wanted to order the doj to prosecute his enemies. hillary clinton and james comey. that of course failed fantastically what his white house counsel refused the request. so, once out of office trump took matters in his own hand. in march, trump sued hillary clinton, the democratic national committee, james comey and a whole host of other characters. accusing them of being part of a conspiracy against him. in what he refers to as the trump russia conspiracy. this is all circa 2016. all of these people, according to, trump made up evidence against him in an attempt to deny him to russia hillary clinton and her, quo cohorts, orchestrated in unthinkable plot. trump sought $24 million in damages. that s not an insignificant amount of money. and he chose to file that lawsuit roughly 70 miles from his palm beach home, because the judge presiding in that jurisdiction just so happen to be his appointee. that judge whom we all come to know very well over the past few weeks, of course,
ruling. but if there is one appointed, the buck stops with judge cannon. that is to say, if they don t agree, she gets the final word. joining us once again is john fish wake, former u.s. attorney from the western district of new york. mr., it happened in this hour, let s talk about these candidates that we have on the list here from the government s proposed candidates, the honorable barbara s jones, the honorable thomas b. griffith, both appointed by republican presidents. how do you read that? that goes back to my last half full. i think it s impressive the doj would put up folks have been appointed by the other party. i think that will help restore confidence in the system. and i think, you know, that sends a strong message that they re confident in the position, and they want to have somebody from the other party, originally appointed by the other party. so, i think that s impressive. and what if the plaintiffs proposed candidates, the honorable raymond jay dairy, former chief