airlines flight to orlando when a battery caught fire in a passengers overhead luggage. transportation secretary pete buttigieg grapples with the chaos in america s airports, he is also dealing with criticism or last month s horrific chemical train derailment in ohio. he is now admitting he was slow to respond to the disaster after waiting nearly three weeks to visit the site. it is the latest headache for buttigieg, whose two-year tenure as a cabinet secretary has been marred by crisis after crisis, turning what some saw as a stepping-stone job to the presidency into a potential career ender. our byron york writes that buttigieg s blunders are a clear indication that he is in over his head. joining us now to explain his byron york, washington examiner chief political correspondent and fox news contributor. here is what you rode about mayor pete. the peter principle suggests that peter buttigieg at just 41 years of age has already risen to his level of incompetence. it is fair to say
sense, right? it s a career ender for you, and there s very little to gain. the only people who are really insulated from any sort of repercussion if they leak the opinion are the justices themselves. they have life tenure, you know, people can call them names. there s not much that you can do to someone with life tenure. and so for appearance sake, but also for completeness of the investigation, it would have been important for them to put a full-court press on the justices, but to your point, i think the justices themselves, had they had, you know, public confidence in the institution as their north star, they would have led the charge and insisted that they permitted to sign those affidavits. steven, as joyce says, these justices enjoy life tenure, which means they re going to be together for a long time. last year, justice thomas blamed the leak for cultivating a climate of distrust and rancor at the court. have you seen signs of a court that s suffering from a lack of collegial
what was that number that was a pretty good number to. the number you had registered out of state after they moved from georgia, so they had a day when they moved from georgia, they register to vote out of state, and then 4500 that don t have and then they came back in and voted. and what you heard replying to trump s clear mitchell. she was the attorney on that call trying to overturn such a backlash to her involvement on that call from her law firm, that she resigned from the firm just days later. you might think that kind of thing would be a career ender, that would be the last anyone would hear of cleaner mitchell. instead, in august, just over turnout mitchell was appointed to the advisory board of the u.s. the condition. which i kid you not as a federal agency tasked with helping federal states tasked
president as his attorney on that call as he was trying to overturn an election in georgia. there was such a backlash to her involvement on that call from her law firm that she resigned from the firm just days later. you might think that kind of think would be a career-ender. well, that would be the last anyone would hear of cleta mitchell. you would be wrong. instead in august, just three months ago, cleta was appointed to the advisory board of the u.s. commission, who i kid you not, helps the state conduct secure elections. that s right, the lawyer on the call with donald trump trying to pull off a coupe by bullying georgia officials into essentially committing election fraud is now responsible for making elections more secure. jessica huseman broke the story of cleta mitchell s new job. she s the director of vote beat, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to nonpartisan coverage of election commission and voting access.
in my mind, i have never crossed the line with anyone. reporter: she said it was a weight off her shoulders but not enough. he didn t take responsibility he almost still had the attitude as though he is the victim when he is not the victim he is the victimizer reporter: how serious could this charge be? misdemeanor charges are in a category below felony charges but any criminal conviction is a career ender for somebody of the ex-governor s stature. reporter: governor cuomo s attorney just released a statement saying he has never assaulted anyone and questioning the motives of the sheriffs department that filed the charge. we also reached out to a lawyer for ms. kamiso and did not hear back. so, kate, what is next for the former governor. reporter: so what we re told late tonight is a criminal summons has been issued for the governor he is expected to be in court on november 17th. all right kate snow, thank you still developing this evening,