Stress that thing that he did not interfere while refusing to answer specifics about these ongoing investigations. John jim jorda n pressed on why it took so long for david weiss to be named Special Counsel. Garland just appointed him Special Counsel last month even though the investigation has been ongoing for years. Heres the exchange with jim jordan. After five years what stage are we in, beginning, middle, keep hiding the ball stage . I would go back to the videotape where i said im not permitted to discuss ongoing investigations. Isnt that convenient. Something changed from july 10th to august 11th. I think its two Brave Whistleblowers came forward and the judge called bs on the deal you try to pass. The Attorney General never said what led to the ultimate appointment of the Special Counsel but he insisted throughout this process, weiss was never given limits. There was one republican that did seem to come to garlands defense somewhat, it was colorado republican ken buck and said garland was in and a possible sixth position and even though the Attorney General did keep on david weiss as u. S. Attorney for the trump administration, buck does believe that garland was bound to be slammed as biased no matter what he did or what powers he gave away, so buck try to give garland a complement for attempting to remain apolitical of course, that is a sentiment that the other republicans did not share, jake. Thanks so much. Lets get reaction from our political experts. Garland insisted that the Justice Department is independent. He said it was not weaponized or politicized, heres part of what he had to say. Our job is not to do what is politically convenient. Our job is not to take orders from the president , congress, or anyone else about who or what to criminally investigate. As the president has said and i reaffirm today, i am not the president s lawyer. I will add, i am not congresses prosecutor. Scott jennings, what do you think of this, i understand theres a lot of republican skepticism of this, scott, but do you see evidence that he has done President Biden spitting . Well i think this was a case where multiple things can be true. Number 1, it can be true that a grand jury, saw enough evidence to indict donald trump and for good reason. That can be true and also can be true that we saw what happened on january 6th and can draw our own conclusions about who was responsible and it can be true he really does need to be judged by a jury of his peers before the next election. And it is true that it has been reported publicly that joe biden has told people in his inner circle that he was upset with Merrick Garland for not moving fast enough and he personally believed donald trump should be prosecuted. He has said in gaggles that he thought people who were going before the January 6th Committee should be prosecuted. I think multiple things can be true but its obvious that biden has communicated his displeasure with at least at one time with how slow it was moving and how long it was taking to prosecute donald trump. Saying to people not specifically to garland . Well, he said it to people and it wound up on the front page of the new york times. He doesnt have to pick up the phone to call the guy. That doesnt mean the Justice Department is wrong or the indictments are inherently corrupt but it does mean you know, multiple things can be true and it looks like based on the polls, the American People will have to render ultimate judgment on this next november. Jamaal . Well theres a better question here, jake. The president , President Biden that is, has been trying to reestablish a level of understanding that the Justice Department is an independent agency. The president is not talking to the Attorney General by all measures. Hes not talking to the Attorney General. If he talks to somebody who talk to somebody who talk to somebody, this is washington. Everybody does that. The question is are we going to have a Justice Department that is pursuing real criminals and lets keep in mind, the question at hand is about hunter biden. Theyve been investigating him for five years, if we go back five years, thats 2018, theyve been going after him and you know who was president in 2018 . Donald trump. If republicans are upset that nothing happened, they should start with donald trump. If they couldnt find anything, i dont know who could. Beyond hunter biden, whose troubles took up a lot of the time at the hearing, there were questions about the investigations into trump. Trump said on meet the press that the charges he is facing as part of jack smith classified documents and election interference probes are, quote, fighting political indictments and biden said to the Attorney General, indict him, now obviously, there is zero evidence of any of that. Garland was asked about that today. No one has told me to indict, and in this case the decision to indict was made by the Special Counsel. The statement the president Made On Sunday was false . Im going to say again, no one has told me who should be indicted, in any matter like this. And the decision about indictment was made by mr. Smith. Scott, do you think that will convince anybody . Now, look, republicans, because donald trump has said this, will want to believe that these are political indictments. I think democrats will want to believe that donald trump deserves it. And, you know, i mean, like i said, i think the ultimate judgment here, if trump doesnt go to trial on anything before the election, i guess the American People are going to have to decide you know, whether he deserves to be held responsible for any of this. I take Marilyn Garland at his word. He said this under oath and i hope what he said is true and i have no edits to say that its not true. But i think what trump is responding to is that biden was upset about Press Reports that he had been indicted. But i think we all three believe, none of it is going to move the most partisan among us as it relates to the Public Opinion on these matters. Jamaal, what do you think . There are a lot of democrats that are upset with the Attorney General right now because they think he is overzealous when it comes to going after hunter biden. They think maybe perhaps you shouldnt have led a Special Counsel going after the president. Some people think garland is protecting his own reputation more than hes doing his job as Attorney General. Hes getting flak from the left for that but also getting flack today, from the right. I think if you are Merrick Garland, that makes you believe that perhaps you are doing the right thing. You are taking on heat from all corners and do Justice Without fear or favor. Thanks to both of you. Next, the fingerpointing outside the capital this afternoon that goes inside the funding fight to prevent a Government Shutdown next week. Tourists that turn into scientists. Tourists photographing thousands of miles of remote coral l reefs. That can be analyzed by ai inin real time. So researchers can identify which areas are at risk. And help life underwater flourish. sfx ping plee dont go please dont go. Please dont go please dont go dont goooooo dont go away please dont go it could be a sign that your digestive system isnt at its best. 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If republican moderates want to team up with democrats a Discharge Position to take over the flow floor with democrats, they will be signing their own political Death Warrant and they will be handing it to their executioner because itll be the very democrats they they act in congress with that will hunt them during the election season. I never like to see a shutdown but if thats where its going, thats where its going. Lets bring in congressman tony gonzalez. Hes a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus which meant today. We know at a republican Conference Meeting that started at 4 00, you just came from there, takes us inside negotiations today. Where are things . First got to stop lying to the American Public. You know, washington politicians are failing america. President biden is responsible for this failure, the senate is responsible for the failure and House Republicans are responsible for the failure if the government shuts down. I left a meeting where we were talking about topline numbers that we know for sure, the senate isnt going to pass at all. Its like determining what color your bedroom is going to be, red or blue, when your mortgage is due on monday. So we are not having serious conversations. Its always somebody elses fault but hours and its absolutely dangerous to the American Public if we have to shut down. You want to pass a bill that the senate will go along with an president will sign into law. A shortterm spending law. Im of the mindset that this country is void of serious leaders that want to solve serious problems, the border is serious, National Security is serious, making sure our government doesnt shutdown should be serious. We should be having serious conversations. In the house i set on the appropriations committee, my expectation is a conservative budget that tackle some of the excess spending, and make sure that we secure the border. Some of these things that theyve elected them to do and the senate work through it and it gets to a point where the president will sign it into law. We are light years away from any of that right now. You represent a large swath of the texas and new mexico border. You said you are against the current republican proposal for the continuing resolution. The white house estimates that that resolution in its current form would eliminate 800 customs agents. Are you surprised that many of your fellow republicans are in support of this plan . Everybody is lying to the American Public. We passed, House Republicans passed hr two yes months ago, knowing full well the bill was never going to become law. In a district like mine, today is the twoyear anniversary of what happened intel real, we all remember the haitians under the bridge, fastforward two years and now there are thousands of venezuelans under a bridge. The exact same situation, its chaotic. Weve got to have real solutions. Part of those solutions is enforcing the laws that are on the books. Every president had to do this, trump, obama, clinton, bush, and if you do not qualify for asylum, you send them back to their country of origin. These are the discussions that we need to have instead of the fingerpointing because its not fair to the American Public. Under this republican proposal the government would not be allowed to fund nongovernmental organizations that provide shelter to migrants. Is your district prepare for ngos to not being able to prepare shelter for migrants . Right now our capacity is overwhelmed and yesterday, the mayor of eagle pass declared a state of emergency. Another factor is, little known fact, the city of eagle pass has received zero federal dollars from biden. Of course money is going to other places, new york city, the city of eagle pass is getting crushed right now. Nobody is having a serious conversation. 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