the justice department looking into you in the first place. these charges were filed well before the window of the justice department guidelines. again, this is not scripture, the justice didn t doesn t have to follow them are about 60 days before an election. this happened mid august, early august well before the 60 days. the justice department making clear that it wasn t political, even though the two people in this investigation happen to be republicans, paul ryan, speaker of the house, his office put out a statement. the justice department should always remain apolitical and the speaker has demonstrated he takes these charges seriously. that s my question, phil mudd, to you is that the kind of bold over my dead body, out of my cold hands statement that paul ryan should be making as the president takes on the idea of impartial, apolitical justice? look, i think paul ryan will walk away from his office people saying he s a respectable man. you look at his behavior under the trump
reluctant to criticize him in public and speak to him privately. there s a public debate in this country about what s appropriate from the oval office. the president of the united states confuses the presidency with the president. the presidency is about protecting things like the constitution not protecting your personal interests. i think paul ryan has been derelict is not criticizing the president who overstepped his bounds. i thought that was a weak statement. that s why the ben sass statement, john. it is so notable because we often talk about how any republican who has had the audacity to speak out about some of the policies or the things they don t like about the trump administration retires. we said good-bye to john mccain and he led that class. flake leaving the senate, corker leaving the senate. it has come down to a very few republicans who have had the spine and guts to stand up publicly to the president.
wrong with this statement. he s saying don t prosecute i can on the fact check sentence by sentence, john berman. we can diagram it. it s word for word at this point. don t investigate republicans because republicans could lose their seats. that s really crazy. full stop. and he said it. it s right there. or you could just not commit crimes. that s the other slow down. they haven t been convicted of anything. no, they haven t been convicted of anything. but if you read the indictments of both of these congressmen, they are fairly damning. they are very detailed. congressman hunter even goes as far as as to say what was in his bank account when money from the campaign was being spent. so these aren t i m no legal analyst here, but these don t seem to be flimsy cases. but you re right, they haven t been convicted of anything. you could also not spend campaign funds or not have the appearance of insider trading. that might get you further in keeping your seat may
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