addressed the unprecedented indictment friday. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. if applying those laws, collecting facts, that s what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more and nothing less. paul: joining me now is the former attorney general of the united states, michael mukasey. judge mukasey, good to see you. so you ve read the indictment. how strong is it? well, if the facts set forth in there are provable, and a great deal of it indicates that they clearly are, it is very strong. a lot of the evidence comes from his own lawyer who was compelled to testify over a claim of attorney-client privilege based on conversations he had with donald trump that show that he knew that he had classified information. there was, there are two instances in which he met with people on the outside, one a writer, the other a fundraiser. and showed them classified information and said that he knew that he had it and knew that it was cl
certainly a major strength. and you compare that to the russians who lack the will, morale is low, leadership is isn t what it should be nor is the training. so, yes, the ukrainians have a huge opportunity in front of them. paul: general jack keane, thanks so much for coming in today, appreciate it. still ahead, less than four years after candidate joe biden promised to make saudi arabia a pariah, crown prince mohamed bin salman emerges the victor in the deal between thein j pga and liv golf. ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein, one gram of sugar. enter the nourishing moments giveaway for a chance to win $10,000. your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel- nothing beats it. new pronamel active shield actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is a gamechanger for my patients- it really works.
the ukrainians have a huge opportunity here. the united states and the west has helped them but not with everything that they wanted and certainly not in the time frame that they wanted it. and they ve within attacking in three different locations. two of them they ve succeeded in marginally in ma muled and zaporizhzhia they conducted an attack, and the russians were able to stop it using attack helicopters and also successful introduction of electronic warfare and jamming ukrainians. the fact is, is that this is going to go on for weeks. but the ukrainians, i think, do have an advantage. and even though they re outnumbered by the russians, they have an advantage in terms of the leadership that they have, the training that s been conducted. the united states and the west has trained over 40,000 ukrainian soldiers, and most importantly the determination of the soldiers that are fighting for their families, fighting for the livelihood of their country. and so their determination is
they cut those off and get down to the sea, that divides the russian military. and from there they would be with able to threaten crimea. not with ground force invasion yet, but they would do it with long range artillery, rockets and missiles on their bases and depots where they have ammunition and the like. and eventually, zelenskyy and his generals do want to retake crimea. but they wouldn t do that this year. but that would be a huge strategic loss for putin if the ukrainians were able to have that achievement. paul: what odds do you put that ukraine is going to succeed here? and it strikes me, general, that the stakes are really significant because if they can t succeed in this, there s going to be more pressure on its supporters like the and europe to say, well, you know, we just have to stop and cut a peace deal. yeah, there s no doubt about it, the stakes are very high. i totally agree with you, paul.
explosion that the dam and flood parts of the battlefield there. well, it s an impediment. i do think it was done by a tactical russian command orer, and i think he saw an assault coming, not a major assault, and he released this. he just washed away a lot of his own minds and actually a lot of his own defenses. i don t think he s long for the position, to be frank about it. and it s hurting the people more than anybody. but in terms of how to recover from that, i put my money on the ukrainians recovering because they re more adaptable. but the the offensive has begun, and so our audience understands, the strategic objective that ukraine is trying to achieve so to get to the southern part of ukraine and cut off the land bridge that russia established as a result of their recent invasion in february. and those are supply lines that go from russia to crimea.