Independent counsel for ken starr during the investigation into president bill clinton he is in miami but what was your assessment stephen of bars testimony yesterday. Well i think from a legal matter didnt really break any new ground i think he tried to say all the right things and i think theyre looking stand he was very measured i think from a political perspective i think he probably won the day in the sense that democrats really try to. Beat on him from a political matter and they didnt really pin him down as well as they probably could have this question could have been better with a few exceptions. Barnes said hes independent impartial and a defender of the rule of law do you agree. I think he believes he is i think he has his view of the presidency and breath of the power of the presidency and i think hes supporting that view of the unitary executive i can see why people think that hes being not that that hes not independent because he is i think hes supporting the president an
Recent meeting with white house chief of staff marc meadows. And treasury secretary steve mnuchin. We alternate who goes first each day. Theres no diabolical or anything. Alright so we spent an hour and a half. It really went out issue by issue by issue slogging through them. They made concessions we appreciated. We made some concessions which they appreciated. We are still far away on a lot of the important issues. We are continuing to go at it. My get fundamental disagreement as to scope and depth of the problem and solution for this is the greatest crisis america has faced in 75 years. Economically. And 100 years healthwise. We believe it needs a big bold solution. They are still wrapped in this idea that the government should not do much and leave it to the private sector. It just does not work. They are also not unified. They admit theres a large number of republicans in the senate will not vote for anything. We dont exactly know her donald trump is he does a different thing every
A political perspective i think he probably won the day in the sense that the democrats really try to. Beat on him from a political matter and they didnt really pin him down as well as they probably could have this question could have been better with a few exceptions. Large cities independent impartial and a defender of the rule of law do you agree. I think he believes he is i think he has his view of the presidency and breath of the power of the presidency and i think he is supporting that view of the unitary executive i can see why people think that hes being not that that hes not independent because he is i think hes supporting the president and giving the president wide berth from up from a constitutional standpoint i think its very hard for people to divorce that from their political views what is the law of the constitution say attorneys general are supposed to be on the lawyer for the country what is their involvement with the president well thats a great question right and i t
There with former federal prosecutors stephen den haag he served as associate independent counsel for ken starr during the investigation into president bill clinton he is in miami all right what was your assessment stephen of bars testimony yesterday. Well i think from a legal marriage didnt really break any new ground i think he tried to say all the right things and if youre looking stand he was very measured i think from a political perspective i think he probably won the day in the sense that the democrats really tried to. Beat on him from a political matter and they didnt really pin him down as well as they probably could have this question could have been better with a few exceptions. Barnes said hes independent impartial and a defender of the rule of law do you agree. I think he believes he is i think he has his view of the presidency and breath of the power of the presidency and i think he is supporting that view of the unitary executive i can see why people think that hes being
A former federal prosecutor on this addition to. The politicking on larry king our says hes independent impartial and a defender of the rule of law critics say hes behaving as a political actor serving trumps interests and not those of the people lets start there with former federal prosecutors stephen den haag he served as associate independent counsel for ken starr during the investigation into president bill clinton he is in miami all right what was your assessment stephen of bars testimony yesterday. Well i think from a legal marriage didnt really break any new ground i think he tried to say all the right things and looking stand he was very measured i think from a political perspective i think he probably won the day in the sense that the democrats really tried to. Beat on him from a political matter and they didnt really pin him down as well as they probably could have this question could have been better with a few exceptions. Barnes said hes independent impartial and a defender