I want to tone things down a little bit here and First Express my gratitude for the thousands of men and women who work every day on the front line with the fbi. I come from a background as a prosecutor and our local Law Enforcement work with the fbi every day in our local office in minnesota, and then in the senate, ive had the privilege to work with many, many people in the fbi. And i think the Inspector General hes job is incredibly important. He keeps everyone honest. But i do think this it is important for those t agents an those in Law Enforcement that are watching today that people understand there are people up here that understand that you are simply doing your jobs. Which i think is basically some recommendations Foric Change Wh the Inspector General found in this report. So before iis start my question
i think that it is important to put this discussion in context in the 2016 election which is why we are here today. It is nowe undisputed by our Intelligence Agencies that rus
guidelines, an investigation has an i authorized purpose if it i open to detect, obtain information or protect against federalio crimes or threats to e national security or to collect foreign intelligence. you found that the investigation at issue today was open to determine whether peoplen associated with the trump campaign were coordinating with the russian government. right? go that is the reason the fbi provided. and again to be clear, you did not find that tfbi acted improper will when opening this case? that s right. the department s guidelines also require that decision to open an investigation is supported byve as you describe your report allegations, reports, facts or circumstances that indicate the possibility of criminal active are national security threat. you found that the fbi s investigation was predicated on