process to limit how american tax dollars are spent at the department of justice. i yield back. general lady from texas is recognized. good morning. you have value the independence of a special counsel. i do. you asked garland to allow you to continue the investigation saying we want to thank you and your office for permitting our inquiry to proceed with will without interfere answer as you assured the members of the judiciary committee would be the case during the confirmation hearings to become attorney general of the united states. you value your special counsel status. it a being a rat that garland let you proceed on your case as you wish. that s true. it was important you have to as special counsel your investigation was supposed to be independent because special counsels and attorneys are supposed to be independent, right? special counsel is. yes. they are supposed to be independent, is that correct? special counsel is independent of the attorney gener
it. russian decisions to interact with the trump campaign and influence the actions of the campaign allegedly for adoption law but really for sanctions relief. the f.b.i. came up with that, did they not? a meeting took place at trump tower june 9th. derogatory information clinton provided. they met and as i believe in a report, the report laid that out that the discussion then at trump towers was about adoption, not about anything relating to mrs. clinton. it is totally about sanctions, trying to get rid of a law. adoptions is a ruse. should you not have looked into that and seen what the russians were wanting in return for that? the biggest thing putin wanted