is that an fec issue?owe a vast amount of money because of what he calls guys calls bias on msnbc. what's he talking about? >> if i see the post i'll look at it. >> the tweet wasn't directed at you? >> if it was, i didn't see it. >> i guess that's not how the president communicates with you? thank you very much. >> it was fun. >> how did you communicate with the president? >> that was fun. >> how does the president communicate with you. how do you -- as head of independent agency 23409 reporting up to congress, how do you track, communicate with white house needs? >> it's standard practice and we've had biden white house dealing with fec and trump white house and biden and f oh, c and standard practices and protocols and that's what we're following. >> not just refreshing truth social? >> yeah. i'll have to look up this one. >> and you at the reception. >> thank you, appreciate it, it was fun. [ applause ] >> to close today's event, welcome back some of the co-founder and ceo justin b. smith. >> thank you

and 40 markets towards the biden administration and that move caught the attention of the incoming fec and con drum commissional tour going for them to mas kansas city chiefs raid his prosecutor and going to ensure no one is even arrested and endangers cops in the process. the chair of the republican study and committee congressman pfluger. welcome, mr. chairman. tell us what you learned about soros and the mentors of the radio stations? >> trey, thanks for having me. at the end of the day it's about making sure we don't have suppression and censorship of media that we act in a fair way and in is why congress is interested in september of last year and going to see soros purchase 200 radio stations and going for them and fast tracked by the biden administration with the fair trade issues and this flies in the face of that and and going for the republican study and the largest and oldest and most influential policy organization going on capitol hill and he explained to us why he was doing what he was doing and there's a long record throughout the last election season whether it was 60 m

a really interesting lawsuit because it basically is calling out trump, pam bondi as the ag and the fechat this executive order that donald trump entered or declared basically takes away the ability for the fec to independently operate, because if they were to do so, they would run afoul of this executive order, because trump has said that he and bondi are the only arbiters of the law in the united states. how likely do you think that we're going to see some type of action in federal court to maybe stop the moves by trump and bondi when it comes to that executive order? >> i think it's likely, i think the resistance that we're seeing that from lawyers on the case, trying to push back against these extraordinary power grabs by the trump administration. so this new argument that they're making is based on this idea that the president, under the constitution, has authority for anything unless the constitution explicitly says he can't do that. so it's not just the federal trade commission, it's the federal reserve that if trump gets his way, he'll be able to fire the chair or any other pers

fec to. >> take particular positions. >> on any question of law arising. >> in the commission's performances. >> the lawsuit states. meanwhile, the supreme court has not yet decided whether to uphold the federal judge's order, forcing the trump administration to pay more than. >> $2 billion. >> to usaid contractors. >> who completed. >> their often. >> life saving work weeks ago. the trump. >> administration has lost most of the legal challenges so far against key parts of their agenda, including on birthright citizenship, frozen funding and transgender rights. >> joining us now. >> professor laurence tribe, who has taught constitutional law at harvard law school for five decades. professor tribe, always great to see you. the usaid case is ts.t' the first time the supreme court is weighing in on a trump 2.0 lawsuit. what do you make of this? chief justice roberts, temporarily pausing a federal judge's ruling. to unfreeze. >> billions of dollars. >> owed to usaid contractors. >> and when. >> do you think the supreme court will rule? >> well, it's clearly dealing. >> with this case on a very