president. he was the u.s. district attorney in eastern new york and then deputy attorney general. he was a very senior trump official. every director of the fbi in history has been a republican. to accuse the organization of bias despite that. but to be honest, nicolle, it doesn t matter. it doesn t matter what rich donahue s politics are. it doesn t matter with a chris wray s politics are. these are officials who do the right thing. the department of justice is full of people like that. and that doesn t matter who wins the election. they are pros. and they do the right thing whether they re republicans or democrats that has been my experience. i think that historically has been borne out by the actions of the department. and i think that s what we re facing here. whether they re witnesses or whether they re on the other side of the podium asking questions, they re going to do the right thing. in fact, finally are going to be developed and accountability may ensue. may being the ope
were conservative republicans, were trump appointees, were people on whom he relied on various policy issues and other things over the course of his administration. they were not partisans that were looking contrary to what you might hear from current members of congress. these were not partisans out the sink the president. they were really hoping that he would win. but they weren t willing to compromise their principles when he didn t. there are republicans out there and thankfully were the witnesses for us. and they re still out there, hopefully more and more of them and their voices are heard as we go forward. yeah, it s a really important point. we covered mr. donahue s interview on newsnation where he is talking about the integrity of jack smith. and he describes him as center right in his personal politics. andrew weissman points out they know each other from their days as prosecutors in the eastern district of new york. but he was a 25.5 mile man. heavy was with donald trump u
of the marathon and sort of gets off the route before the coup. not even before the election goes down, which trump has all seeded will be fraudulent if he doesn t win. what do you make of this, frank, the witnesses like him, tim, if this trial proceeds, this indictment against trump as we re told to expect any day or week? i think it makes a huge difference. look, cross-examination 101 is to look for bias. to either look for inconsistency, lack of opportunity to observe, or bias. so to the extent rich donahue is a witness in the potential criminal trial in washington, d.c., where is the bias? where is the bias against president trump? when he was right there with him on the immigration policy, on changing the priorities of the department of justice from the previous administration. he was right there lockstep with the president and his policies, was an appointee of the