leads the league in fried chicken eating and angry letter writing thus far. do you think democrats for their part are taking an undue amount of time to exert the rights and privileges they have on this case? you know, probably. but they re in a quandary because when they come forward, there is going to be a delay. so let s take what mnuchin said today s today, he has no leg to stand on. it is right there is no discretion here. but when they take him to court, as they will have to, they could be in for a three-year process until they re vindicated as has happened with eric holder in fast and furious. here is another place where barr has come in and given a shot in the arm to trump s agenda. what mnuchin didn t just say you have no legislative purpose. he said i have consulted with the department of justice and you have no legislative purpose. he was able to cloak that legal
recommended jay powell as chairman of the fed. as alison was just talking about, especially after his bizarre calls with the country s largest banks. reporter: that s right, kate. as alison noted, the stock market not really being reflective of what mnuchin was trying to do and find a sunny side to all of this volatility. a source familiar with the calls that mnuchin had this weekend with some of the country s top banking ceos, they say they were totally baffled by these calls. mnuchin was told there were no liquidity issues. he was told by one bank ceo that some of the volatility in washington is causing uncertainty in the stock market with the government shutdown, questions about the position of fed chair jerome powell, et cetera. we re told mnuchin was in listening mode. the source said after the call, it sounded like the ceos had the belief that mnuchin was simply