long-time doj appointee served under administrations of both parties put in that job, u.s. attorney of delaware by donald trump in 2018 with support of both of delaware s democratic u.s. senators, and then when joe biden comes in in 2021, new presidents get rid of all 93 u.s. attorneys. but he didn t. but he left david weiss in place, three total that joe biden left in place, john durham being one of the other ones and a guy in chicago who had other corruption cases. left david weiss in place. what would the incentives be here? should weiss testify? i think he should. i think there s enough legitimate questions that have been raised here that he should. even if not testify, at least come in and talk to congress. it doesn t have to be a public hearing, but certainly answer questions. that s fair game, and that s if our government s working properly, that s what congress should be doing. thank you, guys, that helps a lot. appreciate it. all right, the streets near paris eru
could be somewhat true in the dynamic of things. i want you to try and break down for people somewhat true. it s a little bit implausible to me to be perfectly blunt that one u.s. attorney said to another u.s. attorney that the u.s. attorney in washington, d.c., said to an individual who was put in place by the former president and was overseeing a case, i can t bring that case, please don t bring that to washington. i think it s a little bit implausible. at the end of the day, we don t know, this is the kind of thing that congress can get to the bottom of. if there were an actual dispute between various senior officials at the justice department, it would probably have been brought back to headquarters and someone there, even if not the attorney general, maybe he would step out of it, but a senior career official would have been the one to mediate something like that. the idea that these middish to senior levels guys were fighting against themselves and one single handedly proba
well, that person was a mayor of a city that was defeated. how about beto? beto was defeated too, right? let s bring in our lead-off panel. robert costa, nation at political reporter for washington post , moderator of washington week on pbs. nancy cook, white house reporter for politico . elliott williams, former federal prosecutor, senior doj appointee under the obama administration. also notably a former assistant director of i.c.e.. good evening and welcome to you all. mr. costa, you are going to begin. so as the president is talking we have a member of congress on this network saying the president s wall didn t do too well, didn t fare too well in these talks where they have an agreement in principle. how does this all work? the breaking news tonight that s important is congressional appropriators, a bipartisan group, has come to an agreement for about 1.3 billion in new fencing. not new fencing but new repair
because you have people that nobody ever heard of, they re all running for office. i said, who is that? well, that person was a mayor of a city that was defeated. how about beto? beto was defeated too, right? let s bring in our lead-off panel. robert costa, nation at political reporter for washington post , moderator of washington week on pbs. nancy cook, white house reporter for politico . elliott williams, former federal prosecutor, senior doj appointee under the obama administration. also notably a former assistant director of i.c.e.. good evening and welcome to you all. mr. costa, you are going to begin. so as the president is talking we have a member of congress on this network saying the president s wall didn t do too well, didn t fare too well in these talks where they have an agreement in principle. how does this all work? the breaking news tonight that s important is congressional appropriators, a bipartisan group, has come to an agreement for about 1.3 billion
panel. robert costa, nation at political reporter for washington post , moderator of washington week on pbs. nancy cook, white house reporter for politico . elliott williams, former federal prosecutor, senior doj appointee under the obama administration. also notably a former assistant director of i.c.e.. good evening and welcome to you all. mr. costa, you are going to begin. so as the president is talking we have a member of congress on this network saying the president s wall didn t do too well, didn t fare too well in these talks where they have an agreement in principle. how does this all work? the breaking news tonight that s important is congressional appropriators, a bipartisan group, has come to an agreement for about 1.3 billion in new fencing. not new fencing but new repair for the existing fencing. conservatives on twitter,