chairman, congratulations. thank you. [indistinct conversations] the committee will come to order. the chairs authorized to declare recess at any time. we welcome everyone to the hearing, oversight of the department of justice. political interference and threats. before we begin, i want to remind members we have established a distribution list dedicated to circulating written materials members might want to offer as part of the hearing. if you want to submit materials, send them to the email address previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate them to members and staff as quickly as possible. i want to remind all members the nodance of the office says face-to-face is required. required here is to follow guidance. this is for the health and safety of our staff and loved ones we will return to at the end of the day. i expect all members to wear a mask, except when you are speaking. i but recognize myself for an opening statement. mr. chairman, the point
department involving the roger stone case and other doj investigations. this is the first portion of the hearing before the committee took a short recess. you can watch the second portion on c-span.org. . thank you. [indistinct conversations] without objection the chairs authorized to recess at any time. political interference threatens independence. before we begin i would like to remind members we have established an email address distribution list circulating motions or other materials members point might want to offer. if you would like to summit the materials, sent them to the email address distributed to your offices and we will circulate the material as quickly as you can. i remind all members guidance that face coverings are required for all meetings such as committee hearings. everybody attending this hearing is required to follow this guidance. this is for the health and safety of all of us including our staff and the loved ones we will return to at the end of t
he was treated very, very horribly by a group of very bad people, and i think you ll see things are going to start to come out. but what happened to general flynn should never happen again in our country. he was persecuted, and many other people were persecuted. they spied on a campaign, and they should never spy on a campaign to put it mildly. never happened before in the history of our country. the obama administration spied on the campaign. this is just the first one. he s been exonerated, and i want to congratulate him. he s been through a lot. he s been through a lot. he had great courage, great fortitude. they spy pd on a campaign. there s never been anything like that happen. if that were the other way around, people would be in jail for 50 years. lou: the justice department s motion to drop the case against general flynn followed a review of the facts of the case by u.s. attorney jeff jensen. the department of justice found a number of exculpatory notes written by fbi
he was treated very, very horribly by a group of very bad people, and i think you ll see things are going to start to come out. but what happened to general flynn should never happen again in our country. he was persecuted, and many other people were persecuted. they spied on a campaign, and they should never spy on a campaign to put it mildly. never happened before in the history of our country. the obama administration spied on the campaign. this is just the first one. he s been exonerated, and i want to congratulate him. he s been through a lot. he s been through a lot. he had great courage, great fortitude. they spy pd on a campaign. there s never been anything like that happen. if that were the other way around, people would be in jail for 50 years. lou: the justice department s motion to drop the case against general flynn followed a review of the facts of the case by u.s. attorney jeff jensen. the department of justice found a number of exculpatory notes written by fbi
he was treated very, very horribly by a group of very bad people, and i think you ll see things are going to start to come out. but what happened to general flynn should never happen again in our country. he was persecuted, and many other people were persecuted. they spied on a campaign, and they should never spy on a campaign to put it mildly. never happened before in the history of our country. the obama administration spied on the campaign. this is just the first one. he s been exonerated, and i want to congratulate him. he s been through a lot. he s been through a lot. he had great courage, great fortitude. they spy pd on a campaign. there s never been anything like that happen. if that were the other way around, people would be in jail for 50 years. lou: the justice department s motion to drop the case against general flynn followed a review of the facts of the case by u.s. attorney jeff jensen. the department of justice found a number of exculpatory notes written by fbi