America. You can understand and know that with my 15 years in that department and my 20 years in this committee with oversight of that department, i understand all of the responsibilities i have and the duties that i have the time to have to undertake, and i will do my best every day to be worthy of the trust you have placed in me. Everything will day, the men and women in the department of justice worked to protect our now Still National security against terrorist threats, civil rights, reduce Violent Crime, stop deadly drug dealers, and strengthen the rule of law. Today, i would like to share some thoughts about what we are doing, and give you insight into the exciting activities that are ongoing. The department of justice is resolutely focused on dealing with the terrorism threats that we face. They are real, the military tells us they can expect not a reduction after isis is defeated, but maybe even an increase in attacks. The president s executive order is an important step to ens
Senator chuck chuck ensley chairs this fivehour hearing. [indiscernible] [gavel pounding] [indiscernible] attorney general sessions, welcome. For all the people in the audience, we welcome you as well. I thank general sessions were being here that attorney general sessions were being here for the oversight hearing. His is an opportunity for congress to investigate and question the policies and actions of any executive branch. It is an opportunity for the executive branch to take responsibility for any of those policies and actions, and an opportunity for congress to defend its constitutional powers and check any abuses by an overreaching executive branch, and it has been that way for 230 years. Some have complained that we have not had an oversight hearing with this attorney general earlier. My reason for deferring was that the attorney general should have his team in place before appearing before us. Certainly, attorney general holder and attorney general lynch did have their respecti
Larry king told me to comment, those kids would not be arrested. Maybe the kid who live might be but that those kids would be arrested. Different . Case same set of facts, sparsely dirty, lightsn are on, that sort of thing. Shouldnt we have a rule that if we are going to require mens rea at all that Police Officers should be treating people equally . Absolutely. Police officer should treat people equally. My clients take seriously their obligation to do so and there is no selective enforcement claim in this case and with good reason. The officers took their time and investigated thoroughly. 21 people en masse arrested for trespassing. For going to a party. Does that feel right . Yes. They were responding to a community complaint. This community took this seriously. It was abuse of a vacant home in the community. Peaches had keys. We know there wasnt forced entry. There is no evidence of that. We dont know if the officers thought peaches had keys. This was a vacant home. In the sense th
Attorney general sessions, welcome. For all the people in the audience, we welcome you as well. I thank general sessions were being here that attorney general sessions were being here for the oversight hearing. His is an opportunity for congress to investigate and question the policies and actions of any executive branch. It is an opportunity for the executive branch to take responsibility for any of those policies and actions, and an opportunity for congress to defend its constitutional powers and check any abuses by an overreaching executive branch, and it has been that way for 230 years. Some have complained that we have not had an oversight hearing with this attorney general earlier. My reason for deferring was that the attorney general should have his team in place before appearing before us. Certainly, attorney general holder and attorney general lynch did have their respective teams well in place by the time they appeared here as you are now here. The other side has been blockin
The directors gal. When i heard about it i found it hard to believe that comey y. Thought had some degree of integrity would do this. He is making a mistake on this and he clearly has a double standard. To believe that jim comey should resign . Of course, yes. Kennedy democrats are fascinating between russians and impeachment which means the conversation is being hijacked by high drama and we are losing focus where we clearly need changes in the fbi. James comey wasnt the only problematic heart of the bureau. He at all closely falling in love with his spurious images of beefcake spot man thats lost confidence after the hillary bungling and the issues that made made the bureau week year than a rusty colander. The place has been slightly usurp ring for go to surveillance where snooping have around while americans have fallen asleep in the will pay less all the fbi abilities are posted through the expansion of program called rule 41 that allows malware to be spread across the land as loos