Yesterday has introduced further doubt about claims that the vote in georgia was in any way secure and in any way honest. The video appears to show election workers in fulton pulling out suitcases from beneath a table and then illegally counting ballots without supervisors or republican watchers present. Even though state Election Officials call that perfectly normal, if you can imagine. Georgias governor, brian kemp who has fought against a further recount after looking at that is now calling for an audit of the vote. I called early on for a signature audit. Obviously, the secretary of state per the laws in the constitution would have to order that. He has not done that. I think it should be done. I think especially with what we saw today, it raises more questions. There needs to be transparency on that. I would again call for that, and i think in the next 24 hours, hopefully, well see a lot more from the hearings that the legislature had today, and well be able to look and see what t
Yesterday has introduced further doubt about claims that the vote in georgia was in any way secure and in any way honest. The video appears to show election workers in fulton pulling out suitcases from beneath a table and then illegally counting ballots without supervisors or republican watchers present. Even though state Election Officials call that perfectly normal, if you can imagine. Georgias governor, brian kemp who has fought against a further recount after looking at that is now calling for an audit of the vote. I called early on for a signature audit. Obviously, the secretary of state per the laws in the constitution would have to order that. He has not done that. I think it should be done. I think especially with what we saw today, it raises more questions. There needs to be transparency on that. I would again call for that, and i think in the next 24 hours, hopefully, well see a lot more from the hearings that the legislature had today, and well be able to look and see what t
Doubt about claims that the vote in georgia was in any way secure and in any way honest. The video appears to show election workers in fulton pulling out suitcases from beneath a table and then illegally counting ballots without supervisors or republican watchers present. Even though state Election Officials call that perfectly normal, if you can imagine. Georgias governor, brian kemp who has fought against a further recount after looking at that is now calling for an audit of the vote. I called early on for a signature audit. Obviously, the secretary of state per the laws in the constitution would have to order that. He has not done that. I think it should be done. I think especially with what we saw today, it raises more questions. There needs to be transparency on that. I would again call for that, and i think in the next 24 hours, hopefully, well see a lot more from the hearings that the legislature had today, and well be able to look and see what the next steps are. Lou next steps
Assistant attorney general and the office of Legal Counsel under the bush administration, was a member of the domestic policy staff under president reagan, served in the Central Intelligence agency, and was a law clerk for the u. S. Court of appeals for the d. C. Circuit judge in addition to his he did get public service, he also has ensive Service Plaque to practicing law in the private sector. He received his ma from Kobe University and a jd from George Washington school of law. We welcome the attorney general and we thank him for participating today. If you would please rise, i will begin by swearing you in. If you could raise your right hand, or lefthand. Do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information, and belief, so help you god. Let the record show the witness has answered in the affirmative. Thank you and please be seated. Please note the written statement will be entered into the record in its entirety.
The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time and we welcome, we welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight for the department of justice. I apologize for getting the hearing late, as many of you know i was in a minor car accident on the way in this morning. Everyone is fine, except perhaps the car. But it did cause significant delay. I think the attorney general and the members for their patience and flexibility and we will now begin. Before we begin, i want to acknowledge and note that we are joined this morning by the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from maia maryland, leader hoyer, who has long recognized the need for vigorous congressional oversight of the executive branch under both parties and we appreciate his presence today as we question the attorney general. Before we begin, i would like to remind members that we have an established email distribution list dedicated to circulating exhib