department of justice under right now as they try to navigate the dual probes into biden an trump. i think it is an unprecedented situation for the justice department. never before have we had a special counsel investigating a sitting president at the same time a separate special counsel is investigating not just the prior president, but these two people are likely to be running against each other in the next election. now by the book here, legally speaking, these are separate investigations, and separate special counsel, separate facts and merrick garland ought to let both of those investigations play out and when the special counsel come back to him then he could make his decision. but i think garland has to be aware of the political reality here. if he is to to decide one way on one, that will change the temperature and the pressure on other. so merrick garland has to do a balancing act. he s a by the book attorney general but also aware, i believe, of real world and the political
merit based and by the book . this is a very defining moment and a very good day for europe today. i warmly congratulate president zelensky, president sander, presidency life is really. all three countries are part of a european country was not we have never had any doubt about that, and today s historic decision by leaders confirms that. it grants all through the perspective of eu accession and it lays down the path ahead. but with 27 members already and with disagreements over everything from migration to climate change, can the eu afford to expand further? piotr buras is head of the european council on foreign relations in the polish capital warsaw. thank you for being with us. no doubt ukraine has taken a fast track in this application process but will it move at a
limited in its ability to bring cases and it must find discriminatory intent or effect. fact check, true, those are the requirements on what the doj could do in bringing the cases but do you think this attorney general based on what you heard today is being assertive enough or not? well, i think that he s a by the book attorney general and i do believe that he s committed to making sure that we protect the right to vote. he understands and he said that at the hearing today that it is essential ral to the integrity of our democracy. we have to give him additional tools. one of the things that is part of the john robert lewis voting act is to make it clear that the department of justice should be able to use section 2 of the voting rights act to undermine or invalidate voting rights suppression laups that have a impact on certain groups such as