Megyn Kelly

They didn't care.

So it's possible that politics could overrule justice in front of the grand jury.

But I just want to tell you what has come out.

All right.

First, we had magistrate judge Douglas Mikko saying prosecutors failed to present evidence to justify these arrests that it was seeking.

Among those rejected were the warrants for Don Lemon, one of his producers, and some others.

Mikko did authorize arrest warrants for three people who were described as the leaders, and those people were arrested last week, and we brought that to you.

You remember them, Nakima, I think it was Chantel, and that William Kelly.

They were all arrested.

But there were several others that they tried to get and didn't.

The Trump administration then went up above Mikko's head to the chief district judge, Patrick Schiltz.

Schiltz, got to be careful with that name, declined to take immediate action.

He said, it's unprecedented for you to, like, run to me.

Just go to a grand jury or improve your warrant that the magistrate didn't find persuasive.

Like, why are you running above his head?

Was that judge's reaction?

Then the DOJ went to the Eighth Circuit, asking that court to issue a writ of mandamus to force Schiltz to grant the government's request.

On Friday, the three-judge panel said, no, we're not doing that, as I told you.

One Obama appointee, two Trump appointees.

Basically, everybody just said, there's no rush.