the issue of privilege, because he seemed to allude that this may be where a former president may be able to hold on to the privilege for whatever reason you re talking about. the idea of the interest of the american public in trying to find out the truth, particularly if somebody has been involved in behavior, is important. i m not so sure there is the oodles and oodles of time. i will note you did not say oodles and oodles. that would be odd if you just said that. it would not work for you the way it did me just now. the midterm is not the deadline. but they really have until 2024 when whoever is the next president, if it s a democrat, if it s a republican, who put it is people in power. what do you make of it, michelle? is the time line as long or is there a political one? i do think that it gets more and more complicated. i mean, everybody s already trying to game out, is trump
what do you make of it, michelle? is the time line as long or is there a political one? a sword of damocles? i do think that it gets more and more complicated. i mean, everybody s already trying to game out, is trump going to declare his candidacy for 2024? and how does that affect any plans to start an investigation. it s already one of those things that he has clearly decided that the way to beat any kind of criminal charges would be to declare a political witch hunt. and the closer you get to an election where that would be a possible issue, the more complicated this gets. there s lots of pressure on the doj and merrick garland to get this moving. it s more than just legal limits and statutes of limitations. there is a lot of politics at play. and to be clear, i don t want to seem naive about the political realities. i think somehow the narrative
hearing is the fact that people are still trying to game out, what s the best and as we know, these are people elected to office. they have constituents. their constituents also have feelings about this. and i think that s part of what we re hearing is that there are folks saying, look, if it was you or me, ari, we would be already under investigation. we would be under investigation based on the news headlines. quite a number of public integrity cases out of department of justice, out of u.s. attorneys offices have arisen from news headlines. we already know there s the ability to investigate. frankly i think there should be an investigation just based on what we know that s in the public eye. whether congress whether members of congress take a position to use their bully pulpit to demand an investigation is much more of a political calculus i think for some about what they think the best road is. i will say, because i you
kinzinger, mr. trump says if elected he might pardon those at the u.s. capitol. if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly. reporter: alex, most republican operatives and strategists will tell you they wish their leaders would stop talking about the 2020 election. they wish heading into the next election republicans were able to focus publicly on these bread and butter issues like the economy, education, that worked so well, for example, for glenn youngkin in that governor s race in virginia. the republican on republican attacks everyone is trying to game out, is trump going to run again in 2024, would he challenge trump in a primary contest. all of that setting the stage for what could be a really really bruising republican primary in 2024. alex. but again, the parlor games in d.c. are pretty darn fun. thank you very much, josh lederman for that.
talk about it on the other side. take a listen. have you gathered specific intelligence that suggests that president putin is deploying these weapons, moving into position or considering their use? and would the u.s. or nato respond with military action if he did use chemical weapons? you know, on the first question, i can t answer that. i m not going to give you intelligence data, number one. number two, we would respond. we would respond if he uses it. the nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use. evelyn, i don t need to tell you that just because the president doesn t want to game out these hypotheticals in a room full of reporters, it doesn t mean that he is not gaming out those hypotheticals with his team. what do those conversations look like? right, alicia, we know from media reports that the white house has been conducting a lot of kind of tabletop exercises to game out, as you said, the various scenarios, including chemical use, nuclear use, and