In response to the committee asking telecom companies to preserve the phone records of at least 11pro trump lawmakers like marjorie taylor greene, kevin mccarthy released a statement warning the companies if they comply, quote, they are in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the united states if companies choose to violate federal law a republican majority will not forget and will stand with americans to hold them fully accountable under the law. Dadada. A fact check here, companies are not breaking the law by complying with a congressional request for records. The january 6 committee responded to mccarthy s attempt to bully private companies by saying this. Quote, the select committee is investigating the violent attack on the capitol and attempts to overturn the results of last year s election. We have asked companies not to destroy records that may help answer questions for the american people. The committee s efforts won t be deterred by those
process to limit how american tax dollars are spent at the department of justice. i yield back. general lady from texas is recognized. good morning. you have value the independence of a special counsel. i do. you asked garland to allow you to continue the investigation saying we want to thank you and your office for permitting our inquiry to proceed with will without interfere answer as you assured the members of the judiciary committee would be the case during the confirmation hearings to become attorney general of the united states. you value your special counsel status. it a being a rat that garland let you proceed on your case as you wish. that s true. it was important you have to as special counsel your investigation was supposed to be independent because special counsels and attorneys are supposed to be independent, right? special counsel is. yes. they are supposed to be independent, is that correct? special counsel is independent of the attorney gener
why didn t you look into it and see if the f.b.i. was correct that there was a connection between russia and the trump campaign to elect trump. my assignment was to look at the intelligence agencies not to look at a separate investigation done by the house, senate or director mueller. you don t think if the intelligence communities, f.b.i. and others came up with this information and did good work that that should be part of your balanced report? i m not following your question, i apologize. i m trying to fall ole your report. mr. donald trump junior would have called it a nothing burger. you got no convictions, you got nothing. it was all set up to hurt the mueller report, which was correct and redacted. to hurt the bidens and to help trump. you were a part of it.
Computers associated with clinton campaign and released the stolen documents publicly. the report speaks for itself as well. mueller also report evidence that though he could not establish the crime of conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt he said, quote, a statement that the investigation did not establish certain facts does not mean there was no evidence of those facts. that also appears in the report, doesn t it? there is language to that effect. you cited that in your own report as a way of distinguishing between proof beyond a reasonable doubt. correct. both mueller and congressional investigations found paul manafort was secretly meeting with an operative linked to russian intelligence. correct? that s my understanding, yes. man fort, while chairman of the trump campaign, gave that russian intelligence operative the campaign s internal polling