even questioning how this came to light. merrick garland was getting creamed in the pr war as trump repeatedly slammed the search as a break-in, but the attorney general felt he couldn t publicly respond. so justice department officials made hair case through leaks their case through leaks which violate the rights of a potential defendant who hasn t been charged with anything and may not be. they made garland s case from a behind a curtain of anonymity. a poll-up piece in the washington post cited people with direct information. as an ethical matter, the leaks are indefensible. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, we ll question senior white house adviser gene sperling on the fierce debate over the president forgiving college debt for millions. that new york times story triggered a media explosion, especially the part about donald trump repeatedly holding on to documents so sensitive they could only be seen in a secure government room and a deep s
court s ruling was to take the issue out of the hands of the justices and return it to the states where they could forge their own policies, and that s what happened in kansas. state lawmakers can still adopt a ban on abortions as indiana did days later, but to-lifers must weigh pro-lifers must weigh whether republicans want to go that far especially when it comes to rape, incest and the life of the mother. now, i understand the deep beliefs of the pro-life side which vows to keep on fighting just as the pro-choice side would if it had lost, but this is the kind of democratic process majority envisioned. decisions are far more complicated than a simple yes or no. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. if. howard: ahead, mike huckabee joins us on a wide range of media issues. we ll look at the senate voterama that s still going on as democrats are about to push through their big climate, health and taxes bill. the pundits quickly weighed in with opposing views on k
what could be. in any form but they really want to damage me so i can no longer go back to work for you and i don t think that s going to happen. i don t know that our movement is that divided. i don t know that the president and i differ on issues. but we may differ on focus. bret: breaking tonight what could be a preview of the battle of the 2024 presidential nomination. former president trump and former vice president pence addressing separate conservative groups today here in washington. senior national correspondent rich edson is at one of them tonight. good evening, rich. former president trump and former vice president mike pence giving two very different speeches in washington today. the former president just wrapped here. he gave a speech, lasted about an hour, hour and a half or so. in doing so, he mentioned a number of typically trump topics when it came to safety, economy. other issues like the january 6th i economy, impeachment, and the 2020 election. i
who desperately don t want me to run for president in 2024 but, of course, the fbi is run by his appointee, chris wray. media liberals cheered on garland for the first time while media conservatives slammed an out of control justice department on the hypocrisy watch. both sides took precisely the opposite position when the fbi was investigating hillary clinton. trump asked what was the difference between mar-a-lago and and watergate? one involved actual burglars who turned out to be working for the nixon re-election committee, and the other government agents. now, do did the attorney general spark this huge backlash against doj by staying quiet for four days while he merely appeared to be seeking some boxes of classified papers that trump didn t turn over to the national archives? no question about it. that set off the pundits. these are blood thirsty savages who want to see him humiliated and violated. this is a threat to anybody who opposes them. look what we can do to yo
interesting to see see is how the supreme court decides to take this on because there are so many gray areas in the section of the constitution. and i did think a brief that was filed, an amicus brief, friend of the court brief filed by republicans, they filed it just a couple of days ago, makes an interesting point. there s longstanding supreme court press tent that says states may not alter qualification to the office of the president. they say colorado did that here because if you look at the section of the constitution, it e talks about what may disqualify someone from holding office, not seeking office. so can you remove the right for americans to vote for the candidate of their choose, and i thought that was an interesting argument. howard: what do you make of some media liberals saying, yeah, trump s an insurrectionist, he s a threat to democracy and he should be kicked off? who decides that? he wasn t convicted of it politically.