having been a u.s. attorney and still be double added as a special counsel? and then his opinion of this, andrew weissman s is weiss already messed up the hunter plea agreement and now this. so do you see a conflict between him continuing as a u.s. attorney in delaware but having the ability to file an indictment in another venue, as now a special counsel. paul? andrew is right, the cfrs, the regulations that control the appointment of a special counsel call for somebody outside of government. i don t expect that that fact, that specific regulation, has escaped merrick garland s attention. somehow they have made this appointment, taking that issue into account, and went forward. i m not quite certain how it is they did so, but we can be certain that very smart people within the department of justice have addressed that issue, that that point hasn t escaped their attention. we will have to see how it is
people have been charged with. so, i think his willingness to discuss these things, in ways that now, with his indictment, seemed very damning, they seemed damning at the time, this in particular damning in retrospect, that s directive. direct evidence he didn t think it is valuable to indictment, didn t think they do, they didn t think they do it because of who he is. and because of what he might threaten this country with. upon him being indicted. when we did see when he was indicted in new york, he called on his supporters to protest. to take to the streets. to fight. nobody did. i don t know if he s going to do the same kind of thing. or in what way he s going to do that, with regard to what s going to happen on tuesday. that has been the implicit and in sometimes explicit threat of what he will do about what his sort of insurance policy is for what he plans to do to the country if the country plans to hold him accountable. that card is still on the table this, point hasn t been
i think january 6 was a terrible day. we should note the polling shows widespread support for red flag laws. joining us now is national politics romper for the hill julia manchester. you ve been covering nikki haley, the former south carolina governor who to this point hasn t picked up much traction in the polls but what are you seeing on the trail? are voters responding? look, jonathan, when you go on the trail in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, the idea of her trailing in the national polls doesn t really seem to be getting in the way of her message on the trails. she s really relying on these one-on-one very intimate meetings with voters. she s going to a lot of these smaller gatherings in new hampshire, iowa, south carolina, that she is states are really known for and that s something her campaign is really trying to tout, that grassroots support they say is starting with these communities and going up. that being said, though, she is very much trailing. the latest real cl
michael higgins. let s listen to me, mr president, can i have a selfie? unselfish selfie? mr president very quickly just over here. questions from reporters hours. someone wanted to listen in a little bit. oh, is that right? was taking questions about the classified he did a whole investigation going on. we should just let that play out, said they re getting close, meaning the intelligence community trying to figure out who may have leaked this. want to listen in. all right, let s bring in our colleague phil mattingly. he joins us live. this is sort of fun chat now with the president, but he didn t answer. you know, some serious questions about the intel league. yeah and probably what s interesting is it s the first time he really has up to this point hasn t taken many. if any questions on this trip, the white house has been very cognizant. very cognizant of the