You start a counterintelligence investigation and the checks and balances that we need. Mr. We return now to the hearing on the fbi russia inquiry. Underlying problem, the system in the hands of a few bad people can do a lot of damage. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I assume there is no time limit. Take all the time you need. Well, i wont take a long time, but ive been reading these reports, ladies and gentlemen now, for 25 years. And i have great appreciation for this Inspector General. I just want to make those personal remarks. This is a tough arena, and as you can see, there are very tough people that are part of that arena, but to have an Inspector General who tells its as they see it and does this year after year is a saving grace, and i hope people will get this report. If i have a grievance, it is that the print is too small. I agree with that. Thank you very much. And it is heavy to carry around. But last year this Inspector General pledged to congress that he w
Testifying on capitol hill about the Russian Investigation into the published report released by his office. The house judiciary hearing was the first of two hearings that focus on the reports findings relating to the Trump Administration and allegations of obstruction of justice. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the Judiciary Committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on oversight of the report and the investigation into the russian interference in the 2016 president ial election. I will now recognize myself for a brief Opening Statement. Thank you for being here. I want to say just a few words about the themes today. Responsible for the coming integrity and accountability. Your career for example is a model of responsibility. You are a decorated marine officer. Awarded a purple heart and bronze star for valor. He usurped in the department of justice and immediate after
Captioning performed by vitac although your report states collusion is not a specific offense and you have said this this morning, or a term of art in federal criminal law, conspiracy is in the colloquial context are collusion and conspiracy essentially synonymous terms . You are going to have to rethat for me. Collusion is not a specific offense or a term of art in the federal criminal law, conspiracy is. Yes. In the colloquial context no public context collusion and conspiracy are essentially synonymous terms, correct . No. If not on page 180 of volume 1 of your report you wrote in as defined in legal dictionaries collusion is largely synonymous with conspiracy 18 usc you said at your may 29 press conference and here today you choose your words carefully. Are you testifying Something Different from what your report states. What im asking is if you can give me the citation i can look at the citation and evaluate whether it is accurate. Let me just clarify. You stated that you had stay
Links to the russian government reached out to the Trump Campaign to telegraph the kremlins preference for mr. Trump. Joseph masud a london based malt east professor told george pap pop dops topz who told him the russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton including thousands of emails. Papadopoulos was informed that the russian government could assist the campaign through the anonymous release of stole be material. At the time mr. Papadopoulos was given this extraordinary information, the American Public was unaware that the dnc and Clinton Campaign had been hacked, let alone russia was behind the attack and planned to weaponize the data it stole. In july of 2016, the russian government began dumping the stolen emails in precisely the same fashion it had previewed for mr. Papadopoulos. It was informed of the russian outreach to papadopoulos and ware wire eaware that the russians medding through the aanonymous release of information gnat fbi opened up its investigation. But as james comey wou
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