Failure as we outline in the report, not just by those who prepared the applications, but also by the managers and supervisors in the crossfire hurricane chain of command, including fbi senior officials, who were briefed as the investigation progressed. Paul michael mulkasi served at the 81 attorney general of the United States. You supervised the fbi as ag. Is this kind of behavior tolerable, if your view . No, it is not tolerable and should not have been tolerated. The number of misdeeds here is so enormous that its hard to know where to begin. It really flooded the zone. But whats clear is that they felt people the failures were on the senior level. Usually you rely on seniors to keep rogue agents in check. Here it was the seniors that went rogue and the evidence in the report and statements in this report that the most senior, jim comey, was aware certainly at the time that these wiretaps on page were renewed that there was information that undercut the accuracy of what was in the
His report on fisa abuse allegations related to the 2016 trump election. The hearing now in its entirety. [chatter] [chatter] very much. U of 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. Mr. Horowitz, i am dying to hear from you. I will take a little bit longer to try to lay out what i think is before us as a nation to crossfire hurricane was probably given to ane ever investigation in the history of investigations, because that is what wound up with, crossfire hurricane. There has been a lot of media reports about your report before it was issued. And i remember reading all these headlines lawful investigation with a few irregularities. Peopleing ok, lowlevel kind of got off track. If that is what you get out of this re
The hearing will come back to order. I hope you had a little bit of a break. Weerie, if we do this right, will be done in time for multiple loads. Let me join my colleagues in thanking you and your professional staff for the outstanding work that you have done. This has to be one of the hardest government jobs in government to be impartial and i just want you to understand how much we appreciate your work and your teams work. I think the rank and file agent in the fbi and their colleagues in the Intelligence Community need to know that we are there for them and we support them in their responsibilities. I had the privilege to serve on the committee and i would like to think that there is no more Ardent Supporter of our Law Enforcement agency than i and. That general hayden, when he wrote his book about his experience had it right. Plaintiff the edge, we are authorities in the interest of our National Security. It makes it important for us to mendacity,legality, deception and the exerci
[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
Policies agreement in handling documenting in part conversations with president about thank you russia investigation. Quote, we previously faulted comey for entering unilaterally inconsistent policy not permitted authorized disclosure of Sensitive Information obtained during the course of fbi employment to achieve personally did he side or outcome after being fired by president may 2017 Comey Told Congress he believed memos were his property to share. I understood this to be my recollection very important to get it out . The Inspector General found memos were government comeys characterization of memos as personal records buys no support in the law to get kents to the New York Times to kickstart the investigation comey used Colombia Law School prefer before fired testified on hill. Have you ever an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to the trump investigation. Never. Have you ever authorized is one else at the fbi to be an announce source in news reports about the