The committee on rules and administration will come to order. Good morning to i want to thank amy colleagues for joinin us today. Id like to welcome our nominees to todays hearing. Shawna bashard, sean cooksy and alan dixon are the president s nominees to be members of the federal elections committee. As our witnesses are joining us remotely i also understand that their families and friends are watching today and so i welcome them as well. This is a big responsibility, its a significant president ial nomination, and significant to the work of this committee. And i know youre proud of your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity. Let me say a little bit about a couple of nominees and then im going to turn to another committee member, senator cruz to talk about the third nominee. Allen dickerson is the nominee to be a member of the federal Elections Commission for a term, expiring on april the 30th, 2025. Mr. Dickersons been practicing law for 20 years, primarily in
Flynn is a defendant without a prosecutor and litigation now without any controversy between the actual parties to the case. Instead of promptly granting dismissal as required as a matter of law, judge sullivan denied two defense motioning opposing any amicus at all, appointed mr. Gleeson to usurp the job of prosecutor, and went forth to right theening wrotes he perceived. To right the wrongs he perceived. The job of the United States attorney is otherwise occupied. In adding these unconstitutional burdens of process to punish Michael Flynn, judge sullivan discarded any semblance of the unbiased, impartial adjudicator this court extolled in the 2019 chapter of that case saga. As a cornerstone of any system of justice worth the label. Four rulings are required to conclude this novel article three excess. Judge sullivans petition for rehearing must be flatly denied with clear language that a judge has no injury and no standing to seek relief of this courts rulings. Because judge sullivan
Matthew whitaker, acting attorney general from november of 2018 through february of 2019, the author of this new book, above the law the inside story of how the Justice Department tried to subvert President Trump. Before we begin with the book, explain how you became the acting attorney general to us. Great first question. I was chief of staff to attorney general Jeff Sessions starting in october of 2017, i did that for 13 months before general sessions resigned abruptly the day after the elections in 2018 and the president appointed me that day, the acting attorney general utterly bridged the gap between Jeff Sessions and william barr. How did you become Jeff Sessionss chief of staff. Were you a friend of his . One of the things i talk about is how i only met Jeff Sessions once before i was selected to be his chief of staff. I interviewed with him and talked to him many times, mutual friend in the white house and at the Federalist Society recommended me to him and his people. We bonde
Plus stephen welcomes Matthew Mcconaughey and mew cal guest sam hunt, featuring jon batiste d stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance its Stephen Colbert stephen two times. Hey, everybody that actually hurt a little. Keeps you awake. Welcome to the late show. Im Stephen Colbert. Peter is in college so hes taking classes now. His younger brother john is sitting in. Do you remember if i tell the people youre here . John, good luck, no pressure, i hope everyone had a nice easter. I did. With my family. We raked our inlaws yard, while they watched from the porch, then my 91yearold fatherinlaw mowed it. He can do a five minute plank. At 91. I dont know what my wife sees in me. Of course, all of the celebrations had to change this year. The pope livestreamed mass from an empty st. Peters, and jesus was not allowed to leave the tomb on the orders of andrew cuomo. Its tough love, governor. I feel for the pope. He and i are kind of in the same business. We stand in front of big c
It is not right. They want to go to france. They want to go to determine germany, go to the uk where they came from. That is hair home. U. S. Is not their home. It is not fair were holding these people and that other countries arent taking because were bearing the cost. So i think that nato should be expanded. We should include the middle east, absolutely. We pay for a big percentage of nato. By the way, if you look at, speak to secretarygeneral stoltenberg, who is doing a terrific job by the way, he will tell you that i raised 130 billion more than they were getting. It was going down from past administrations every single year. It was down to a very low number. I came in. Got to pay folks, got to pay. Were working with you. Were protecting you. Were part of this. We dont want to be the fools like weve been some years. We raised 130 billion almost immediately. We had a meeting with the countries say you got to pay. I imagine they dont like me as much as obama and other people but you