Subcommittee on Information Technology will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Good afternoon. Todays hearing is part of a series of hearings the i. T. Subcommittee has held to analyze existing laws and regulations that may have become obsolete updating technological advances. Weve held hearings on health i. T. , drones, autonomous vehicles, internet of things and many other issues. Today we turn attention to laws and regulations governoring political advertisement hearing. Civil Campaign Finance laws, Disclosure Requirements from Public Information for campaign candidates, parties or Political Action committees related to federal offices. In addition, the fcc enforces additional disclosure and disclaimer on broadcast, satellite, radio ads. Some proposed increased disclaimer and disclosure laws or internet platforms and proposed a role for ftc. Interplay between these three regulatory agencies and how they apply the law is somethin
Political advertising on social media and other platforms. Witnesses discussion certain diz closure rules for online advertisements and the implications of russia purchasing facebook ads during the 2016 election. This is just under two hours. Subcommittee on Information Technology will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Good afternoon. Todays hearing is part of a series of hearings the i. T. Subcommittee has held to analyze existing laws and regulations that may have become obsolete updating technological advances. Weve held hearings on health i. T. , drones, autonomous vehicles, internet of things and many other issues. Today we turn attention to laws and regulations governoring political advertisement hearing. Civil Campaign Finance laws, Disclosure Requirements from Public Information for campaign candidates, parties or Political Action committees related to federal offices. In addition, the fcc enforces additional disclosure an
On these matters . Number one, the doj and the importance of congress intellig and number two, how your views will guide your interactions with this committee, engagements with it and engagements with the doj. Completely agree that this committee plays a Critical Role in the oversight of the cia, particularly because so much of the work of the cia has to remain secret by its nature. This committee needs to provide the important checks and balances that would normally be provided, in addition, by the American Public in those circumstances. I think the doj plays a Critical Role in giving advice to the agency. For advice is authoritative the agency. I would consider it my duty to sake sure that the committee were informed of all intelligence activities. I would also make sure that the information provided to the department of justice and to the Legal Counsel was accurate and timely and uptodate. It, i havece with interacted many times with lawyers from the agency. My experience has been v
And basically, democrats who do have a huge Media Advantage were able to leverage this. And in kind of a big controversy and something that ultimately became almost a frenzy and in may 2017, you president of the United States, donald trump, Trump Campaign, have what i think weve seen the trump white house. Is not colluding with the russians. Happen before. Which is, top officials in the in fact, no one was colluding with the russians. Not a single american he says. Justice Department Just tell me, why do we need 200 pages to tell us that . And moreover, how do we get panicked. And appointed a special involved in an investigation prosecutor. That in the end turned out to be nothing . Rod rosenstein in this case well, when this report came out, i thought about something that happened just a couple of appointed Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor. I think we saw years ago the weeks ago. The president went to capitol hill and met with republicans. Cia leak case and think a wide ranging
Analysis, but we begin with corresponding kristin fishers got the latest from President Trump tonight. Good evening, kristen. Good evening, shannon. Its a tale of two interviews. The first oneonone with President Trump the former fbi director james comey since the end of the Mueller Probe. But the president is focused on its beginning. Tonight he promised to try to release the fisa warrant that was used to launch the fbis investigation into his campaign. A few hours ago, he told hannity i have plans to declassify and release. I have plans to absolutely release. I thought it would be better if we hold to the end. At the right time, we will absolutely be releasing it. President trump, he said he didnt want to talk about the possibility of pardons but he had no problem calling former cia director john brennan a sick person, and congressman adam schiff, a bad guy who should be forced out of office. The president saved his harshest criticism to people leading the fbi the time the investigat