courtroom. but a municipal judge in salt lake city has been sanctioned for that taking public potshots at president trump. just days after the 2016 election, judge michael kwan wrote on facebook, think i ll go to the shelter to adopt a cat before the president-elect grabs them all, in reference to the hollywood access. he wrote welcome to the beginning of the fascist take over. he once suggested a defendant not rely on the tax refund to pay fines. if you think you ll get taxes back this year maybe, maybe not. don t worry. there s a tax cut for the wealthy. kwan s lawyer. we argued unsuccessfully that
who is in the white house, no matter who controls congress. it is not really a partisan issue, it s a matter of being in the white house versus being in congress. it so easy to be in congress and to take a totally legitimate potshots at some really terrible people, including the crown prince and others around the world who do egregious, nasty things that run counter to everything that we believe in in america. the problem is on the other side, yeah you have the white house desperately trying to not let it get out of control because of the real world interests at play here. and you go back to the previous administration, vladimir putin hasn t done horrible, disgusting, murderous things to his own people and two ex-pats living in his country, political enemies. and you don t go to war over it. that s probably a good thing. i don t want to go to war over theirs. bret: amy. it seems to me that many
no, no, no, i think it is pretty crystal clear where you stand on this. let me ask you about the criminal justice reform bill. because politico wrote this about tom cotton s opposition to it, noting this. on thursday, he stepped up his public potshots at what he s called a jailbreak proposal. it is a counter campaign that one fellow senator believes came at the request of majority leader mitch mcconnell. do you believe the majority leader is trying to quietly kill this bill in the lame duck? no, not really. because tom cotton s had this from day one. what we re talking about, is basically, creating a new sentencing system, that will give african-american male and hispanic male detainees a chance to get out of jail, earning their way out of jail, they ve been in jail 30, 40 years, for three nonviolent related drug offenses and change our sentencing system, to make it more humane, and more productive. tom has been on the other side
the white house s top economic adviser turning the heat on canadian prime minister justin trudeau, larry kudlow defending the president s decision not to sign on to that g-7 communique before heading to north korea. let s take a listen. the president is going to negotiate with kim, with north korea, and singapore. it is an historic negotiation, and there s no way this president is not going to stand strong, number one. he s not going to allow people to suddenly take potshots at him hours before that summit, and number two, trudeau should have known better. but should the canadian prime minister have known better? for more on this, i m joined on the phone by shark tank s kevin o leary, also a cnbc contributor. good to talk with you again. let s get your reaction to the
a forest fire and the president himself ego driven. he goes after trump s height, his hand size, his impressively coifed hair and even the tan writing the president s face which he said appeared slightly orange with bright white half moons under his eyes where i assume he placed small tanning goggles. he does what a lot of people do these days, which is take unnecessary immature potshots at the president s appearance. reporter: but on the very day the president blasted comey as a liar and a leaker, he pardoned scooter libby, the former chief of staff to vice president dick cheney convicted of lying to the fbi in the investigation into the leaked identity of a covert cia operative. the explanation from white house aides you know many people think that scooter libby was the victim of a special counsel gone amok. reporter: and from the president himself: i don t know mr. libby, but for years i have heard that he has been treated unfairly. let s get to cecilia vega live at th