Andrew Weissmann

keep it hanging over your head to make sure that you're on this chug collar. She's just like, that makes it even worse. And it's such a tell that Emil Bove in his direction has a footnote, to your point, look at the footnotes, that says, to be clear, this is not a quid pro quo. It just happens to be on his brain that, oh yeah, I need to make sure I say that I'm not doing this while I do it.

So another thing that has been reported is that he, according to the New York Times, after the Trump election, met personally with Eric Adams to work out the strategy that Eric Adams should use in meeting with Donald Trump in order to undermine the DOJ case. So this is the person who's the number two at the Justice Department figuring out how to undermine their own case, which smacks

So another thing that has been reported is that he, according to the New York Times, after the Trump election, met personally with Eric Adams to work out the strategy that Eric Adams should use in meeting with Donald Trump in order to undermine the DOJ case. So this is the person who's the number two at the Justice Department figuring out how to undermine their own case, which smacks

So another thing that has been reported is that he, according to the New York Times, after the Trump election, met personally with Eric Adams to work out the strategy that Eric Adams should use in meeting with Donald Trump in order to undermine the DOJ case. So this is the person who's the number two at the Justice Department figuring out how to undermine their own case, which smacks

of sort of obstruction. You want to talk about sort of potential obstruction of justice. I mean, that is unbelievable to be meeting with the defendant to talk about what's the strategy to make it look sort of good and put the packaging on this and lipstick on a pig. Crazy.

of sort of obstruction. You want to talk about sort of potential obstruction of justice. I mean, that is unbelievable to be meeting with the defendant to talk about what's the strategy to make it look sort of good and put the packaging on this and lipstick on a pig. Crazy.

of sort of obstruction. You want to talk about sort of potential obstruction of justice. I mean, that is unbelievable to be meeting with the defendant to talk about what's the strategy to make it look sort of good and put the packaging on this and lipstick on a pig. Crazy.

So let me just address what I think can happen in this particular case. There are a number of things. One is the thing that's never going to happen, which is the Senate could actually do something because they do have the Todd Blanch nomination before them. So they could actually call him back.

So let me just address what I think can happen in this particular case. There are a number of things. One is the thing that's never going to happen, which is the Senate could actually do something because they do have the Todd Blanch nomination before them. So they could actually call him back.

So let me just address what I think can happen in this particular case. There are a number of things. One is the thing that's never going to happen, which is the Senate could actually do something because they do have the Todd Blanch nomination before them. So they could actually call him back.

They could investigate all of these things that are pipe dreams because, as you said, they have no backbone and they're not doing anything. Right. So that's one. Two, and I think much more realistic is that Judge Ho is going to have a hearing. That is the judge overseeing the case. And that could be really explosive. And he could require Emil Bove to appear to talk about what's going on.

They could investigate all of these things that are pipe dreams because, as you said, they have no backbone and they're not doing anything. Right. So that's one. Two, and I think much more realistic is that Judge Ho is going to have a hearing. That is the judge overseeing the case. And that could be really explosive. And he could require Emil Bove to appear to talk about what's going on.

They could investigate all of these things that are pipe dreams because, as you said, they have no backbone and they're not doing anything. Right. So that's one. Two, and I think much more realistic is that Judge Ho is going to have a hearing. That is the judge overseeing the case. And that could be really explosive. And he could require Emil Bove to appear to talk about what's going on.

Three, Kathy Hochul, the New York state governor, has the authority to remove the mayor. I don't know how she doesn't exercise that at this point. I know that she is talking about, gee, does that undermine democracy? But I think there's an equally good argument that when the mayor is so conflicted and has, as I said, this choke collar on, he is not representing the people who elected him.

Three, Kathy Hochul, the New York state governor, has the authority to remove the mayor. I don't know how she doesn't exercise that at this point. I know that she is talking about, gee, does that undermine democracy? But I think there's an equally good argument that when the mayor is so conflicted and has, as I said, this choke collar on, he is not representing the people who elected him.

Three, Kathy Hochul, the New York state governor, has the authority to remove the mayor. I don't know how she doesn't exercise that at this point. I know that she is talking about, gee, does that undermine democracy? But I think there's an equally good argument that when the mayor is so conflicted and has, as I said, this choke collar on, he is not representing the people who elected him.

He is representing somebody who was not elected as mayor of New York, which is the president of the United States. And he is also directing ICE and his people to violate local law. So she has sort of every reason to say it actually upholds democracy to say there needs to be a new election because this person cannot be operating in an unconflicted way. So those are three things.

He is representing somebody who was not elected as mayor of New York, which is the president of the United States. And he is also directing ICE and his people to violate local law. So she has sort of every reason to say it actually upholds democracy to say there needs to be a new election because this person cannot be operating in an unconflicted way. So those are three things.

He is representing somebody who was not elected as mayor of New York, which is the president of the United States. And he is also directing ICE and his people to violate local law. So she has sort of every reason to say it actually upholds democracy to say there needs to be a new election because this person cannot be operating in an unconflicted way. So those are three things.

I also think you're going to see, and this is sort of, you know, in my little nerdy world, I think with respect to lawyers, I think you're going to see complaints in the bar with respect to Emil Bove's license, because there'll be allegations about what he is doing and the impropriety of it.