a statement at the end of it, it concludes, upon completing the investigation prosecutorial decision regarding comey s conduct as required by the inspector general act. the d.o.j. declined prosecution. so that s obviously directly what james comey is responding to. well, just because it s not criminal in the opinion of the department of justice doesn t mean it s not sleazy. now, in terms of mr. comey s response, i think it s pretty apparent to the american people at this juncture that mr. comey is not exactly he never should have been appointed head of the f.b.i. and his problem is he is often wrong but he is never in doubt. and this is just one more example. sandra: we bring sandy mccarthy back in. senator kennedy stand by for a
the report that she issued today? i hope so. i serve on homeland security. i will certainly talk to the chairman. it seems like it s right for our committee to see, certainly oversight should take a look at it. and this is not the first time. a report was done several months ago addressing overcrowding. this report, if you look at it, says, again, as though this is happening again. and, you know, one of the concerns that i have, lawrence, is whether this is whether this is just part of the disregard for treating people like humans, the disregard for dignity and respect that everybody deserves. it s happening to children. it s happening to adults. and it s completely unacceptable. everybody should be outraged at the human rights abuses happening at the southern border and at these facilities. well, when jennifer costello was in the inspector general s office at the state department, the republicans in the house of representatives called her up to testify about hillary clinton s
general of the homeland security department did today, condemning the dangerous overcrowding and prolonged detention of children in border patrol facilities in the rio grande valley. jennifer l. costello, the acting inspector general, did something unusual in a government memo, she actually signed her name to it, right there on the front. now, you don t see that very often in government memos because it s not necessary. that seems to be jennifer costello s way of claiming this as her own, perhaps saying if the president s going to fire someone for writing this report, it s going to be me. jennifer costello has been here before. she has told the hard truth before in an inspector general s report under great pressure when she worked in the obama administration. jennifer costello was in the office of inspector general in the state department in the obama administration. and she was the team leader on
there are actually people who are gaining more and more currency with the belief that that won t happen, that donald trump simply will not accept the inauguration of another president, especially after the president tweeted a video suggesting that he was going to stay president forever. but of course donald trump will surrender the white house because he always surrenders to the stronger power. as he did today. we will see that lesson at the end of this hour, the lesson of donald trump once again surrendering, the thing he does more than anything else. in the post-watergate reform atmosphere in washington in the 1970s, the inspector general act was passed in 1978, requiring departments to have an inspector general, one who would investigate what that department is actually doing and tell the truth. that is what inspector generals are supposed to supposed to do. and that is what the inspector
1970s, the inspector general act was passed in 1978, requiring departments to have an inspector general, one who would investigate what that department is actually doing and tell the truth. that is what inspector generals are supposed to supposed to do. and that is what the inspector general of the homeland security department did today, condemning the dangerous overcrowding and prolonged detention of children in border patrol facilities in the rio grande valley. jennifer l. costello, the acting inspector general, did something unusual in a government memo, she actually signed her name to it, right there on the front. now, you don t see that very often in government memos because it s not necessary. that seems to be jennifer costello s way of claiming this as her own, perhaps saying if the president s going to fire someone for writing this report, it s going to be me. jennifer costello has been here