Mueller will testify under oatht for at lea five hours day. President trump repeatedly called the Mueller Investigation a witch hunt. Today Robert Mueller, the lifelong republican and now a private citizen wil have his say and the consequences could be enormous. Well be followinghis all throughout the day and standing by to help us is our team correspondents and analysts. I am going to start out with kasie hunt on the hill for us. A hisric day, t years in the making savannah. Well see Robert Mueller in a few short mutes here sit down with the House Judiciary Committee thats going to begin at 8 30. Thats the larger of the two committees. There are 41 members on theig intellce committee. Each one is going to get about five minutes to speak. This is going to focus on alged obstruction, volume two of the Mueller Report. You will see all of those instances laid out and the report during the course of the hearing then well have a little bit of a break and the intelligence will take over. The
Collusion is synonymous with conspiracy as that is set forth in the federal conspiracy statute. You said at your may 29th press conference and here today you choose your words carefully. Are you testifying Something Different than what your report states . Well, what im asking is if you can give me the citation i can look at the citation and evaluate whether it is actually let me clarify. You stated you would stay within the report. I stated your report back to you and you said that collusion and conspiracy were not synonymous terms. That was your answer was no. Thats correct. In that page 180 of volume 1 of your report, it says, as defined in legal dictionaries collusion is largely synonymous with conspiracy as a crime is set forth in 18 usc 371. You chose your words carefully are you contradicting your report right now. Not when i read it. You change your answer yes. No. If you look at the language. Im reading your report sir. Its a yes or no answer. Page 180. Volume 1. This is from
Investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. Next, we show you the first hearing, which was focused on potential obstruction of justice by President Trump. This Judiciary Committee hearing is three and a half hours. [indistinct chatter] [indiscernible] [gavel] gavel. Gavel. [indiscernible] idiot. He should wait for someone to Say Something when the cameras are here. [gavel] rep. Nadler the Judiciary Committee will come to order. Without objects in the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time, we anytime. We welcome everyone to the hearing on oversight of the report in the investigation into russia interference in the 2016 president ial election. I will now recognize myself for a brief Opening Statement. Director mueller, thank you for being here. I want to say a few words about our themes today, responsibility, integrity, and accountability. Your career is a model of responsibility. You are a decorated marine officer, awarded a purple heart,
The fbi opened an investigation based on that fact. You point this out on page 1 of the report. July 31st, 2016, they opened the investigation based on that piece of investigation. Diplomat tells Papadopoulos Papadopoulos tells diplomat russian has dirt on clinton. What im wondering is what told papadopoulos. How did he find out . I cant get into the evidence findings. Yes you can. You gave us the answer. You tell us who told him. Joseph nipson. Told padopouloss the guy who the mysterious professor who lives in rome and london. This is the guy who told papadopoulos. Hes the guy who starts it all. When the fbi interviews him, he lies three times and yet you dont charge him with a crime. You charge rick gates for false statements. You charge Paul Manafort for false statements. You charge Michael Cohen with false statements. You charge Michael Flynn but the guy who puts the country, starts it all for three years, he lies, you guys dont charge him. Im curious as to why. Well, i cant get in
The russians have dirt on Hillary Clinton, colluding thousands of emails. Pahpa davos was also informed that the russian government could assist the Trump Campaign to the anonymous release of store material. At the time mr. Papadopoulos was given this extraordinary information, the american pubc was unaware that the dnc and Clinton Campaign had even been hacked, let alone that russia was behind the attack and plan to weaponized the data that it stole. In july of 2016 the russian government begin dumping the stolen emails in precisely the same fashion it had previewed for mr. Papadopoulos. It was at this point informed of the russian at reached the papadopoulos and aware the russians were actually meddling in our electricity anonymous release of information that the fbi opened up its investigation but has james comey would explain in the first public testament on the mat and march 2017, and before this committee, the investigation began not as a criminal probe but as a counterintelligen