[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this meeting will come to order. I want to thank Inspector General horowitz and his team for being here. I know in the Judiciary Committee you have everyone raise have everyone raise your hand so cute raise your hand identifier so all the people hooked on this excellent work. Appreciate that. I want to thank you for all your hard work and efforts preparing the reports is a subject for hearing today. We have received for your efforts well deserved those sentiments. The release of this report is an important step in providing the public answers to many of the questions that have festered for far too long but as thorough as this report is the scope is narrow and many important questions remain unanswered. Much attention is paid to the ports conclusion that the crossfire hurricane investigation did have adequate predicate that in accuracies and omissions from the fisa application and renewals call into question the integrity of the proces
Thank you all very much. Mr. Horowitz thank you. I really appreciate what you have done. Do you have your team here with you . Would it be okay if they raised their hands, is that all right . If theyre okay with it, im okay with it. Thank you all. You have labored hard and your work product is impressive. I just want to thank you all for what youve done for the country. Mr. Horowitz im dying to hear from you, but i bet i havent made 20 minutes of Opening Statements in a year. Im going to take a little longer to lay ow what i think is before us as a nation. Crossfire hurricane was probably the best name ever given to an investigation in the history of investigations, because i think thats what we wound up with, a crossfire in a hurricane. Theres been a lot of media reports about your report before it was issued. I remember reading all these headlines, lawful investigation with a few irregularities. Low level people kind of got off track. If thats what you get out of this report, you cle
This is two hours. I want toen. Johnson thank all of the people who did all of this excellent work. I appreciate that. I want to thank you for your hard work and efforts preparing the report that is the main subject of our hearing. The bipartisan praise you have received is well deserved and i share the sentiments. The release of this report is an important step to answer the questions that have festered for far too long. But as the oral as this report is but as thorough as this report is, it is also narrow and many questions remain unanswered. Much attention has been paid to the reports conclusion that the crossfire hurricane investigation did have adequate predicate. But that inaccuracies and omissions in the fisa application and renewals call into question the integrity of that process. Yesterdays order by the presiding judge is a dramatic rebuke and underscores how serious a fisa warrant abuse is. I would argue that based on what the report reveals about early knowledge within the
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[cameras shuttering] thank you very much. Mr. Horowitz, thank you. I appreciate what you have done. The new have your team with you . Would it be ok if they raised their hands . If they are ok with it, him ok with it. Thank you all. Have labored hard and your work product is impressive. I just want to thank you all for what you have done for the country. Eally appreciate what you have done. Do you have your team here with you . Would it be okay if they raised their hands, is that all right . If theyre okay with it, im okay with it. Thank you all. You have labored hard and your work product is impressive. I just want to thank you all for what youve done for the country. Mr. Horowitz im dying to hear from you, but i bet i havent made 20 minutes of Opening Statements in a year. Im going to take a little longer to lay ow what i think is before us as a nation. Crossfire hurricane was probably the best name ever given to an investigation in the history of investigations, because i think that