Good morning, everybody. The hearing will come to order. Today were going to have a video hearing with ms. Sally yates, who was the acting attorney general for a period of time in january of 2017 and was the number two at the department of justice in early january 2017. Ms. Yates appeared before the committee on may 18th, 2017. That was before the Mueller Investigation really got started. It was before the horowitz report about the Mueller Investigation was issued, and i believe much has been learned since may of 2018 2017. And we would like to discuss certain topics with ms. Yates. My view of ms. Yates is that she exercised good caution and legal judgment in january of 2017, and if people had followed her advice, things might be different today, so i just want to let you know, ms. Yates, from my point of view, you analyzed the situation fairly correctly, and we will get into that later on. Whats the purpose of this hearing . Its to ask questions of ms. Yates knowing then what she know
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We are thrilled to have our authors and conversation chief at the wall street journal and leads a team of euros across the west covering, among any one many issues with them pandemic policy and economics state and city news immigration and in her career though wall street journal and editing positions london dallas pittsburgh and featured authors melissa korn Higher Education reporter for the wall street journal. Previously will for dow jones newswire and a graduate of cornell and Columbia University graduate school of journalism. We also have Jennifer Levitz National Reporter for the wall street journal previously she wrote and has a number of two Pulitzer Prize and graduated from loyola maryland and in their review she wrote the authors highly readable expose goes well beyond the tabloid level and examination of the intersection of ambition and money and Higher Education. A fastpaced account of the massive College Admissions scam. This indictment of contemporary American Culture offe