that is his choice. i serve at the pleasure of the president. he serves at the pleasure of a president who is an admitted sexual assaulter. donald trump is the only president in history who could find pleasure in having alex acosta in his cabinet. leading off our discussion are carol lam from the southern district of california and san diego superior court judge. a former attorney from the eastern district of michigan and legal contributor and ron is with us, a former senior aide to joe biden and president obama and a former chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee. barbara mcquaid, i want to start with you with your experience as a federal prosecutor. were you listening to the attorney explaining his decision not to prosecute someone in a major sex crimes case. what was your reaction to the totality of what you heard? i m ordinarily reluctant to
carol lam from the southern district of california and san diego superior court judge. a former attorney from the eastern district of michigan and legal contributor and ron is with us, a former senior aide to joe biden and president obama and a former chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee. barbara mcquaid, i want to start with you with your experience as a federal prosecutor. were you listening to the attorney explaining his decision not to prosecute someone in a major sex crimes case. what was your reaction to the totality of what you heard? i m ordinarily reluctant to criticize decisions by a fellow prosecutor because cases can be complicate and there might be reasons you would make a decision. things he said did not ring true. one is the idea that he was somehow bound by what the state court prosecutor was doing. because the state court
thinks he turned it around. obviously he did turn it around at the debate when he went back at the clintons. he likes to see people on the offense, not on the defense. if you apply the kavanaugh template to this press conference, no, it would have fallen short. secretary acosta is a federal official. there s an ongoing investigation by the federal government. you can t have a federal official, even if he wants to on a personal level, rage against these kind of i agree with you 100%. i accept what you re all reporting this is a performance ordered up by the president and delivered for an audience of one. we broadcast it because it s news but this was for and by donald trump. i guess my question for you is does he he seems to be someone who cares about his reputation. he seems to be kind of the hand that s not family, not son-in-law but someone in his mind alex acosta had a reputation, george w. bush i believe appointed him to that post, just turning to the southern district of c
this kerfluffle? it s just exactly that you know, years ago when we took the 707 out to california to give it to mrs. reagan for the reagan library. the air force had just repainted that air force. the only problem was when this aircraft arrived freshly painted it was the wrong design because that 707 had seen a paint change between reagan s time and bill clinton s time these kind of changes are ryu teen. the colors, patterns and so on idea there would be a change especially when you have a much larger aircraft is. if you don t do important things do you petty things. exactly. this congress has not done anything importantly lately. you have represented the southern district of california. we fixed the immigration crisis. that s great. no. if we re going to say the democrats don t want to be patriotic or american neither does the house armed services committee. because they actually voted
my understanding this administration has six months to complete this review of these case files and then report back on the separated families. what happens if we hit six months? what are the consequences if that deadline ends up not hit? great question. the judge in the southern district of california is the one that ordered the reunifications of all of those children. he also ordered the trump administration to figure how many were separated before zero tolerance. the administration missed the reunification deadline for children under 5 and the rest during the zero tolerance period there were no consequences. get it done, as fast as you can is all. obviously, of course, hold the trump administration in contempt. there s been a good working relationship between the judge andadministration. six more months to go. thank you, pal. from 30 rock. up next, reparations to baby