after negotiating a deal he supported them. i appreciate you coming on and sharing your perspective. kevin mccarthy previewed part of the agenda. we will hold the swamp accountable. from the withdrawal of afghanistan, to the origins of covid and the weaponization of the fbi. [ cheers and applause ] let me be very clear we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job done. well, speaking of subpoenas, joining me is the incoming chair of the house oversight committee, congressman james comber of kentucky, who was a backer of kevin mccarthy on all 15 ballots. welcome back to meet the press. thanks for having me. let me start with the deal that was cut before we get to
As we come on the air, were live in brussels. But the focus is on his next stop with 48 hours to go before the president sits down face to face with Vladimir Putin. Before he does we did. Keir simmons with a brand new peace. You will only see it on this show. President putin getting testy when being pressed. Will you commit to sending no more troops into ukraiian soviet territory . Wait until you hear what he had to say about that. We have Keir Simmons Live In Moscow with more of his exchew sieve interview. We also have make memoli. Keir, good morning to you and boy this was a ride ranging interview, significant on a number of fronts including this issue that you ask id him about ukraine. Yes, we were trying to understand what his strategy is. His strategy is to attack, negotiate, attack, negotiate. Arrest americans and then try to negotiate a trade. What it appears to be is talking about troops and then i want to talk about nato. He also talks about history and resentment. Bush promis
a little fuzziness here about how he thought he would step down by the summer, and because of everything being delayed he was staying on and now abruptly he will be gone by the end of next week. the national security team overseaing the leak investigations and the requests for subpoenas for reporters investigation, and this it is possible that he may he would certainly know about something at that level, and he hat the authority to approve it in the place of the attorney general. and he may have done that. on this topic of subpoenas, merrick garland has come under pressure from lawmakers saying how it was possible that the doj under former president trump, let s be clear, before the biden
november will remember this christmas present. it goes back even further. if we want to talk about the sanctity of subpoenas, why do the majority we draw withdraw from the kauffmann suit? they could have stayed with that in court. no, it s a waste of time, we woerc won t do it. don t hand me high and mighty comments about process, it is about congress being petulant, we don t want what we don t want because we want it now. february of this year, acting attorney whittaker, remember this? many of you here wrote about this. they were trying to get acting attorney general whittaker here because they were trying to make political points as the year got started because there was nothing rolling yet. mueller hadn t happened and couldn t talk about it except in
yet. they re getting ready to vote for their christmas president. i think the american people next november will remember their christmas president. if we want to talk about the sanctity of subpoenas, why did the majority withdraw from the suit? why did they withdraw from that? they wanted to continue they could have done this. they could have had this charade and stayed in court. don t hand me these high and mighty arguments about process. this is about congress just being petulant and saying we don t want because we wanted it now. i can take you back to february of this year. acting attorney general whitaker. i ll remind some of the folks. they were trying to get acting attorney general whitaker here because they were trying to make political points before as the year got started because there was nothing rolling yet. mueller hadn t happened so they couldn t talk about it except in broad generic terms.