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Let s see how he answers that. senator lindsey graham has an opening statement. we believe it s off the cuff and not scripted as is usually the case with the senator from south carolina. to his left dianne feinstein the democrat. ranking member of that committee will follow with an opening statement as well and we ll get to michael horowitz. 20-minute rounds of question for each senator here. to martha here in new york ken starr struck me a moment ago saying it was misconduct, not oversight. and everyone should be morally outraged. i think you ll see reasons to substantiate that comment just given what we have now seen as you dig through and get deeper into this report. you have to question the motivation behind some of these actions that are seen as omissions or mistakes. i would also point out that we have to keep in mind the scope of the inspector general s work here. he was looking at the f.b.i. he is looking at a very finite group of people who work in the f.b.i. and perhaps som ....
10:00 hour and the hearing set to begin shortly. bill: reading on page 4. we found that members of the crossfire hurricane team the group of f.b.i. agents who did the investigation, failed to meet the basic obligation to insure that the carter page/fisa applications were scrupulously accurate. we identified significant inaccuracy in the missions in each of the four applications, seven in the first fisa application, a total of 17 by the final renewal application, ted cruz on camera. 9:59 here in new york as we are set to begin a brand-new hour and get into this hearing of potentially explosive hearing on the hill getting underway in moments. michael horowitz, the inspector general. we re waiting to hear from him and we will in a matter of moments. the origins of the russia investigation about to unfold. new hour begins right now from new york city. great to have you along with us today. i m bill hemmer as we get set for yet again an interesting today. ....
But also nazi germany. i m an american. i m an american. my religion is judaism. democratic senator from hawaii tweeted last night we jews like to argue about israel. especially about israel. so the idea that a college campus would have its views on israel regulated by the federal department of education, translated, it means enough already. however, the republican jewish national coalition issued a statement last night that read in part this is truly an historic and important moment for jewish americans. president trump has extended to jewish students very strong, meaningful legal protection from anti-semitic discrimination. they mirror those in the general public and been on the rise in recent years. according to the latest f.b.i. statistics from 2018, 57.8% of hate crimes across the united states were anti-jewish. far surpassing all other forms ....
That there was a legitimate basis for opening the investigation. remember, the carter page wiretap was in october of 2016. the investigation into the possible ties between the trump campaign and russia was in july of 2016. and go into page 2 of the opening statement by michael horowitz we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced his decision. the counter intelligence chief in opening the investigation. we found the crossfire hurricane was open for an authorized investigative purpose and sufficient factual presented indication. he thinks opening it were legitimate. they were the standards at the f.b.i. at the time. on the other hand what the f.b.i. did in seeking the fisa warrant later on in october of 2016 against carter page was a big problem. bill: you get the impression reading through the report they were fishing for something. ....
Accuse him of is being james bond. this poor guy papadopoulos picked by sam clovis to be part of trump s national security team. this national security team was picked up off the street. if you ve had a photo with donald trump you spent more time with donald trump than papadopoulos and page. they aren t paid. they re volunteers. but the f.b.i. thinks we need to watch these guys, manafort as well as who is the other one general flynn. they open up a counter intelligence investigation. let s assume for a moment that the small predicate you need has been met. what the hell happened after they opened it up? what did they find? were their suspicions validated or did they find at every turn it s really not true and they ....