Good morning, this hearing is called to order. The title of this hearing is congressional oversight in the face of executive branch and media suppression, and in particular case study of the crossfire hurricane, corrupt investigation. Ill add that. The hearing is actually quite a bit broader than that. But well certainly focus on that. I became chairman of this committee in january of 2015 and will complete my sixyear term at the end of this month. We can all be proud of the more than 100 piece of legislation we worked on together as a committee that became law. The other than more than 200 bills we passed out of committee, although not signed into law, can still serve as the basis for future legislation. Our committee and subcommittees also have broad oversight jurisdiction, and responsibilities that we have not ignored. We investigated and exposed problems within the Va Health Care system, human trafficking, National Security leaks, and systemic violations of the hatch act within the
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Good morning, everybody. The hearing will come to order. Today were going to have a video hearing with ms. Sally yates, who was the acting attorney general for a period of time in january of 2017 and was the number two at the department of justice in early january 2017. Ms. Yates appeared before the committee on may 18th, 2017. That was before the Mueller Investigation really got started. It was before the horowitz report about the Mueller Investigation was issued, and i believe much has been learned since may of 2018 2017. And we would like to discuss certain topics with ms. Yates. My view of ms. Yates is that she exercised good caution and legal judgment in january of 2017, and if people had followed her advice, things might be different today, so i just want to let you know, ms. Yates, from my point of view, you analyzed the situation fairly correctly, and we will get into that later on. Whats the purpose of this hearing . Its to ask questions of ms. Yates knowing then what she know
Former Top Obama Administration official testimony yesterday before Senate Judiciary on the trump russia and Michael Flynn probe, former acting director National Intelligence Richard Grenell joins us tonight on whether yates testimony shows once again the obama team had a singular focus, it was not just about stopping russian meddling, it was about stopping and bringing down candidate trump, and more on yates testimony, the key facts overlooked inn her testimony about the Obama Administration pursuit of general flynn, even after fbi agents recommending dropping their cases. We got the story tonight, the big news democrats push for mailin ballots, remember the oldo joke, the check is in the mail, you gotta wait for the check, this is no joke, will the election be lost in the mail, do we save a constitutional crisis this coming november. Fox news contributor jason chief is tackles that as tens of thousands of ballots have problems with r the recent major vote. Fox news contributor ways a
Former Top Obama Administration official testimony yesterday before Senate Judiciary on the trump russia and Michael Flynn probe, former acting director National Intelligence Richard Grenell joins us tonight on whether yates testimony shows once again the obama team had a singular focus, it was not just about stopping russian meddling, it was about stopping and bringing down candidate trump, and more on yates testimony, the key facts overlooked inn her testimony about the Obama Administration pursuit of general flynn, even after fbi agents recommending dropping their cases. We got the story tonight, the big news democrats push for mailin ballots, remember the oldo joke, the check is in the mail, you gotta wait for the check, this is no joke, will the election be lost in the mail, do we save a constitutional crisis this coming november. Fox news contributor jason chief is tackles that as tens of thousands of ballots have problems with r the recent major vote. Fox news contributor ways a