stuart: matthew whitaker. thanks for joining us, see you again soon.as robidoux when dropping their son off at college in california. they just pulled him out of that school. >> he's moving back to florida where it is safe. the family park the rental car a block from the oberlin college lincoln university, grabbed a bite to eat, 50 minutes later they go back to the car, see the windows smashed and their 5 suitcases, cash and documents stolen in the police didn't help. >> we call the police and they said they can't come. have to come to the station. i said sir, we don't know where the station's, we just got robbed, we don't know the area, we are afraid. can you help us? they said no, they can't come. >> i left there for a while. >> if you live in oakland, you know you can't leave anything in your car but that's not normal to have your car broken into like that and the oakland mayor will face a recall election in november because crime in oakland has gotten so bad that carjackings are happening multiple times a day. stuart: big difference, thank you. now

for more on this, let's bring in now former acting attorney general matthew whitaker. matthew, thank you for joining us. >> hey, griff. griff: what do you make of this ruling, and how might ajekyll the -- affect the j6 defendants? >> i thought that charging the j6 defendants with this enron-era crime was aggressive from the start, and i'll tell you, i think the supreme court got it correct. i mean, i think this statute was never intended by congress to extend to folks that tried to do what happened on january 6th, breaking into the capitol, assaulting police officers, interfering with the certification of the election. so i think the supreme court was absolutely right, and i think that the department of justice had really been overly aggressive in getting, trying to get every possible charge stacked on in those cases. griff: math, what does it mean for the january 6th defendants? now, this is specifically with regards to the group charged with this obstruction charge. but some have already seen their case play out and and been convicted, some are in the midst of it awai

matthew whitaker is the former acting attorney general and joins me now.ce against hunter is already damning. of is so should he plead guilty now before he gets to the jury? >> well, it's good to be with you, stuart. you know, i think the miscalculation that hunter's team has a made is that he's going to be sympathetic. i think also they've made a calculation, quite cynically, that they have home field advantage. they're in a delaware court with a delaware jury and they, i guess with, figured that that they wouldn't be convicted by this jury.. i'm sure they've probably done presentations to mock juries and prepared for this, and they must think that they're message if -- their message is going to resonate. but these witnesses are lined up to, you know, essentially draw a box with around a him so tight that there's no way to get him out of him checking the box that he was not a drug user at the time he bought that gun. and that's really the only evidence. a very simple case. stuart: would it make sense for him to plead guilty, just get it over with is and a

the attorney general for his second conviction was matthew whitaker, who was also appointed by donaldtrump. the department of justice charged roger stone, who was an adwith multiple felonies. roger stone was convicted in a federal court, correct? >> again, the best recollection of the public record. >> the department of justice charged elliot brady, fundraiser for donald trump. he was convicted in a federal swer. >> you are not the attorney general at the time. >> i was not. >> in fact, the attorney general for those criminal cases was bill barr, who was nominated by donald trump. with these back show is that the department of justice has not been weaponized. we have one department of justice that goes after criminals regardless of party affiliation. these trump associates were convicted under the administration of three republican attorneys general, each of whom was nominated by donald trump. trump's compare manager dash cam payment or, and fellow, deputy campaign manager, a fellow, foreign policy advisor, a felon, trump's lawyer, a felon, political advisor, a felon, trump's fundrais

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the attorney general for his second conviction was matthew whitaker, who was also appointed by donald trump. the department of justice charged roger stone, who was an advisor to donald trump, with multiple felonies. roger stone was convicted in a federal court, correct? >> again, the best recollection of the public record. >> the department of justice charged elliot brady, fundraiser for donald trump. he was convicted in a federal court, correct? >> same answer. >> you are not the attorney general at the time. >> i was not. >> in fact, the attorney general for those criminal cases was bill barr, who was nominated by donald trump. with these back show is that the department of justice has not been weaponized. we have one department of justice that goes after criminals regardless of party affiliation. these trump associates were convicted under the administration of three republican attorneys general, each of whom was nominated by donald trump. trump's compare manager dash cam payment or, and fellow, deputy campaign manager, a fellow, foreign policy advisor, a felon, trump's lawyer, a f