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
Wondering why im saying hi from northampton. Yes, i am. Yes. I was asked to say that today when i was on the Bill Newman Radio Show in northampton, massachusetts. Phoning in to the radio show. Of course, you are a big local hero there. I was on the show, of course, talking about my new book Playing With Fire and im one of those do anything to sell a book guys and so when he asked me to say hi to Rachel Maddow from northampton i said ill say that tonight on tv. And may many book sales follow. Bill newman is a great guy, Local Aclu Hero in western massachusetts. Known him for a very long time and anything from northampton is good as far as im concerned. Well done. He loves you and they love you up there. Thanks, man. Thank you, rachel. Well, donald trump jr. s secret communication with wikileaks about material stolen from the Democratic Party became
fifth accuser of roy moore emerged this afternoon. And this time, the woman appeared before cameras and told her own story in her own words
it. russian decisions to interact with the trump campaign and influence the actions of the campaign allegedly for adoption law but really for sanctions relief. the f.b.i. came up with that, did they not? a meeting took place at trump tower june 9th. derogatory information clinton provided. they met and as i believe in a report, the report laid that out that the discussion then at trump towers was about adoption, not about anything relating to mrs. clinton. it is totally about sanctions, trying to get rid of a law. adoptions is a ruse. should you not have looked into that and seen what the russians were wanting in return for that? the biggest thing putin wanted
times reported or told donald trump jr. they would publish the e-mail that is led up to the meeting and donald trump jr. published them all on the twitter page and there s a pattern of him kind of getting caught not having told the whole truth about the contacts with russians during the campaign and then needing to play catch up afterwards and i think it s really important to view this wikileaks revelation through the lens of the path, you know, evidence that we have seen of potential collusion between the campaign and moscow. we saw that papadopoulos in the spring of 2016 been told of potential dirt on hillary clinton and then e-mails released by wikileaks in july and then, of course, we saw the meeting between donald trump jr. and the russian lawyer and paul manafort at trump tower june 9th and the outreach of wikileaks and donald trump jr. s response did not occur in a vacuum and an important thing to keep in mind. mieke, we are seeing suggestions in the messages of wikileaks abo
at trump tower of june 9th after last year after the new york times reported or told donald trump jr. they would publish the e-mail that is led up to the meeting and donald trump jr. published them all on the twitter page and there s a pattern of him kind of getting caught not having told the whole truth about the contacts with russians during the campaign and then needing to play catch up afterwards and i think it s really important to view this wikileaks revelation through the lens of the path, you know, evidence that we have seen of potential collusion between the campaign and moscow. we saw that papadopoulos in the spring of 2016 been told of potential dirt on hillary clinton and then e-mails released by wikileaks in july and then, of course, we saw the meeting between donald trump jr. and the russian lawyer and paul manafort at trump tower june 9th and the outreach of wikileaks and donald trump jr. s response