Cspan2. Former state department and National Security officials testified on the Trump Administrations iran policy before the House Foreign Affairs committee. Secretary of state mike pompeo declined an invitation to testify on the president s decision to kill iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Committee chair representative eliot engel threatened to subpoena secretary pompeo in order to obtain information on the u. S. Drone strike. Subject to limitation in the rules. Before i begin, i want to make the big announcement that todays mr. Mccalls birthday. So happy birthday. Im 35 years once again. Me, too. Pursuant to notice were here today to examine Trump Administration policy towards iran. I welcome our panel of distinguished witnesses. Welcome to members of the public and the press, as well. We had hoped to hear from secretary pompeo today, as well. After we invited him, he announced that he would instead be in california. Thats unfortunate whether you agree with this administrations ap
Plot. Kelly versus the united states. Mr. Chief justice, and may it please the court, once again, the government is trying to use openended federal statutes to enforce federal government state and local at the state and local levels. Its theory this time is that the defendants committed property fraud, by reallocating two traffic lanes from one public road to another, without disclosing their real political reason for doing so. This theory turns the integrate integrity of every official level of every government into a potential federal fraud investigation. It ends runs mcnally and skilling by subsuming on a Services Fraud within property fraud and by criminalizing ulterior motives even without bribes or kick backs. It would affect the sweeping expansion of federal criminal jurisdiction interview particularly fraught area. This is not the law. This court in cleveland held that Regulatory Authority is not property. So unofficial who introduces a sovereign decision through deceit has not
Then later a look into how facial recognition technologies are being used identify people come into the u. S. But first the Supreme Court oral argument kelly versus the u. S. With her argument in case 181059. Mr. Roth. Mr. Chief justice, and may it please the court. Once again the government is trying to use the open ended federal fraud statutes to enforce honest government at the state and local levels. Its through this time is that the defense is committed property fraud by reallocating two two traffic lanes from one public road to another without disclosing their real political reason for doing so. This theory terms of the integrity of every official action at every level of government into a potential federal fraud investigation. It in runts mcnally and skilling by subsuming on the Services Fraud within property fraud and by criminalizing ulterior motives even without brides or kickbacks. It would, in fact, a sweeping expansion of federal criminal jurisdiction into a a particuly fr
This theory turns the integrity of every official action at every level of government into a potential federal fraud investigation. It end runs mcnally and skilling by subsuming Honest Services fraud within property fraud and by criminalizing ulterior motives, even without bribes or kickbacks. It would affect a sweeping expansion of federal criminal jurisdiction into a particularly fraught area. This is not the law. This court in cleveland held that Regulatory Authority is not property. So an official who induces a sovereign decision through deceit has not obtained property by fraud. Only when the official lies to divert state resources to private use has he stepped out of the regulatory realm and committed property fraud. This rule distinguishes property fraud from Honest Services fraud and from routine political conduct. Here because the defendants simply reallocated the traffic lanes from one public use to another, the Port Authority at most was deprived of regulatory control, not p
Former state department and National Security officials testified on the Trump Administrations ive been policy. Secretary of state mike pompeo declined an invitation to testify on the decision to kill soleimani. The Committee Chair threatened to subpoena secretary pompeo in order to obtain information on the u. S. Drone strike. Before i begin, i want to get i want to make the big announcement. Happy birthday. I am 35 years once again. Me too. We had here today to examine Trump Administration policy towards iran. Welcome to members of the public and the press as well. We had hoped to hear from secretary pompeo today as well. He announced he would instill he would instead be in california. That is unfortunate. I do not think there is a member of the committee does not want to hear from mr. Pompeo and the American People. This committee will conduct oversight on this issue, one way or or another. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Under the Trump Administration, we have seen ten