The steel dossier and foreign interference in u. S. Elections. This is three hours and 45 minutes. Thank you for coming and we will get started with of the the hearing. I want to thank mr. James comey, the former director of the fbi, for appearing today before the committee to talk with us about crossfire hurricane and anything else the committee would like to speak with him about. So, to give a little brief introduction of why we are here and what we are trying to accomplish, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act s a tool that has been around for a very long time for our Intelligence Community, the fbi, to make sure when Foreign Agents, terrorists or agents of a Foreign Government are in our country, they can be surveilled if they are doing things that are threatening to the National Security. I think this legislation goes all the way back t to the 70s, iand its been used a lot. Its been used in tariff cases when wee suspect someone of beig a terrorist under the Foreign Intelligen
Okay thank you all for coming. Number one i would like to thank mr. Horwitz and his team at the Inspector Generals Office for doing a very thorough and professional job. I think the country owes him a debt of gratitude and i look forward to hearing his testimony wednesday in detail about his findings. The first thing i would like to address is that you have a statement by mr. Durham, the u. S. Attorney in connecticut that is looking at potential criminal liability in this matter. The attorney general bar and mr. We have three different views, i guess two of the views that there was there was no lawful predicate to begin the information. But thats not my concern right now. Three lawyers can reasonably disagree, and i trust mr. Horwitz to give an honest view. Lets assume for a moment that there was a lawful predicate. The bar is really low to open and enter counter investigation. The. I want to make is lets assume for a moment that it started out okay. It sure as hell did not end okay. W
Minority leader charles schumer. Uh, ok, thank you all for coming. Number one, i would like to thank mr. Horowitz and his team at the Inspector Generals Office for doing a very thorough, professional job. I think the country owes him a debt of gratitude and i look forward to hearing his testimony wednesday in detail about his findings. The first thing i would like to address is that you have a statement by mr. Durham, the u. S. Attorney in connecticut looking at potential criminal liability regarding this matter. The attorney general barr and mr. Horowitz. You have deep you have three different views, two of the views is that there was no lawful predicate to begin the investigation. I think mr. Durham said he had more information that mr. Horowitz at that is not my concern right now. Three lawyers can reasonably disagree and i trust mr. Horowitz to give an honest view. Lets assume for a moment that. Here was a lawful predicate the bar is low to open a counterintelligence investigation
Rons foreign ministry. Ers, the west and late march to stop what it called a militarized response to a peaceful protest. Now while it was out which to students may do little to save those facing expulsion, its interpreted as an effective means to amplify the unprecedented wave of pro palestinian rallies in the west since the onset of and does a conflict. These moments republic has offered all kinds of support to try to bring the war to an end from backing that was distance fighters in yemen. Iraq and syria was really turned this crew on israel and the why some of the guys of war to its diplomatic attempts to try to bring about a ceasefire and beyond quote enclave and most recently, its unprecedented missile and drone strike on israel. So essentially it was highly anticipated that one would quickly throw its weight behind such a pro palestinian gesture in the west. Vocally telling those students that, hey, go ahead and dont worry about the consequences of your actions, because everyone
Michelle obama. Joined by the artists at the portrait gallery, home to the only complete collection of National Portraits outside of the white house. Here is a preview. Each of these artists had to walk into the oval office yikes i almost wanted to start each conversation by apologizing for putting them through this process. Just to get this job they had to come to the white house, to the oval office, and get grilled by the president and first lady. Im sorry. [laughter] im so sorry. It was not lost on us how unnerving this experience was for each one of them and when amy came and it was her turn, i have to admit i was intrigued. I was intrigued before she walked into the room. I hadnt seen her work and i was blown away by the bonus of her colors and the uniqueness of her subject matter. So i was wondering, who is this woman . I am not somebody who is a great subject. I do not like posing. I get impatient come i look at this musti think be done. why is this taking so long . It is pretty