Elliott Williams

And I think to some extent, that is what is highlighting a lot of some of what appear to be some pretty grave abuses by the administration.

With respect to immigration enforcement, that's one, two.

And then finally, point three, you know, a lot of this comes down to accountability.

Like how, when a presidential administration or when any entity, law enforcement entity, steps outside the bounds of what it's allowed to do, how do you hold them accountable?

And really that way is Congress.

The way our country has been set up since its founding is that, you know, when Congress

An administration's either abusing a power, exceeding power, or even using its power lawfully, but in a way that Congress doesn't want.

Congress ought to be the one having hearings.

Congress ought to be the one asking the questions.

And they're just not doing it.

I use the example from my time back in ICE.

I was an appointee under a Democratic administration working for ICE.

But it was Democrats in Congress for those first two years that were the most aggressive in

about raising concerns and even threatening to suspend the funding of the agency until some of these questions they had were answered.

You're really not seeing that right now.

I mean, there was a little bit, a moment with respect to Jeffrey Epstein in which Congress sort of in a bipartisan manner raised some questions to the administration about how to proceed.

There was a moment around Venezuela where some Senate Republicans seemed to break with the president.

But for the most part,

Congress, which ought to be, if not a co-equal branch of government, the first among equals, they just haven't been playing that role.

And it will be truly fascinating, I think, on a historic level, on a human level, whatever level, to see should Democrats take a House of Congress in 2026, in the midterms, how this dynamic changes, if at all.