Yesterday, the director of National Intelligence testified that, quote, the greatest challenge we have as a nation is making sure to maintain the integrity of our election system. Closed quote. Excuse me. I agree. Our democracy was founded on a government elected by the people, for the people and free and fair elections. Today our elections, the very core of our democracy, are under attack. Special counsel muellers report in no Uncertain Terms details our Foreign Government attacked our 2016 election is, the russians objections were clear, secure the election of one candidate of president over another and undermining confidence in the sbrintegritief our elections. Theres no evidence that russia affected the actual vote count of our elections but russia did steal thousands of documents from american citizens that it used to influence public opinion. It also accessed voter data and gained other valuable intelligence which it may seek to exploit in the future. In short, as special counsel
Thank you, good to see you all. It is good to welcome friends from the cspan around the world and we have some stiff competition. But go gnats. It does not start until 8 00 00 pm. Get home and watch the game. Charlie cook made the ultimate sacrifice tonight. He has tickets to the game, gave them to his son so he could join us. [applause] thank you for that. John might have we have a couple exciting programs coming up. Senator Sherrod Brown joins us november 19th and susan rice, former National Security adviser on january 14th. No place for political junkies and the Cook Political Report, the editor, founder, publisher, they have been very good to the hill ctr. Charlie was here a few years ago. Jennifer duffy and david wasserman, have been here with us. In 2020, in the middle of it, a good time to have charlie cook back. My pleasure. What we talked about this evening. Something big has happened since then looming over the political landscape. The impeachment inquiry. What impact will th
Welcome you to this beautiful campus for such an important conversation on government oversight and accountability in conjunction with the launch of our new student publication. Oversight projects. Org. This project is yet another example of this telework of our student leaders in creating a go to source about the work of federal oversight, accountability and ethics watchdogs. We could not be more proud of our students, the effort and enthusiasm here at Washington College of law. And our Law School Community is especially grateful that the launch of this project is made possible and is elevated with a cadre of leading experts who will sha theirhtn oversight and accountability with us today. So my warm welcome to all of you again. Please join me in welcoming the organizer of todays event, professor fernando look order, the faculty director of the Washington College of law, law and government program. Thank you, fernando. [applause] thank you very much, dean nelson. Welcome everyone. Im
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Justice Department Inspector Michael Horowitz American University sylvia burwell. Staff, students and viewers at home, good afternoon to you all. My name is Camille Nelson and i had the privilege of serving as a dean of the Washington College of law and its my pleasure to welcome you to this beautiful canvas for such an important conversation on government oversight and accountability and in conjunction with the launch of our new student publication. Oversight project. Org. This project is yet another example of the work of our student leaders integrating a go to source about the work of federal oversight accountability and ethics watchdogs. We could not be more proud of our students, their effort and their enthusiasm here at Washington College of law. Our Law School Community is especially grateful at the launch of this project is made possible and is elevated by leading experts who will share their insights and accountability with us today. So my warm welcome again please, join me in