You don’t have to look very far to find quips about politics being dirty work, such as “Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.”
to this plot to overturn the election, and block the transfer of power. we know that there were lawmakers, there were other influential individuals, texting him advice on how to stop the transfer of power going forward. and that was up until he decide to no longer cooperate, and made essentially the same argument he is making now. is pat were part of his official responsibilities. i worked for the u.s. government for 15 years. and, the first thing that he too knows ethics trainings was, you don t do politics while you are on the u.s. government clock. mr. meadows was a member of congress, he had a staff, he was chief of staff, he understands that. it seems that he is doing the same thing here that he tried to do with the january 6th select committee, which is to try to run out the clock, and hope that he gets a better outcome. so let me pick up on that point, christopher, that you just heard. tell me what you know about mark meadows the man.
were part of his official responsibilities. i worked for the u.s. government for 15 years. and, the first thing that he too knows ethics trainings was, you don t do politics while you are on the u.s. government clock. mr. meadows was a member of congress, he had a staff, he was chief of staff, he understands that. it seems that he is doing the same thing here that he tried to do with the january 6th select committee, which is to try to run out the clock, and hope that he gets a better outcome. so let me pick up on that point, christopher, that you just heard. tell me what you know about mark meadows the man. what was he like in congress? how does he compare to other chiefs of staff like nick mulvaney, john kelly? well you know, it was mission impossible, really, for any of donald trump s chiefs, because trump never had any
you put these to your point. we put these folks in office, because they are the keeper of the public trust. to think they would allegedly take insider information and use it for their gain is the height of hypocrishypocrisy, and i m g they re exposed for what it is. do you think there s actual repercussions? for people who are in districts like nancy pelosi and john boehner, where they could die weeks before the election and get reelected, they ll be fine. but this is exactly the sort of thing voters hate and will punish them for. a lot of members lose money in the aggregate. there s a study in the 90s where they were beating the market as a whole. these guys, despite the insider information is underperforming. isn t that even worse. you re not even making money? some people are insider trading. some are speculating so badly they re compensating for it and more. i worked on capitol hill for years as a senior staffer. we went through so many different ethics trainings, the