Mike Johnson: “We do have authority over the federal courts, as you know…”

“House Speaker Mike Johnson, he made some pretty aggressive comments yesterday floating the idea of eliminating federal courts. Let's play some of that. We do have authority over the federal courts, as you know. We can, we can eliminate an entire district court. We have power, funding over the courts and all these other things. But desperate times call for desperate measures and Congress is going to act. So stay tuned for that.” (00:25–00:31)

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