from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. press secretary is the only person around here talking about any of this even though she says she was not involved in any of the decisions about waiting two months after finding this classified material to go public with it. the officials who had those conversations are keeping quiet tonight. mr. president, what s your reaction to the special counsel? peter: president biden wanted to talk today about the u.s. and japan. he did not want to answer any questions about a growing classified materials scandal. they like you. white house officials are calling a special counsel interview of president biden a hypothetical; however, the president will sit for any special counsel interviews requested if officials stick to this. what i can say is his team is going to fully cooperate with the department of justice. peter: and they re already claiming the doj won t find anything wrong with the white house s
Transparency with the trump documents. bottom line is i said that night it s premature to comment on what should be done. prosecutors will get to the bottom of this and let s let them do it for god s sake. bret: that is a different sound, byron. actually, it s very good to hear because there are so many unanswered questions. if i could add one thing about indictment you remember in the trump russia investigation robert mueller came to the conclusion and the justice department agrees that a sitting president cannot be indicted and i think that s going to hold true in the biden case. so i doubt i don t think joe biden could be indicted as a sitting president while donald trump, the former president could indeed be indicted. bret: good point. friday night ling round, immigration, winners and losers and, later, notable quotables