Investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. Next, we show you the first hearing, which was focused on potential obstruction of justice by President Trump. This Judiciary Committee hearing is three and a half hours. [indistinct chatter] [indiscernible] [gavel] gavel. Gavel. [indiscernible] idiot. He should wait for someone to Say Something when the cameras are here. [gavel] rep. Nadler the Judiciary Committee will come to order. Without objects in the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time, we anytime. We welcome everyone to the hearing on oversight of the report in the investigation into russia interference in the 2016 president ial election. I will now recognize myself for a brief Opening Statement. Director mueller, thank you for being here. I want to say a few words about our themes today, responsibility, integrity, and accountability. Your career is a model of responsibility. You are a decorated marine officer, awarded a purple heart,
This meeting will come to order. At the outset on behalf of my colleagues i want to thank special counsel mueller for a lifetime of service to your country. It tells the story of a foreign adversary sweeping and systemic intervention in a close u. S. Election. That should be enough to deserve the attention of every american as you well point out. But your report tells another story as well. The story of the 2016 election is also a story about disloyalty to country. About greed, and about lies. Your investigation determined the Trump Campaign including donald trump himself knew that a foreign power was intervening in our election and welcomed it, built russian meddling into their strategy and used it. Disloyalty to country. Those are strong words but how else are we to describe a president ial campaign which did not inform the authorities of a foreign offer of dirt on their opponent which did not publicly shun it or turn it away but which instead invited it, encouraged it and made full
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Was not authorized under the law to be written it was written to a Legal Standard that does not exist at the Justice Department and it was written in violation of every d. O. J. Principle about extra prosecutorial commentary i agree with the chairman this morning when he said donald trump is not above the law hes not but he did im sure shouldnt be below the law which is where volume 2 of this report puts him. Thank you mr chairman director mueller that morning your exchange with the gentle lady from california demonstrates what is at stake the trim Campaign Chair paul manner for it was passing sensitive voter information in polling data to a russian operative and there were so many other ways that russia subverted democracy together with the evidence in volume one i cannot think of a more serious need to investigate so now im going to ask you some questions about obstruction of justice as a relates to volume 2 on page 12 of volume 2 you state we determined that there were so sufficient
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