governor had a huge case that i covered at the supreme court last year where they said to many of these laws on political corruption are so vague that you could get in trouble for going to lunch with somebody or taking a basketball ticket to the game. the clear governor mcdonnell because of that in the menendez lawyers have argued saying listen, this is just vague, you can t convict them. a genius. he billed i think four and a half million dollars on this case, probably worth a lot more than that. when he explains it, these two men were just deep friends and of course he will let your friend use her private jet and state your luxury resorts and of course if your friend is a senator he will fix all your problems with the government and keep the medicare money flowing. french of explains it all. he even said in his closing statement, gifts i m trying to remember the exact quote. basically he said gifts to create a friendship, to build a friendship are not bribes. and the jury agreed
governor had a huge case that i covered at the supreme court last year where they said to many of these laws on political corruption are so vague that you could get in trouble for going to lunch with somebody or taking a basketball ticket to the game. the clear governor mcdonnell because of that in the menendez lawyers have argued saying listen, this is just vague, you can t convict them. a genius. he billed i think four and a half million dollars on this case, probably worth a lot more than that. when he explains it, these two men were just deep friends and of course he will let your friend use her private jet and state your luxury resorts and of course if your friend is a senator he will fix all your problems with the government and keep the medicare money flowing. french of explains it all. he even said in his closing statement, gifts i m trying to remember the exact quote. basically he said gifts to create a friendship, to build a friendship are not bribes. and the jury agreed
democrats have long said that the president should release his tax returns to prove he has nothing to do with russia. now, to the discussion of who should replace james comey, republican senator, mike lee, is floating an unlikely name. this morning, other gop lawmakers are backing that idea. one name that i think the white house really ought to consider, is marek garland, the d.c. circuit judge nominated for the supreme court last year. this is someone with a long history of prosecutorial experience. one of the lead prosecutors behind the timothy mcveigh prosecution in oklahoma city. this would be an exciting pick, a prosecutors prosecutor. he has likely allies as a potential fbi nominee in both political parties. eric merrick garland is back in the spotlight. i suggested that the whitecious ought to consider him.
investigation. here is senate minority leader chuck schumer. this special prosecutor would have much greater latitude in who he can subpoena, which questions they ask, how to conduct an investigation. shannon: senator mike lee of utah sits on the judiciary committee and joins us live. we ve got a list, a number of names floated out there. have you got a pick? you know, there are a lot of people who could take this job. it is important and a lot of people will be paying attention. one name i think the white house out to consider is merrick garland who was nominated for the supreme court last year. a long history lead prosecutors behind the tim they mcveigh prosecution in oklahoma city and an exciting pick. shannon: oversaw the prosecution of the unibomber. an interesting pick. how do your democratic
i think it s ground breaking in terms of this piece of information is that these guys have standing to take this to court. the supreme court effectively has not heard large cases about the nsa surveillance program because it is said that nobody has suffered personal abuse. do you see this being an entry point to take this to the highest court in the land? absolutely. this is a crucial point, alex, you just asked about. the obama administration has been saying for years but certainly over the last year. you need not worry, spying is completely legal and constitutional. every time the aclu and other groups and people sued to get a ruling on whether or not this is legal and constitutional, the obama justice department goes into court and raises a technicality and says they can t prove they were subjected to the spying and therefore they have no standing to actually sue because we all do it in secret and nobody can prove they were spied upon. the courts throw the case out. the five r