Opening for democrats to say why do you remember some things. What was happening that triggers your memory on these items that wasnt. What do we need to do to get there . I just think it gives them an in. And all he simply has to say is he doesnt remember. Unless he can tell the whole context of it, i dont know if it gets us moving forward. It just seems like they are not going to give up the dog bone on this. I did think it was interesting, too, how many different roads that these lawmakers are allowed to go down. Look at Sheila Jackson lee. She was just all over the place. Sandra you can see a little activity on capitol hill. Attorney general Jeff Sessions has sat back down after a very brief break. So well go back to him when this hearing begins. It could be at any moment. The committee will reconvene. Sandra lets listen. Its reconvening now. The gentleman from florida mr. Deutsche for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Attorney general sessions thanks for being here. General se
I want to tone things down a little bit here and First Express my gratitude for the thousands of men and women who work every day on the front line with the fbi. I come from a background as a prosecutor and our local Law Enforcement work with the fbi every day in our local office in minnesota, and then in the senate, ive had the privilege to work with many, many people in the fbi. And i think the Inspector General hes job is incredibly important. He keeps everyone honest. But i do think this it is important for those t agents an those in Law Enforcement that are watching today that people understand there are people up here that understand that you are simply doing your jobs. Which i think is basically some recommendations Foric Change Wh the Inspector General found in this report. So before iis start my question
i think that it is important to put this discussion in context in the 2016 election which is why we are here today. It is nowe undisputed by our Intelligence Agencies that rus
recur if there is not accountability for those who did at the last time, except next time, trump or somebody like him will know better than to allow anybody into key government jobs, who might say no or throw wrenches and the work along the way towards this kind of a coup. that was not actually new evidence, but it was kind of a key persuasive point from the committee today. and there was one last thing, to me, was new in terms of new evidence. it did build on public reporting from mother jones magazine but added to it, new information about former president trump deciding in advance, way in advance of the election that he would say that he won the election, even when he lost. watch. the select committee got this preprepared statement from the national archives. as you can see, the draft statement, which was sent on october 31st, the clarence, we had an election today, and i
evidence, but it was kind of a key persuasive point from the committee today. and there was just one last thing, to me, was new in terms of new evidence. it did build on public reporting from mother jones magazine but added to it, new information about former president trump deciding in advance, way in advance of the election that he would say that he won the election, even when he lost. watch. the select committee got this preprepared statement from the national archives. as you can see, the draft statement, which was sent on october 31st, declares, we had an election today, and i won. the finn memo specifically indicates a plan that only the votes counted by the election day deadline, and there is no election day deadline would matter. everybody knew about counting will lawfully continue past election day, claiming that the