Start that again. On july 22, you join the president as he announced they expansion of operation legend to combat crime in cotton kansas city with approximate 61 million in d. O. J. Grants paradigm confused however as to the purpose of logic operation legend at this time for december of last year you announce the department would divert over 70 million in grant of u. S. Cities under initiative called operation pursuit correct . Select thats correct. Somatic operation pursuit targeted a familiar list of cities likear albuquerque, kansas city. Ue correct . So at the same july 22 press conference, you initially claimed that over 200 arrests had been made under operation legend, correct . So correct. But you misspoke. So correct. So therr u. S. Attorneys office later confirmed only a single arrests had been made under operation legend, correct . So i dont know. And the 199 other arrests were made under relentless pursuit or other programs. That was correct. I do think you can be forgiven f
Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Barrtorney general william was on capitol hill for an oversight hearing on the Justice Department. This was his first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee since joining the Trump Administration. The attorney general was asked about his role in criminal cases involving roger stone and others as well as the federal response to nationwide protests and the legitimacy of mailin ballots despite claims of voter fraud by the president. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order the House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time and we welcome, we welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight for the department of justice. I apologize for getting the hearing late, as many of you know i was in a minor car accident on the way in this morning. Everyone is fine, except perhaps the
Department. This was his first appearance with the House Judiciary Committee since joining the Trump Administration in 2019. The attorney general was asked about his role in criminal cases involving roger stone and others, as well as the response to nationwide protests, and the legitimacy of mailin ballots despite claims of voter fraud by the president. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight for the department of justice. I apologize for beginning the hearing late. As many of you know, i was in a minor car accident on the way in this morning. Everyone is fine, except perhaps the car. But it did cause significant delay. I thank the attorney general and the members for their patience and flexibility, and we will now begin. Before we begin, i want to note that we are joined this morning by the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from maryland, leader
Additional funding is provided by. E corpornding is provided by. L ken starr, welcome to firie. Thank you, margaret. Youve been involved in both impeachments in this countrys modern history. In the 1990s, you led the probe that investigated bill clinton and ultimately recomnded grounds for impeachment. And then, you were alsoen most ry involved as defense counsel in president trumps impeachment trial. True . [ chuckles ] te . True. True . I wou quibble a little bit with the description in the clinton impeachment because i was serving independent counsel, so its such a different role. Do you think its fair to say that you were involved in the impeachment, though . I was invold in the impeachment, yeah. Okay. You got me. Great crossexamination. I want to make sure the introduction to the progm is accurate. How is it yocame to involved as a defense attorney for president trumps impeachment . The president called me and asked me to be involved. And then i made it very clear that i could no
Additional f is provided by. Corporate funding is provided by. Ken starr, welcome to firing line. Youve been involved in both impeachments in this countrys modern history. In the 1990s, you led the probe that investigated bill clinton and ultimately recomnded grounds for impeachmen most recently involvedo as defense counsel in president trumps impeachmentl. Tr true . [ chules ] true . True. True . I wou quibble a little bit with the description in the clinton impeachment because i was serving as independent counsel, so its such a different role. Do you think its fair to say that you were involved in the impeachment, though . I was involved in t impeachment, yeah. Okay. You got me. Great crossexamination. I want to make sure the introduction to the program is accurate. How is it you came to be involved as a defense attorney for president trumps impeachment . The president called me and asked me to be involved. And then i made it very clear that i could not walk away from my public comme