Department on august 21, 2017, after unanimous confirmation in the United States senate. As that of the office of legal policy, assistant attorney general williams oversees the departments policymaking functions and serves as a covice chair of the attorney general task force on religious liberty. She bravely serve as special counsel for the United States Senate Committee on the judiciary can work in private practice and serve as a law clerk to judge Richard Wesley of the United States court of appeals for the second circuit. Please join me in welcoming to the stage assistant attorney general beth williams. [applause] thank you, john, for your kind introduction. Im honored to beer to facilitate a a discussion about the administrations efforts to combat antisemitism. Im also honor to serve in the departments stand for the rights of all americans including those of jewish faith to worship and safety into practice their religion freely. As we were going the last panel one important way tha
Importance for this group because you just called for the impeachment of donald trump. [cheers and applause] i read the Mueller Report debate came up. I went into the afternoon and into the night and into the next morning. When i got to the end, i did not stick my finger in the air and ask about politics. I did not hesitate. I read it. I knew what it said and i concluded, first, that this is a man who is broken the law, and you should be impeached. And i said so on that very day. [applause] i come to you at a moment of great crisis insa this country,a crisis at the time when americans working better and better and better for a thinner and thinner slice at the top, while it leaves everyone else behind. The central question of my life work has been, whats happening to working families in america . Why is the road getting so much rockier and so much steeper . And for families of color, even rockier and even steeper . And answer is, its no accident. Race lies right at the heart of this iss
Investigators it strikes at the core of the governments effort to find the truth. Which leads to absolutely no obstruction if we had had called confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so. Also coming up on the day Boris Johnson is heading to court hes accused of lying to the British Public during a break that referendum misconduct allegations against the man who wants to be britains next Prime Minister. Deliberately misled the public. To have anything to say mr jones. We start with the man behind the report special Counsel Robert Mueller he addressed the public on wednesday for the 1st time and he said. As the last time miller is stepping down from the Justice Department where he was investigating russian interference in the 2016 u. S. President ial election and possible collusion with the president and his campaign miller says his 4 148. 00 page report speaks for itself but as for the president s innocence on the question of obstruction of justi
When a subject of an investigation obstruction that investigation or lying to investigators it strikes at the core of the governments effort to find the truth no collusion which leads to absolutely no obstruction if we had called confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so. Also coming up on the day Boris Johnson is heading to court hes accused of lying to the British Public during a break that referendum misconduct allegations against the man who wants to be britains next Prime Minister. Deliberately misled the public. You have anything to say mr jones. We start with the man behind the report special counsel Robert Mueller. He addressed the public on wednesday for the 1st time and he says the last time miller is stepping down from the Justice Department where he was investigating russian interference in the 2016 u. S. President ial election and possible collusion with the president and his campaign miller says his 448 page report speaks for itsel
We will get started now with our last Panel Discussion of the day. This panel is titled a discussion on the department of justice grant opportunities for fiscal year 18 and identifying gaps for possible fiscal year 19 programs. This is the panel where you all get to hear how the department is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to Human Trafficking. Our panel will be moderated today by the honorable beth a. Williams. Beth was sworn in as assistant attorney general on august 21st, 2017, after unanimous confirmation by the United States senate. As a assistant attorney general for the office of legal policy, she served as the primary policy adviser to the United States attorney general and the Deputy Attorney general. And as the chief regulatory officer here at the department. Prior to becoming the assistant ag, miss williams is a litigation and appellate partner at a National Law Firm where her practice focused on complex commercial, securities and First Amendment litigati