reporter michael cranish at the washington post says that the january 6th investigation is now weighing whether they will seek testimony from congressmang brooks as well as congressman perry and congressman jordan, although whether or not they will put in a request to congressman mo brooks, who knows how they will deal with these republican members of congress saying they won t testify. members of congress, there is no precedent for subpoenaing them for trying to make it compulsory that they comply.rr eyh s congressman brooks was in federal court today in washington acting as his own lawyer, which is always a bad idea.ic he is acting as his own lawyer in the civil lawsuits, some of the civil lawsuits that have been brought to try to hold him accountable alongside president trump and others for their behavior leading up to and on january 6th.vehe this was a long federal court hearing in washington, d.c., that addressed three of those civil lawsuits today. it was specifically on the qu
analyst and white house correspondent pour the new york times, maggie haberman, cnn political analyst david gregory, senior congressional current for the washington examiner david trucker and co-author of the book trump revealed, michael cranish. david gregory, i can t help but continue to be struck by what s going to happen this morning between president obama, president-elect donald trump. there s been so much acrimony. if there can be a peaceful transition of power and they re riding together in the car to the capitol and have a conversation together, our democracy is strong. it is strong and our country is strong, and i think these symbols of the transfer of power that america does, unlike any other country, are just an amazing testament to the strength of the republic. even at a divided time. you have trump coming in with historically low numbers coming
candidacy a candidacy. to try to answer this question of why is mitt romney doing this? joining me now is someone who has done extensive research on both men. michael cranish of the washington post and author of the real romney. you have written a book about both men and specifically so much time covering mitt romney. why is mitt romney independence in working for donald trump? mitt romney has lost the last two times he ran for president and donald trump was successful. in mitt romney s eyes he still wants to serve. last thing he did was governor of massachusetts a small state and still wants to be out there. this is a job he s not a great candidate. he didn t connect with people like donald trump was. being appointed to a position is attractive and one of the most important jobs in federal government. nothing like failed former massachusetts governor who republican presidential nominees and secretary of state. not for john kerry. this idea, though, that did romney truly
can t lose. i ve got to basically make myself viable again so it s a little bit of rehabilitation for himself in that he can now say, look. i got along with donald trump and respect what he did and he is the leader of us all. michael cranish, thank you for coming in. nice to have me. one color example of how to make things so much simpler has made them so much more implicated. that is coming up. go, go!
boston globe reporting michael cranish has written why romney lost the campaign this year. it includes access to insiders on the record including romney s oldest son tagg who says of his father, quote, he wanted to be president less than anyone i ve met in my life. he had no desire to run. if he could have found someone else to take his place, he would have been ecstatic to step aside. he is a very private person who loves his family and his country but doesn t love the attention. former huckabee manager chip saltzman is with us too. this is fun. this is joyful today. i love to know motive and reason. but i find it hard. i was never a big romney fan. i didn t have a personal problem with him, but i never thought of him as as thentic. the one time i caught him in iowa signing people s posters and it was a rainy day. i said to him can you say let them eat cake in french.