Come der. The committee will come to order. The gentleman from maryland is recognized for five minutes. Good afternoon, general. Are you . Very good. I want to point out three things that you said so far today. I want to emphasize these for the Committee Going forward. You said we will not back down, we will not be intimidated. The other thing you said too was you will not interfere with the investigation by not investigating the investigation. I thought that was particularly here because this committee has been doing exactly the opposite. We have been under the chairmans leadership investigating prosecutors all over the country in the middle of criminal investigations and sometimes postindictment, sometimes preindictment in an effort to derail the prosecutions in those cases. I will start with the one, the alvin bragg effort. The chairman and two other Committee Chairs sent out a letter, two actually, to da bragg at the time that he was still investigating former President Trump for p
Come to order. The gentleman from maryland is recognized for five minutes. Next thank you, mr. Chairman. Good afternoon, general, how are you . Very well, i thank you. The gentleman from maryland is recognized for five minutes. Thank you, good afternoon, how are you . Very well, thank you. I want to go over three things you said so far today because i want to emphasize these for the Committee Going forward, you said we will not back down, we will not be intimidated, and the other thing you said was the way to not interfere with the investigation is to not investigate the investigation. I thought that was particularly apropos here because this committee has been doing exactly the opposite, we have been under the chairmans leadership investigating prosecutors all over the country in the middle of criminal investigations and sometimes posting indictment, and i think in an effort frankly to derail the prosecutions in that case, i will start with the alvin bragg effort. The chairman and two
Oversight of Department Justice, recognizing the gentleman from california to lead us all in the pledge. Please stand. If you will please face whichever flag is most appropriate for your direction, i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Place your right hand above your left. Chairman now recognizes itself for the Opening Statement. The fix is in. Even with the facesaving indictment last week of hunter biden last week, everyone knows the fix is in. For a half years in the Department Justice has been investigating hunter biden with david weiss, an investigation that limited the number of witnesses it could interview, an investigation that prohibited agents from referring to the president as, quote, the big guy. An investigation that curtailed attempts to interview mr. Body by giving the heads up for the team, an investigation that notified mr. Bodys defense
Welcome to the hearing on Oversight Department of justice. Chair recognizes the gentleman from california to lead us in the pledge. Please stand. Please face whichever flag is most appropriate for your direction. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. Chernow recognizes himself her Opening Statement. The fix is in. Even with the facesaving indictment last week of hunter biden, everyone knows the fix is in. 4 1 2 years the department of justice has been investigating mr. By the, an investigation run by david wiess, an investigation that limited the number of witnesses agents could interview, an investigation a prohibited agent from referring to the president as the big guy in any interviews they did get to do. An investigation that curtailed attempts to interview biden by giving a heads up. An investigation that noted run by mr. Weiss where they told the congress three
Well have a political roundtable. But were going to talk about when the Biden Administration blocked oil drilling in alaskan wild life refuge heres the front page of the thursday journal. They canceled drilling leases and well get into this article in just a minute. But we want to get your view on whether or not we should be drilling for oil in the alaska area. 2027488000 if you support the Biden Administrations position on blocking the oil drilling. And if you are opposed to what the administration did, 2027488001 is the number for you to dial in on. And as always, if you cant get through on the phone line, try the text number, 2027488003. Please include your first name and your city and you can see there, all sorts of social media ways of contacting us via facebook, x or instagram. Just remember cspanwj is thehandle for that. Interior Department Secretary deb holland authorized cancelations of seven leases held by alaskas stateowned Economic Development agency, the Alaska Industrial