process to limit how american tax dollars are spent at the department of justice. i yield back. general lady from texas is recognized. good morning. you have value the independence of a special counsel. i do. you asked garland to allow you to continue the investigation saying we want to thank you and your office for permitting our inquiry to proceed with will without interfere answer as you assured the members of the judiciary committee would be the case during the confirmation hearings to become attorney general of the united states. you value your special counsel status. it a being a rat that garland let you proceed on your case as you wish. that s true. it was important you have to as special counsel your investigation was supposed to be independent because special counsels and attorneys are supposed to be independent, right? special counsel is. yes. they are supposed to be independent, is that correct? special counsel is independent of the attorney gener
the reason behind your suspension was it found you to have espoused conspiratorall views orly, in writing and indicated support for the events of january 6th, is that correct, yes or no? that is the language that they placed on the letter. that s a yes then. do you believe it s important for federal agents to have allegiance to the united states, yes or no. it is absolutely important that personnel have allegiance. do you believe you should have allegiance to the united states to possess a security clearance. absolutely. do you believe your obligations as an agent should supersede your please rephrase the question. do you believe your obligation as an agent should supersede your first amount right. do you believe that you have an obligation to serve as a federal agent regardless of what your personal political beliefs are? yes, i have an obligation to serve the united states. do you believe that f.b.i. agents should be permitted to express support for
whose time is that? i yielded back. mr. chairman that is inappropriate. pointing out something. that is not appropriate. we ll go to mr. klein for five minutes from virginia. thank you, mr. durham, your report is not just sobering, as you stated. it is outrageous and deeply troubling. can you confirm the main points it found. f.b.i. did not have an adequate basis which to launch crossfire hurricane, correct? that s creek. they failed to examine evidence. correct. they continued text message investigation without cooperation or interview key witnesses in crossfire hurricane, correct? correct. individuals within the f.b.i. abused their authority under the foreign intelligence surveillance act, correct? correct. the f.b.i. immediately opened
evidence corroborating allegations contained in the dossier, is that creek? that s a fact. the f.b.i. paid danchenko as a confidential human source, correct? that s correct. and did the f.b.i. propose making future payments totaling more than $3 hundred thousand? that s correct. he becomes a source and enlists dolan as was brought up earlier, a democrat operative and advisor to clinton s 2008 presidential campaign. that s correct. did danchenko ever disclose his relationship with charles dolan to the f.b.i. that you are aware of? he did not during the interviews conducted in january. subsequently he was asked in an interview with his handler did
felt the fear of knowing there were people roaming the capitol looking to kill us. but clearly some of us have quickly forgotten that. i have heard my colleagues on the other side of the aisle suggest that, quote, the f.b.i. was participating in the insurrection. they called the rioters who attacked the capitol peaceful patriots and political prisoners and they describe the violence on january 6th as akin to a quote, unquote, normal tourist visit. it was not. last year the judiciary committee even had to entertain a resolution on the repeatedly discredited conspiracy theory. mr. allen, your security clearance was first suspended on january 10th, 2022, is that creek? correct?