the only advantage to all of this is that instead of reversing what we did on the ira to save the planet or reversing what we did to reduce the cost of prescription drugs, you re wasting time. you look miserable. former house speaker nancy pelosi calls out republicans for their grievance politics and using the house floor to appease donald trump by censuring democrat adam schiff, who led the first impeachment against the former president. it comes as there s a growing riff between two of the most outspoken, far-right members of the house over how and when to impeach president biden. also ahead, we re learning more about the case special counsel jack smith is building against donald trump in the classified documents case. not looking good. plus, a man convicted of attacking a washington, d.c., police officer during the capitol riot shows a complete lack of remorse for his actions. we ll show you the officer s reaction to what happened in court yesterday. and we ll have
keep his mouth shut. joining us now, author and senior fellow gabriel schoenfeld. you have a piece published on bulwark plus entitled, it s not the law s fault that trump broke it. this is a good point. you wrote in part, in defending the former president, his allies and apologists are, as usual, hurling spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. one of the spaghetti strands is an attack on the espionage statute itself. you then specifically point to an article by conservative new york sun writer eli lake entitled, trump probably broke the law, but that law shouldn t exist, referring to the espionage act of 1917. you take the piece to task, writing, quote, fortunately, such a law in reality doesn t exist, or at least it doesn t exist today. gabriel, explain what you mean