All persons having business before the honorable the United States court of appeals for the District Of Columbia circuit are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the court is now sitting. God save the United States in this honorable court. Case number 1954. Oversighttrump versus and reform of the u. S. House of representatives. Good morning. May it please the court. In april of 2019, when the Oversight Committee issued this subpoena, it had an extraordinarily broad view of its own investigative authority. According to the committee, the power of the subpoena subpoena the president s personal papers is coextensive with the power to legislate. Ordid not to give any reason legislation and it had no duty to tailor its request. That view of its own authority is reflected in the subpoena which is drafted an incredibly broad terms and is little more than a vague sentence in a memo about legislation. But the committees view of its own authority was rejected by the Supreme Cour
Good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming. Well get started with our hearing. I want to thank mr. Comey, james comey, the former director of the fbi for appearing today before the committee to talk with us about cross fire hurricane and anything else the committee would like to speak with him about. So give a little brief introduction of why were here and what were trying to accomplish. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a tool thats been around for a very long time. For our Intelligence Community, the fbi to make sure that when Foreign Agents, terrorists or agents of a Foreign Government are in our country, they can be surveilled if theyre doing things that are threatening to our National Security. I think this legislation goes all the way back to the 70s. And its been used a lot. Its been used in terrorist cases when we suspect someone of being a terrorist under the foreign intelligence act. We have the Legal Authority to surveil those people. And you can get a warrant u
Of americans lining up to cast their ballots three w weeks befe the u. S. Election. Cypress scraps its controversial citizenship for Investment Program after an undercover investigation by aljazeera. Inspections keep rising in the netherlan netherlands. Hello, abortion, obamacare, gay marriage, some of the topics featuring on game two of the confirmation hearings of president trumps u. S. Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Republican and Democratic Senators have 30 minutes to ask her about subjects that are touch points to many americans. The full senate could vote by the end. Month on whether to appoint her just ahead of the u. S. Policy on november 3. She dliend to say if she would recuse herself relating to the president election. She sidestepped questions on abortion, diane feinstein, the most senior democrat on the committee. A contentious issue which is i know one reason why it would be comforting to you to have an answer. I cant express views on cases or precommit to appro
Tips, and more information at our website. Former fbi director james comey recently testified on the republican led review of the fbis handling of the russia investigation. [gavel] graham good morning, everyone. We will get started with of the the hearing. I want to thank mr. James comey, the former director of the fbi, for appearing today before the committee to talk with us about crossfire hurricane and anything else the committee would like to speak with him about. So, to give a little brief introduction of why we are here and what we are trying to accomplish, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a tool that has been around for a very long time for our Intelligence Community, the fbi, to make sure when Foreign Agents, terrorists, or agents of a Foreign Government are in our country, they can be surveilled if they are doing things that are threatening to the National Security. Government are in our country, they can be surveilled if theyre doing things that i think this legis
Good afternoon, the meeting will come to order. Without objection, declaring a recess of the committee, i recognize myself for an Opening Statement. This morning, we heard the president in his own words recorded in february slam the coronavirus has, quote, deadly stuff. Yet we also heard remarks, i wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because i dont want to create a panic, end of quote. The Trump Administration did play down the pandemic refusing to level with the American People about the known danger and refusing to develop and implement a National Plan to stop the spread. As a result, 190,000 americans have died, continuing to kill hundreds, tens of thousands every day. Over the last eight weeks, americans will be changing their votes in the midst of this ongoing crisis. A free, fair and safe election under these circumstances is a challenge. Let there be no doubt we do our part, america is up to the challenge. In june the centers for Disease Control and preve