Minutes. [inaudible yes. Senator fisher andriy dealing with votes going on, back and forth. I call the hearing to order. And good afternoon, i would like to thank Ranking Member fisher and our colleagues for joining us our witnesses who i will introduce shortly michigan secretary of state josslyn benson isaac kramer, Voter Registration and election, Janine Nelson, president and director of naacp Legal Defense fund. We will also hear from our other witnesses. I let them last not for any omission but because senator fisher will be introducing them and that includes alabama secretary of state west aen and brian cruz, election commissioner for the Douglas County nebraska election, electionon commission. More americans than ever have cast a ballot in recent elections and it is in large part because of the work of state and officials and these elections have run smoothly and top Security Officials in both republican andtrations alike, have confirmed the security of recent elections including
Through the New York Times. A former attorney to the president saying, this isnt some game. Youre screwing with the president of the United States. Rosenstein facing potential impeachment. The department of justice is not going to be extorted. I just dont have anything to say about documents like that that nobody has the courage to put their name on. Lets bring in chief national correspondent. He knows whats up. You know better than anyone. It means this showdown could go to the supreme court. Mueller raised the possibility to use the subpoena compelling the president to testify. He said to mueller, this is not a game. Youre screwing with the work of the president of the United States. Since this story, like the New York Times report you mentioned last night about muellers prepping four dozen questions for the president , cast out in a very heroic life, as if he put it out there. There are others saying maybe the president himself wants these leaks out there. But also it allows the pre