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
A moment to assess what the real situation is by the way just in recent time there has been the blame russia narrative im sure youre very familiar with that and then there was the blame mexico narrative and who could ever forget Freedom Fries when we decided as a nation that it was time to blame france so now our media and our government leaders want to shift our attention away from whats going on right here in the United States and focus instead on what happened in a lab in china last year which may be a legitimate side of the story and certainly worthy of coverage but shouldnt whats going on right here right now to all of us affecting our families be more important just a question theres 2 ways to look at this right and i want to break it down for you numerically and visually 1st the numbers. There are right now 234000. 00 people in the world who have died from the coronavirus of those 63000. 00 are americans that means the United States which accounts for less than 5 percent of the
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Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was acquitted of all murder and manslaughter charges in the case, but he was found guilty of possessing a gun. He may not serve that sentence because of time already spent in jail but he now faces the federal government. Were here tonight to talk about what happens next. Thats rights. We know there are two orders, a criminal warrant from the u. S. Justice department and a detainer from i. C. E. Demanding that jose Ines Garcia Zarate be turned over. Even if he leaves that San Francisco jail after december 14th when he is sentenced he will certainly not be a free man in the United States. Before being transferred to San Francisco to face drug charges jose Ines Garcia Zarate had been detained in texas for illegally reentering the United States. Then 14 days after he confessed to shooting kate steinle, on july 14, 2015, a u. S. District court in texas issued a warrant for his arrest. And today, less than 24 hours after the verdict, that same court again asked that h
That request was sent to the Sheriffs Office in San Francisco, which said once he is eligible to be released with San Franciscos Sheriffs Department will notify the u. S. Marshal pursuant to the federal criminal warrant. What charges could Jose Ines Garcia zarate face . According to Immigration Law because he illegally reentered the jieUnited States fives timee could face 10 years in prison and could face a penalty enhancement of 10 years because he committed a crime after reentry. Remember, he was found guilty of possessing a gun that killed kate steinle. Last night, i. C. E. Sent out its own detainer. An administrative order like this one asking him to be turned over to be deported to mexico. That would happen only after he served time in a federal prison. In the meantime hell be sentenced on december 14th. His defense will likely ask for the minimum 16 months, the prosecution for the maximum three years. In this case, mr. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate could receive a sentence of three yea