1994 federal assault weapons ban. This is two hours. All. I apologize for being late. I really dont have any opening remarks and i welcome all of our colleagues here to these introductions andill turn it over to senator feinstein. Mister chairman. As you can see we have four nominees before the committee today. Id like to welcome the majority leader, thank you for being here. We have not had a Senate Confirmed director of the atf since march 2015. And in fact, weve only had one confirmed head of the agency since the director position was subject to Senate Confirmation in 2006. So im really very pleased that members of this committee will have the ability to question mister canterbury, not only on his record but also on his priorities for combating gun violence should he be confirmed to this position. I really have been at this for so long and ive seen us experience so many endless tragedies at the hands of firearms. From parkland to newtown, from San Bernardino to sutherland springs, f
He faces well over 100 years in prison. Donald trump was only president for 4 years, and in 2021 joe biden took over at the white house. Many observers believe the deal could be negotiated, that would see signs go free. After all, the Obama Administration had elected to not charge him with the crime. It would be reasonable to think that obamas concerns about prosecuting assigns while protecting the 1st amendment to the constitution would be bidens concerns. But that hasnt been the case. And julia sanchez, very few options left in his legal defense. As were joined by jo loria, jo is the editor in chief of Consortium News founded by the late robert perry. And hes a former journalist for the boston globe. The wall street journal. And the times of london. Joe, thanks so much for being with us. That pleasure. Be with you, john. Always. We all know julian assigns from news reports we know about his technical background. But tell us about the kind of person that is. Why has he always been so
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The Trump Administration and the department of justice filed espionage charges against assange. And then c, i a director, mike pompei o told the media that we gave weeks was a hospital non state intelligent service. Soon after that were leaked out from the c, i that it had discussed plans to assassinate assange in london. And the Justice Department asked the British Government to extradite him to the United States to stand trial. He faces well over 100 years in prison. Donald trump was only president for 4 years, and in 2021 joe biden took over at the white house. Many observers believe the deal could be negotiated that would see a science go free. After all, the Obama Administration had elected to not charge him with the crime. It would be reasonable to think that obamas concerns about prosecuting assigns while protecting the 1st amendment to the constitution would be bidens concerns. But that hasnt been the case. And julian assigns has very few options left in his legal defense. So w