exactly right. if i were still a federal prosecutor, i would not rely on anyone else to send out subpoenas for me and to collect evidence for me, i would do it myself, i would do it independently, by that i mean through a federal grand jury process, using the fbi to deliver the subpoenas, to collect the information and to analyze it. i would not rely on congress. i don t mean that derisively. i just wouldn t rely on anyone else. congress may forward a criminal complaint to justice. how often would justice share information and give it to the january 6th committee if they re not using it to prosecute, or is this just not a two-way street? it s typically not a two-way street. i don t know the specific dynamics here, but it s typically not a two-way street. here s why, chuck. if i m using a federal grand jury to collect information through subpoena from companies around the country, i m boundly grand jury secrecy rules, i can t share it without an order
very good faith negotiations between tim scott, cory booker on the democratic side and karen bass in the house, as far as democrats are concerned as well. and talks haven t broken down yet. i m told by my sources that of course qualified immunity is the remaining issue, the most difficult issue that they re trying to come to an agreement on, but everyone is in agreement that these talks are not going to drag on forever. there is a really good sign there could be some big bipartisan deal that is reached. the question, though, is tim scott going to bring along nine other senate republicans in order to pass this? and all indications point to that they are mostly going to follow his lead, but, of course, we have to see a deal first. as eugene was mentioning, infrastructure that s still in the ether, that s going to be a months-long process, but there could be something there, geoff. it is definitely infrastructure week. thank you both for the reality
own language. then you also have to look at our legal immigration system. how is the asylum process working? do people feel like there is at least some process they can plug into? this is the beginning of what i think has to be a multi-year effort that will begin to bend the curve in terms of migration quotes. it s a good point. the u.s. also has to make up for military coups, there has been corporate spending, sapping from the region that adds to the instability there. it strikes me there is also a crisis when it comes to solutions. could there be a mini plan like the u.s. program that rebuilt europe after world war ii? yes, and i think, again, you have to recognize that the dysfunction in our politics makes that more difficult because if you talk about the marshall plan, this takes five or six years to see results.
their way 2,500 miles through the brush to try and make it as the responsible thing. so this is a very difficult task that the vice president has to undertake here. i think one of the things she did, and i ll be curious to see that this actually reaches the audience, when she was continuing her remarks at the very end, she said, do not come, do not come. the u.s. is hoping a legal issue could occur. most of the people i ve met don t even have the education level to understand migration laws, so they couldn t deal with that. i did speak to an immigration attorney here who told me the process to try to migrate to the united states legally is impossible. going to the office, just finding the office where you would file the paperwork is next to impossible. then one other thing that she noted here, and this is going to be interesting especially for
alan weisselberg, the washington times reports he already has appeared before the grand jury. if you re alan weisselberg, what are you thinking right now, and what are you thinking if you re donald trump? so it s very interesting to watch this new york grand jury process. it s different than a federal grand jury process. witnesses who are targets typically aren t brought in front of the grand jury because they obtain a form of immunity known as transactional immunity from prosecution. so what we ve recently seen is that the controller of the trump organization has gone in and testified, someone who worked every day with alan weisselberg and who would have had information about his interactions with the former president. this is a high pressure situation with pressure being brought to bear on the top echelons of the trump organization. thank you for that