Circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. This Appointment Underscores for the public the departments commitment to both independence and accountability and particularly sensitive matters. And to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. Lets bring in Wall Street Journal columnist Dan Henninger and kim strassel do you think Merrick Garland had a choice here or was he boxed in and really had to appoint a special council or is he just trying to build in some political insulation here for the hard choices that may come . Well i would say all of the above, paul. [laughter] for sure. I mean, really consider that one week ago today, we were all sitting here discussing that fiasco of Kevin Mccarthy House Speakership Roll Forward nearly one week we have a spectacle of a special council appointed to investigate the sitting president of the United States after one has already been appointed a special council to investigate the form
circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. this appointment underscores for the public the department s commitment to both independence and accountability and particularly sensitive matters. and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. let s bring in wall street journal columnist dan henninger and kim strassel do you think merrick garland had a choice here or was he boxed in and really had to appoint a special council or is he just trying to build in some political insulation here for the hard choices that may come? well i would say all of the above, paul. [laughter] for sure. i mean, really consider that one week ago today, we were all sitting here discussing that fiasco of kevin mccarthy house speakership roll forward nearly one week we have a spectacle of a special council appointed to investigate the sitting president of the united states after one has already been appointed a special council to inv
and this is their big reform? i mean figure this out. why are we rewarding three adversaries to the united states cuba venezuela and one fail state sending us 30,000 a month and we ll accept them and we can be guaranteed there are 30,000 people a month trying come here legally. we don t know that there are going to be 30,000 of them coming here illegally to expel but this is the big reform. and then they say we need more resources mayorkas says spell it out and we need republicans to fix the broken system. well why didn t you do that when you were in control so republicans are being given ammunition but they got to do this in the right way which means they got to seek balance between, you know, investigating only and trying to legislate. yeah i think that s a very difficult job for kevin mccarthy new speaker karl thanks so much. appreciate the insight thanks for coming. still ahead with his student loan forgiveness plan in limbo ahead of a supreme court
again. they may and because the question is what are republicans in the house going to do? are they going to realize there needs to be a balance between constantly investigating the administration and legislative putting forward conservative proposals that will attract support across the country and have little chance of making it through the senate and being signed by the president. but nonetheless will speak to what republican party stands for and will they take on administration in a thoughtful way when the administration offers proposals. you mentioned immigration. think about this. this was what they had the president goes to the border and mayorcuss and administration will accept 30,000 people a month from cuba haiti, nicaragua and venezuela if they apply in their country of origin and work for two years and also will then use title 42 to expel 30,000 people a month who come across the border illegally from those four countries.