more on this development let s bring in wall street journal columnist henninger and dan and based on evidence that s swirling around in the public how strong is this case? that s an easy question to answer paul. because maybe a thousand or more people have already answered it. unanimously, it is not a strong case. it just isn t which raises the mystery of why it s being brought. what trump is being accused of which is related to the possibility of paying hush money to adult film ac tres years ago is a misdemeanor under new york state law. prosecutor bragg is thinking about elevating it to a felonny under federal law which most specialist say they ve never seen something like that happen before especially with the former president. so the question becomes what is going on exactly with prosecutor bragg? he was under a lot of pressure from his staff before this to do it two prosecutors resign one where a book about it. i think there s the possibility paul that he s facing
away from the fact he is in power now, he is in charge now so there is jeopardy for rishi sunak particularly this week when he s not exactly having a great time. he wasn t in the number one job at the time but wasn t in the number one job at the time but the wasn t in the number one job at the time but the fact he now is puts jeopardy time but the fact he now is puts jeopardy on him and any of the other people jeopardy on him and any of the other pebble who jeopardy on him and any of the other people who have given evidence so far because he is still currently prime far because he is still currently prime minister and this will be watched prime minister and this will be watched closely notjust prime minister and this will be watched closely not just by members of the watched closely not just by members of the public looking at how he comes of the public looking at how he comes across, as you ve already mentioned, comes across, as you ve already mentioned, so
happened with the fdic weekend they failed the bank and put it into acceptorship they allowed auction to fail they put us into unchartered territory. selling bank to others. correct paul in that case what they should have done is properly execute auction. they told me that they have bid rs but they failed auction for reasons i m yet to you know having a difficult time understanding. i put the question directly to an fdic official. was it for idioloming call or substantive reasons i did not get an answer. we re going to get to the bottom of this. paul: what do you think of the treasury position on whether or not to ensure uninsure above that statutory limit because they did that in silicon valley bank they did that for signature bank. do you think that was a good decision? that i think there was a much better place to find themselves again they should have auctioned the bank properly and had new buyers on monday morning and
wants. i don t think you can get anybody really different in the treasury position, and i think in the end, he s going to be confirmed. sean: what do you think, standing back, big picture, because the president clearly wants a lot of fights. he s willing to fight on chuck hagel and here you have a guy, john brennan for the cia who said that jihad is a legitimate tenant of isl tenet of islam and he said that he s not going to allow the debt ceiling debate to be died to spending cuts which we desperately needs. he obviously he wants a fight. what do you make of the strategy that he s employed. i think what s happened to him is he feels that by winning a second term, with a slight addition of democrats in the house and the senate he now is, you know, king of the the world to quote an oscar winner of bygone days.
wants. i don t think you can get anybody really different in the treasury position, and i think in the end, he s going to be confirmed. sean: what do you think, standing back, big picture, because the president clearly wants a lot of fights. he s willing to fight on chuck hagel and here you have a guy, john brennan for the cia who said that jihad is a legitimate tenant of isl tenet of islam and he said that he s not going to allow the debt ceiling debate to be died to spending cuts which we desperately needs. he obviously he wants a fight. what do you make of the strategy that he s employed. i think what s happened to him is he feels that by winning a second term, with a slight addition of democrats in the house and the senate he now is, you know, king of the the world to quote an oscar winner of bygone days.