I want to tone things down a little bit here and First Express my gratitude for the thousands of men and women who work every day on the front line with the fbi. I come from a background as a prosecutor and our local Law Enforcement work with the fbi every day in our local office in minnesota, and then in the senate, ive had the privilege to work with many, many people in the fbi. And i think the Inspector General hes job is incredibly important. He keeps everyone honest. But i do think this it is important for those t agents an those in Law Enforcement that are watching today that people understand there are people up here that understand that you are simply doing your jobs. Which i think is basically some recommendations Foric Change Wh the Inspector General found in this report. So before iis start my question
i think that it is important to put this discussion in context in the 2016 election which is why we are here today. It is nowe undisputed by our Intelligence Agencies that rus
think who has not gotten the credit that they collectively deserve and that is the democratic national committee. i ve heard my friends on the other side of the aisle complain about hillary clinton s campaign and how ineffective it was and the dnc didn t do a good job. i beg to differ. is this the most credible the dnc pays for the steele dossi i solicits it and then gets the ferlg bureau of investigation to get fisa warntsds, sur swrrants presidential campaign on the basis of the manufactured garbage that they paid for. that is extraordinary. that has to be the first time in history. and let me just ask you, are you aware of of another presidential campaign beingr targeted by th fbi like the trump campaign was? to my knowledge. but i m not an expert. butt to your knowledge.