Manager Corey Lewandowski was. Sked about the interactions on judiciary will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to call recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on president ial obstruction of president ial obstruction of justice and abuse of power. Before we begin i remind our Committee Members that we should refrain from making inappropriate personal references to protected parties, namely the president , Vice President , members of the senate, members of the house. This would include accusations of dishonesty, criminality, treason, or other unethical or imoper motives. The Critical Issues we are addressing today which go to the very core of our constitutional democracy, understandably bring out strong passions in us as they do in the American People. I hope that in what should but i hope that in what should be a spirited discussion of these issues today well stay focused on the issues and take care of to the keep our comments from being dire
Democrats want to ignore all of the real evidence of russian interference and hold this fake im because it happened impeachment because it happened under a different president s watch. This all happened under president obamas watch, isnt that correct . Mr. Lewandowski yes, sir. Mr. Chabot and it was the Obama Administration that failed to protect us from the russian interference and influence in our election, isnt that also true . Mr. Lewandowski yes. Mr. Chabot President Trump wasnt president. He wasnt the one that failed to protect the country. If anybody failed, it was the Obama Administration. Is that right . Mr. Lewandowski yes, it is. Mr. Chabot ive said it before and ill say it again. Were wasting valuable Committee Time engaging in this impeachment investigation. The fact of the matter is one thing this committee could be doing is to question Inspector General horowitz concerning the bias against the president at the origins of the Russian Investigation. We could be questioning
Todays program will be broadcast live on cspans booktv. If there is time at the end for a q a session with authors, we use the microphone, located at the center of the room so that the home viewing audience can hear your question. Before we begin todays program we ask you to silence your cell phones and turn off cameras. I am here to introduce our guest, Maudlyne Ihejirika, a journalist for the chicago suntimes, president of the chicago chapter of the National Association of journalists and president of chicago journalist association. Please welcome Maudlyne Ihejirika of the chicago suntimes. [applause] good morning, thank you for being here and joining us for what promises to be an inspiring and intriguing conversation. As a columnist at a major chicago newspaper and as president of the National Association of black journalists chicago chapter ill my career to Dorothy Butler gilliam, author of trailblazer a pioneering journalists fight to make the media look more like america. I owe m
Selfcleaning board. I want to give a special like you to our sponsors who have been generous in their support this evening. Excuse me, especially when thrust is our [inaudible] todays program will be broadcast live on the spin to book tv and if theres time at the end for a q a session with the author we ask you to use the microphone located at the center of the room so the home viewing audience can hear your questions. For we begin todays program we ask you to silence your cell phones and turn off the camera flashes. Im here to introduce you to here to introduce our guest is [inaudible], reporter and columnist for the chicago suntimes, president of the chicago chapter of the National Association of black journalists and president of the chicago journalist association. Please welcome [inaudible] of the chicago suntimes. Thank you back. [applause] good morning. Thank you all for being here today. For joining us for what promises to be an inspiring and intriguing conversation. As a column
Whether it was betrayal or a banal misunderstanding , Iryna Ivanova caused the article in nordensgang to appear under the headline ukraine is ready to cede territory in exchange for nato membership, these words belong to the head of hanseks staff, jensens wall, which he spoke at the annual Political Forum in norway, the article not only shook the world media, but also caused a sharp reaction from the ukrainian side. Nsdc secretary Oleksiy Danilov called jensens words a strange throw , the ministry of Foreign Affairs also counted the conscious or unconscious participation nato officials, in forming a narrative about the possibility of ukraine giving up its territories, plays into the hands of russia, the quote of a nato official was indeed picked up by russian propagandists, but jensen played along with them by accident ukrainian political scientist Oleksiy Buryachenko believes that this case with the alliance official is rather an example for public communication techniques, what shoul