The hearing will come to order. Director wray, appreciate you coming over. Try to get you out of here by 1 00. You have an agency to run. Well do seven minute rounds. If theres cleanup, well try to accommodate. Briefly, the oversight hearing comes at an important time. Even though theres no evidence the russians changed the tally of the 2016 election, i think they exceeded their wildest expectations in terms of interfering with the 2016 election. I think all of us are interested in what to do to make sure it doesnt happen in 2020. I am very interested in what china is doing, section 2015 authorities are about to expire. I want to hear from the director what that means to the country. We have a fisa warrant investigation coming soon, a problem with media leaks at the fbi. Having said all that, it has been a difficult time for the fbi. Lets not let a few bad actors taint a great organization. Before we start, we appreciate what you do. Without their service, this country would be a dange
About to tell me. Not a trick question. I raise the question because your testimony that was submitted to the committee talked a lot about home grown violent extremists. In an and classified f. B. I. D. H. S. Joint intelligence bulleting in may, 2017, it found that white supremacist extremism poses persistent threat of lethal violence. Went on to say White Supremacists are responsible for more homicides from 2000 to 2016 than any other domestic extremist movement. Seven members of the committee joined me in writing a letter to you and attorney general barr explaining our concern about whether the fbi and department of justice were taking adequate measures to combat white supremacist violence minimizing the domestic terrorism threat. The term white supremacist, white natiolist is not included in your statement to the committee when you talk about threats to america. Theres a reference to racism which i think probably was meant to include that, but nothing more specific. We live in a wor
The f. B. I. To find ways to deter domestic terrorism. Sen. Durbin mr. Ray, welcome. I would like to ask you a question. Do you know what group was responsible for more homicides from 20002016, more than any other domestic Extremist Group . Dir. Wray not sure, but i think youre about to tell me. Not a trick question. I raise the question because your testimony that was submitted to the committee talked a lot about home grown violent extremists. In an and classified f. B. I. D. H. S. Joint intelligence bulleting in may, 2017, it found that white supremacist extremism poses persistent threat of lethal violence. It went on to say that White Supremacists are responsible for more homicides from 2000 to 2016 than any other domestic extremist movement. Seven members of the committee joined me in writing a letter to you and attorney general barr explaining our concern about whether the f. B. I. And department of justice were taking adequate measures to combat white supremacist violence and min
In an and classified f. B. I. D. H. S. Joint intelligence bulletin in may, 2017, it found that white supremacist extremism poses persistent threat of lethal violence. It went on to say that White Supremacists are responsible for more homicides from 2000 to 2016 than any other domestic extremist movement. Seven members of the committee joined me in writing a letter to you and attorney general barr explaining our concern about whether the f. B. I. And department of justice were taking adequate measures to combat white supremacist violence and minimizing the domestic terrorism threat. The term white supremacist, White Nationalist is not included in your statement to the committee when you talk about threats to america. Theres a reference to racism, which i think probably was meant to include that, but nothing more specific. We live in a world where the neonazis and White Supremacists are taking lives in many places. White supremacists murdered 51 muslim worshipers in new zealand. In 2017,
The oversight committee. He address Election Security and fbis response to domestic terrorism and white supremacist violence and other topics are chinese espionage and threats from an official. This is just under three hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] come to order we appreciate you coming over director ray we will try to get out of here by 1 00 oclock you have an agency to run and if there is any cleanup we will try to accommodate. Very briefly the oversight hearing comes at an important time even though there is no evidence the russians change the tally of the 2016 election they exceeded their wildest expectations or interfere with the 2016 elections. All of us are very interested in what we can do to make sure this doesnt happen again in 2020 and after what china is doing section 2015 authorities are about to expire to hear from the director what that means to the country with a pfizer warrant investigation we that is coming also media leaks at the fbi. Hav