properly prepared. that was to sheena gahar. and she reported directly to rosenstein. the a.g. should have somebody that should report directly to the a.g. and not go through rod rosenstein, and especially when they are setting the attorney general up to be harmed. but this and then anthony faronti, apparently he s the senior managing director of fti consulting, he was another one that some considered a career position at the doj. let s see, he had jordan kelly there. she s currently director of cyber security policy and response at the nsc to the white house. there are reports that she met routinely with the mueller investigators. you know, between these people
the expansion of project safe neighborhoods to work with unique communities to develop a customized crime reduction strategy. one study showed when you and i were doing psn it reduced crime overall by 1.4% and case studies showing reduction of 42% of violent crime. we had the project safe neighborhoods national conference as i mentioned in my opening statement. and i can tell you that especially in our largest cities, our 29 major cities, we are seeing a reduction of violent crime because of u.s. attorneys specifically working with their sheriffs and police chiefs and their federal and state and local partners in reducing gun violence. some other things that we ve done is the attorney general was one of the four cabinet positions that were part of the school safety commission that came out with a report in the last several months that gave a practical outline as to how states especially could work to reduce gun violence, including the idea of the erpos.
who like gahar, just thought yates was wonderful, i would hope that wisdom and you as acting director, wisdom in the incoming attorney general will be to look at the backgrounds, look at the people who are political hacks, and figure out, oh, they re giving me advice on this? this is not for my well-being, this is to hurt the president of the united states. and i know you may just have another week, but i would encourage you that as people make a big deal about career, look behind career, look where their loyalties are, because even though they may be in a career position, if their loyalties are not to the attorney general and not to the president of the united states and are more political than they are constitutional, disregard what they say. i yield back. the time of the gentleman has expired. mr. johnson.
a rather scathing report on the gsa s decision not to address significant issues concerning the government s post office and its lease to the trump family concerning the emoluments clause and gsa attorneys said they did not refer the matter but a senior attorney said the office of legal counsel knew about the post office lease and it was up to them to do something. are you aware of anything the department of justice did to look into the emoluments clause at the hotel? congressman,the emoluments clause is the subject of many litigation matters. while i can acknowledge that i m aware not only of the situation you describe but generally the litigation surrounding the emoluments clause, as the acting attorney general sitting here today, i m unable to talk specifically about those cases. you can t say if there are mi memos from the office of legal counsel regarding emoluments clause violations, limitations? congressman, as i sit here
judiciary committee as staff lawyer as well. all of the above. and i ve never seen a witness that again, we are in a partisan environment, this is democrats and republicans, it s divided government, and certainly, you know, there s always going to be a tension between the executive branch and the legislative. but this is pretty remarkable. joyce, your reactions as well, one republican, louie gohmert, was asking the acting attorney general about some comments he had made about the border. and he said he wasn t familiar with that speech. well, it wasn t a speech, it was part of the opening statement that he read to this committee this very day. you know, whitaker s demeanor makes it clear that he s not interested in answering questions. he s just hoping that he can somehow survive this untarnished. so he s making that sort of careless, sloppy mistake, not acknowledging his own opening statement, looking incredibly grateful to be saved by the five-minute bell, and it s clear that