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IIUSA supports new Grassley-Leahy amendment bolstering EB-5 reform bill Wednesday, December 9, 2020 by Kim Riley © Shutterstock The board of directors of Invest in the USA (IIUSA), a national membership-based, not-for-profit trade association for the EB-5 Regional Center Program, on Tuesday voiced support for a proposed amendment to bipartisan legislation that would bolster integrity and reform measures for the EB-5 immigrant investor v...

Staffers than i was. as mr. gergen knows, there is a tradition of them not having to comply with these types of subpoenas. it doesnt always work. in the case of harriet miers case, the court ruled against her. but there is the office of legal opinion from the doj -- >> if only john dean were here. we could talk about. >> but putting that aside, would you like to hear from them? as a citizen, would you like the hear what they have to say? >> i will give you -- im torn, because yes, of course. i w...

Is something the american people grab on to. treason, bribery or high crimes and misdemeanors. and the elements of a bribery taking place are just so clear. you have a public official who either directly or indirectly asked for something of value in exchange for doing an official act that is what president trump did. and so i think that the only thing that we have to establish is was there corrupt intent? and i think i dont have to look at his actions. he is withholding information from the comm...

Is mentioned in the constitution is something the american people grab on to. treason, bribery or high crimes and misdemeanors. and the elements of a bribery taking place are just so clear. you have a public official who either directly or indirectly asked for something of value in exchange for doing an official act that is what president trump did. and so i think that the only thing that we have to establish is was there corrupt intent? and i think i dont have to look at his actions. he is with...

But presidents with integrity act to tell the truth and get it out there. when ronald reagan had iran/contra, he told everybody on his staff, all the white house you must comply with the request to testify and you must turn over the documents. and to sit there and say oh, no, no, we cant do that, we got to find a precedent here, a precedent there. when youve got an impeachment proceeding going forward and the country is in a grave moment and the president of the united states normally steps up t...

>> all right, joining us now. special agent and our special security, tiny watclint watts. hes also the author of "messing with the enemy." anything in this bipartisan rinehart that we did not know of. >> surprisingly little. there is a lot of redacted portions thats left out of the report. what i found most remarkable about this is after two and a half years of hearing, it was not a lot of intangibles. there had been ads act on the table like integrity act, none of these things have passed. whe...

A member of the senate judiciary committee and coauthor of the special counsel independence and integrity act, senator coons, says he is concerned about where the investigation goes now and will be looking especially hard at barrs hearing. >> that is why its appropriate for them to leave once a new attorney general is sworn in, to make the announcement prior to the hearing. that was the appropriate course. by the way, the country owes a debt of gratitude to rod rosenstein. he is a friend, but he...

To that? >> that is right. i do. and one of the positive pieces of news out of washington today, john, is that the senators tillis and graham and booker and me will have reintroduce the integrity act, and this is a bill that we worked together on in the last congress to make it harder for the president to fire without cause special counsel mueller. we were told that we would not get a vote, and we did. and we told that we would not get a committee, and we did with a number of senators voting for...

American people. >> so youre looking at the big picture. youve got the anti-corruption and public integrity act. give me a line on each one. ill start with the first, padlock, the resolving door and increase public integrity how? >> stop this business of somebody works on wall street, draws a big salary, gets a big present going out the door to go regulate the very industry that they just worked for and are likely to work for in the future. as long as theyre doing that, theyre not working for th...

President has already said. i think he still has plans to look at potential ways for that to happen. >> what ways is he considering to have mexico pay for the wall. >> >> when we have an announcement on that, ill let you know. there has been a joint public statement about respecting the independence of the special counsel. republican thom tillis and chris coons said, quote, we have heard from constituents, republicans, democrats an independents alike who agree that special counsel bob mueller ...