So humiliatingly so they had to abandon it in open court when that one question was asked. the man s whose office green lit that plea deal after sham investigation is now the special counsel. that underscores, i think, the problematic nature of that appointment by merrick garland ohio suspect did exactly what he meant to do and knows what he is doing. bret: reporters in the white house briefing room have asked these questions, a couple of them. francesca, the president has not talked about this at all. shouted questions and kept walking. this also goes back to what we were talking about. he doesn t want to talk about this either. they don t want to get involved in this. they referred questions to president biden s personal attorney. bret: one had to step away because he is a potential witness about this plea deal agreement situation. sorry to interrupt. that s absolutely right. they referred it to the personal attorneys. we also heard them take a slightly more aggressive tone ove