filibuster straight up. there are certain things that are just sacred rights. one is the sacred obligation that we never are going to reanything on a debt. only nation in the world we have never, ever, renigged on a single debt. voting rights is consequential. voting rights, just so i m clear, though, you would entertain the notion of doing away with the filibuster on that one issue, is that correct? and maybe more. and maybe other issues. okay. just a short time ago the full house voted to hold former trump ally steve bannon, current trump ally as well, in criminal contempt of congress. a week ago you said the department of justice should prosecute those who defied subpoenas from the january 6th committee. was that appropriate for you to weigh in on? no. the way i said it was not appropriate. i said they asked me would
are just sacred rights. one is the sacred obligation that we never are going to reanything on a debt. only nation in the world we have never, ever, renigged on a single debt. voting rights is consequential. voting rights, just so i m clear, though, you would entertain the notion of doing away with the filibuster on that one issue, is that correct? and maybe more. and maybe other issues. okay. just a short time ago the full house voted to hold former trump ally steve bannon, current trump ally as well, in criminal contempt of congress. a week ago you said the department of justice should prosecute those who defied subpoenas from the january 6th committee. was that appropriate for you to weigh in on? no. the way i said it was not appropriate. i said they asked me would i do i think that they should
convenience. kelly o donnell is with us. what do we know about this? this could certain i will be a movie plot that takes us back to a time when we remember the intensity around impeachment and some of the figures holding government office that became characters in this drama. gordon sondland was prominent among them. because his employer did not pay for his legal representation when he was part of what his documents call a highly charged testimony in front of congress, that he incured considerable expenses. sondland says he was given assurances by secretary of state pompeo that his costs would be covered. his legal bills total $1.8 million and the government renigged on that promise.
was to put on a big fight that everyone could see, let s be real, the president in terms of the policy of the wall, i don t know that it keeps him up at night, i don t know that he thinks we need this big wall. i think he wants to put on a show for his base to show he is fighting for the wall, and ann coulter got upset so he renigged. so i think he is listening to them if he is setting policy. it is always better for the talk radio crowd. that is true, but the real question here is that if trump is such a tough guy, such a guy like who wants to push things, won t he get mad for them having forced him to back a policy that drove his poll numbers
politics, in my opinion the justice department under the outgoing administration renigged and made decisions rather than legal grounds. how important is it to commit to legal statutes even as a legislature you would oppose those? senator hatch, you have been through many of these issues and i certainly do respect your judgment but i do believe that the lawyer for the congress, the lawyer for the united states that represents the united states government in court should be the lawyer that defends an act lawfully passed in congress wherever it s reasonable argument can be made and i commit to you i will do that. i believe you and i know that s true. and i have a rough time seeing