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
mentioned something extremely important which is that there s a special break under these debt forgiveness plans for people going to work for nonprofits or the public sector. in effect, what biden and democrats are doing here are subsidizing the parties army right? i mean, most of the nonprofits are activist groups that will go out there an work own behalf of climate change and wokeness and rest of it public sector means people going to work for teacher unions or the public bureaucracies themselves. it is an outrage i m sure this is exactly what barack obama had in mind when they nationalized student loan processes during his administration and now come forward and they re going to spend upwards of a trillion to create more democrats. and kim is this essentially political insurance policy just for biden case the supreme court throws this out by the way i think it will.
health care, reformation of the student loan processes, those things help our economy long-term. these are policies that have been advocated for decades. i think that clearly fdr and others were not giving out gifts 60 years in advance for president obama. exactly. james peterson and nia malika henderson. thanks for your time. thank you. coming up, president obama was tough today. he s also said that dirty word that republicans just hate compromise. that s next. [ mother ] you can t leave the table