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Want to put up on the screen the other context here that the fbi director who replaced comey for being fired for insufficient loyalty, that former acting fbi director is awaiting any decision whether doj is indicting him right here in america. and a judge is pushing back. for your analysis, i want to read this. a judge saying the government will have to make a call. that s ranks to the trump administration. if it and does the, i m going to start ordering the release of information. in our society, our public has a right to know what s going on. unusual judicial pushback for a very controversial case where the argument is the that bill barr s justice department is doing what trump was asking ukraine to do. what does that all mean? how does that figure into this? the short form is are you prosecuting an innocent man for political purposes? and one of the requests to the justice department is the question, isn t it a fact you presented this to a grand jury and they wouldn t indict? that ....
Me now with the reaction is raheem chris , senior fellow and editor of the transatlantic program for the center of a new american security. let s start with you. how is this not seen as a rebuke of the globalists? andrea, angela merkel did in that interview with chris, i m a poor, isn t it a fact that the people unemployment through the roof, and the consumer confidence is in the toilet, ours are going up. you re absolutely right to highlight that there has been a big backlash against the mainstream and politics of usual in europe, and this european election was no exception. we see in the firelight do exceptionally well but there s another part of the story too which is you saw a reaction on all sides of the political spectrum turn out with higher than it s been in decades. and it wasn t just the far right that did so well. it was the liberals, the greens, and so i think more than ....
Transatlantic program for the center of a new american security. let s start with you. how is this not seen as a rebuke of the globalists? andrea, angela merkel did in that interview with isn t it a fact that the people unemployment through the roof and the consumer confidence is in the toilet, ours are going up. you re absolutely right to highlight that there has been a big backlash against the mainstream and politics of usual in europe, and this european election was no exception. we see the far right do exceptionally well but there s another part of the story too which is you saw a reaction on all sides of the political spectrum turn out with higher than it s been in decades. and it wasn t just the far right that did so well. it was the liberals, the greens ....
Purse by congress with the president doing things after congress specifically voted in regards to border security. the president s overriding the will of congress. he s not the legislature, we are. isn t it a fact that not only is it not only under the control of the congress to deal with the monies and the purse strings, but the congress, as you just cited, specifically voted against this allocation, and you re setting up a precedent where a president can say i propose this, if i don t get it, i m going to call an emergency executive order, which really is anthony thet cal to the balances of power, executive, legislative and judicial branch. this is deeper than donald trump. we re acting as if there are not three branches of government. you re absolutely right. and a lot of my republican friends said, look, what happens when there s a democratic president and he does something we pass an ....
Hold on, sir, i m controlling the time. let me move on. i d like to take a moment to better understand your decision not to recuse yourself from the supervision of the special counsel s investigation. isn t it a fact, sir, that you received your final ethics guidance on this matter on december 19, 2018? i appreciate this question, and i m glad this is an opportunity it s a pretty direct question. did you receive your final guidance on that question? as you know, we have communicated with congress the entire process that i went through to address any recusal questions that i might have, and i had no conflict of interest. i had no financial i understand you take that position, but my simple question is, isn t it a fact that you received your final ethics guidance on that question on december 19, 2018? congressman, we laid out very explicitly the process that we ....