trump administration.

Honig described the legal impact after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg granted the order, agreeing with the Fed that Trump's repeated attacks on Fed chair Jerome Powell indicate the investigation into the Federal Reserve's building renovation was pretextual and politically motivated.

"So first of all, that press conference in itself was extraordinary," Honig said. "Ordinarily, whenever you see a U.S. Attorney call a press conference and address the cameras, it's because there's been an indictment or a conviction or a sentence. I don't think I've ever seen a U.S. attorney or an attorney general call a press conference to complain about a ruling that he or she did not like. That was essentially a public temper tantrum." ...

A legal expert Thursday slammed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's claim that Americans should be ready to show proof of citizenship.

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig called out Noem's response after reporters outside the White House asked her why ICE agents in Minnesota were asking people to provide their identification and legal status.

"In every situation we are doing targeted enforcement," she said. "If we are on a target, and doing an operation, there may be individuals surrounding that criminal that we may be asking who they are and why they're there and having them validate their identity. That's what we've always done and asking people who that are so we know who's in those surroundings and if they are breaking our federal laws we will detain them as well until we run that processing."...

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig took a deep dive into the Trump administration's apparent disregard for a federal judge's order to return deportation flights heading to Central America.

On Saturday, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg ordered two flights carrying immigrants to El Salvador and Honduras to be immediately turned around. But the Trump administration appeared to mock the judge's order with White House communications director Steven Cheung and Secretary of State Marco Rubio reposting the Salvadoran President's comment on X that said, "Oopsie…Too late," with a laughing emoji.

CNN's Dana Bash said Monday, "Tom Homan, who is the border czar said that the plane was already over international waters. So, my question is, is that a good enough argument when the judge ordered the flights to be turned around and they didn't comply?" ...