White House Press Secretary under president obama and msnbc political analyst. Adam pollock, and charles coleman, an msnbc legal analyst. Vaughn, i want to start with you. You have kind of lived all of this from the beginning to the end. As you watched what unfolded today, help us understand it, but also put all of that testimony by Hope Hicks Which was pretty dramatic in the context of what we knew at the time. Reporter exactly, its dramatic because hope hicks was somebody who testified today that she was intimately involved with donald trump in what was a very Small Campaign brass that included keith shiler and Corey Lewandowski and Michael Cohen, the outside personal lawyer voice who maintained a quasi role with the campaign, representing donald trump. In this, for hope hicks and for the jury here, is a key, crucial witness that knows donald trump so well, but also was a trusted adviser and aide, somebody whose words were never really highly scrutinized, somebody who donald trump ha
With axios to talk about the renewal of the foreign intelligence act, renewing section 702. Remind our viewers why there is a section 702 and what it is. Guest is so section 702, the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, has been around for so long. It is here primarily to give the intelligence agencies the ability to surveil nonamericans abroad. The intent is to surveil anyone who might be planning a terrorist plot, who might be carrying out cybercrime, ransomware, anything of that nature. However, the history of this program has been a bit fraught. The intention is to clog communications and text messages, emails, things of that nature about those abroad who are nonamerican. Course, im an communicating with someone abroad, for whatever reason targeted by this program, my communications will get sucked into this program. All of this information is put into a database that is then freely available maybe not freely available, but available to intelligence agencies for to intelligence a
Commission. [inaudible conversations] the Judiciary Committee will come to order we are authorized to declare a recess at the time. Welcome to this mornings hearing on the oversight hearing with Deputy Attorney general rosenstein. I will recognize myself for an opening statement. They give for appearing for the first line in front of this committee will afford to your testimony and answers your questions. As chairman with primary oversight over the fbi and department of justice i have supported the department and the fbi and performing their valuable missions to keep our nation safe and to hold individuals accountable for criminal conduct. Yet i and many on the committee find ourselves in a difficult position to question the actions of prior in Current Department fbi leadership for the of a unique role of the department of justice you appointed special counsel director mueller so it is appropriate to its our questions related to the scope of the special kills the investigation. As well
An opening statement. They give for appearing for the first line in front of this committee will afford to your testimony and answers your questions. As chairman with primary oversight over the fbi and department of justice i have supported the department and the fbi and performing their valuable missions to keep our nation safe and to hold individuals accountable for criminal conduct. Yet i and many on the committee find ourselves in a difficult position to question the actions of prior in Current Department fbi leadership for the of a unique role of the department of justice you appointed special counsel director mueller so it is appropriate to its our questions related to the scope of the special kills the investigation. As well as the efficacy in light of various events calling into question the impartiality. For reports of the political predisposition and the bias of career agents on special counsel director comey is deeply troubling that expect us system of the identical justice
Tonight at 9 00 p. M. Eastern t. Cspan2s book booktv. This past week, Rod Rosenstein was questioned about alleged political bias by agents involved in the rush investigation. This House Judiciary Committee hearing is about four hours. Good morning. The Judiciary Committee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. This morningsto oversight hearing with Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. I will recognize myself for an opening statement. General, Deputy Attorney general rosenstein, for appearing for the first time in front of this committee. There is much to discuss today, and we look forward to your testimony and answers to questions. Committeen of the with primary oversight over the department of justice and the fbi, i have always supported the department and fbi in performing their valuable mission to keep our nation safe and to hold individuals accountable for criminal conduct. Yet, i and me on this committee now find ourselves in the very difficu