Years. I Cover National Security including the fbi and ive recorded extensively on the fbi russia investigation known as crossfire hurricane. I want to thank pete for coming on and have this frank discussion. Im interested how he came to use that codename. Before we get into the details of the book, pete, why dont you tell the listeners a little bit about yourself and your counterintelligence background at the fbi. I was in boston worked on the case which on a series of russian illegals which formed the basis of past Television Show the americans but did a variety of the bread and butter counterintelligence work that occurs in a midsized office, russia, china, espionage. And then after being a street agent started moving up the management chain. I was the number two of all the fbi counterintelligence operations. Before we launch into the book, describe a little bit about the difference of counterintelligence investigation and what a criminal investigation is of the fbi. I think that ha
Barr will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee about his job performance. We will begin our conversation with all of you on that. What do you think about mr. As attorneyrmance general . If you agree, 202 7488000. If you disagree, 202 7488001. You can text us at 202 7488003. Twitter. S on join us on the phone is todd ruger with cq roll call. Remind our viewers why this hearing is taking place. Good morning. This is basically something that used to happen all the time and does happen all the time. Its an oversight hearing you have the house which is the closest representative to the people of the United States in the government and they get a chance to bring in a Trump Administration official and have him sit there and answer questions. Its going to take about four or five hours to go through all the members of this committee. They get about five minutes to ask him. This is something that congress does routinely that allows them to get accountability for the Justice Departm
And overnight while the casket was in the rotunda, according to abc, close family members and staffers took turns sitting vigil overnight while lewis lies in state in the rotunda. Also happening on capitol hill today, the attorney general, william barr, will be testifying before the house judiciary about his performance. Well begin a conversation on that. What do you think about mr. Barrs performance as attorney general . Do you agree with him at 2027480000 is your number. Disagree, 2027482001. You can also text us at 2027488003. Or join us on twitter and facebook. Com cspan. Joining us on the phone is todd, a Legal Affairs staff writer with cq roll call. Remind our viewers why this hearing is taking place. Hi, good morning. Well, this is basically something that used to happen all the time and does happen all the time. Its an oversight hearing. And you have the house, which is the closest representative to the people of the United States in the government and they get a chance to brin
150,000 dead. It comes the day after President Trump shared a video on social media falsely claiming there is a cure available for this disease. There is not. The video also claimed americans dont need to wear masks to slow the spread of the virus. Every other study says they do. In just a few moment the president is scheduled to hold another Coronavirus Briefing at the white house and we expect hell be asked about the other developing story in washington, because much of the day has been dominated by attorney general bill barr and first sworn testimony in front of this democratic controlled house judiciary committee, the same committee that held him in contempt last year. Theres a number of headlines well get to, perhaps the biggest take away how partisan the attorney general appears. After watching barr spar with democrats it at that peers the nations chief Law Enforcement officer has embraced his roll of partisan warrior on behalf of the president. He didnt make many attempts to cre
Tonight. The president is at maralago for the 29th time at president , 175th day there as president. In washington, a fairly explosive day at the usually quiet Justice Department. A second straight day of completely mixed signals, including what appears to be a slow Rolling Campaign to seize increasing amounts of control over politically charged cases. They are numerous. The New York Times was the first to report that trumps ag bill barr has tapped and outside prosecutor to, quote, scrutinize the criminal case against President Trumps former National Security adviser michael flynn. Barr installed a handful of outside prosecutors broadly reviewing the handling of other politically sensitive National Security cases. They go on to say over the past two weeks, the youd sioutside prosecutors have begun grilling line prosecutors about various cases. You may recall flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi during muellers investigation of ties between the Trump Campaign and russia and all thos