i don t think you can get to that point. it really is all about what his state of mind is and the indictment was somewhat underwhelming on that point to me. laura: well, underwhelming, i don t know what document you read, tim, but i think it s beyond underwhelming. this i read a lot of indictments in my day, and serious cases involving white collar criminal my old life, bret, what am i missing here? donald trump thought the election was rigid. we all know it he said it forever. now that eventually is a federal crime. really? you know, laura, when you watch a hollywood movie where they are portraying some fantastic amazing athlete but they are using an actor who just doesn t have the right swing or can t make the jump shot? that is what this prosecutor is and that is what this indictment is. it is cringey. it s so tough for me having drafted these, presented these to grand juries to sit and watch
they have to prove that yard but here s the other thing that s going to make this case even more complicated is that they actually have to go in and take every single allegation of fraud and disprove all of those beyond a reasonable doubt, too. so not only do think have to prove that they were false, they have to prove that they knew they were false and that he knew it at the time that it was false it s incredibly high mountain to climb. i just don t see how they could possibly do it. laura: and, bret, just given what we have seen from given what we have seen about hunter biden investigation. and the hands off oh, we can t go there. oh we have got to give him a heads up on that search. there is no wonder that people have declining faith in the federal government and then this is oh we have got to give them the benefit of the doubt. they will definitely find intent down the road or with that next witness. it s a completely different approach based on the political
today say look i had 1800 phone calls to vote no. five to vote yes. they are listening to their voters. that s that we need to do. that s one of the problems that congress have had. they have not been listening left or right to the american people. brett: guy, they ran on this in 2012. 2014, 2016 they got control of the white house and senate because of the monday tranchts i think the president is right. the status quo of obamacare is failing and 100 percent owned by the democrats because they passed it with no republican votes. but now republicans have been given, by voters, everything that they said they needed to repeal and replace a failing law. and they have been unable to do so. therefore, there is now some ownership of the resulting mess on the republican side of this. and one other point, in this city we re going to talk about who s weakened and who looks bad who got hurt a lot of people breathe ago sigh of relief today that
from the white house about the nature of monday s hearing. it s hard for me to come to any other conclusion about why an agreed upon hearing would be suddenly cancelled. reporter: the republican chairman said the nsa has partially complied with the committee s request for how many americans were swept up in foreign surveillance investigations. including members of the trump and clinton campaigns. the rest of the nsa documents are expected over the weekend or early next week. the review will take several days, bret. brett: thank you. eporter: you are welcome. brett: james comey was at the white house today said there was inner agency meeting. investigators are hoping to find a smoking gun that would prove the obama administration used legal surveillance methods to actively spy on the trump transition team. chief washington correspondent james rosen broke that story for us. joins me now with blea has learned. james, good evening. where would g.o.p. staffers find 1u67 evidence? br
budget deficits, run away social welfare programs, and rampant illegal immigration. now, some dismiss the california bill as silly and smug, but it s not without impact. in texas opponents of a bathroom bill there point to the california legislation and the potential loss of revenue along with sporting events as a reason not to back the bill. bret? brett: william, thank you. president trump and house speaker paul ryan pull the repeal and replace bill off the table. what the death of the g.o.p. healthcare bill means for the president s ability to close a deal. the next deal. a panel weighs in after this.