["Grassley and Feinstein said in their letter to Kushner.","Constitution, which does not have limitations in these areas, from how they would apply, where he said very clearly the President cannot do whatever he wants; there are consequences; he can even be prosecuted.","Most likely these people go home and claim they have special access to gain importance for themselves.","And when I get to the Department if I am confirmed, I am going to start working with the people and making sure that those kinds of things do not happen.","We challenged it by asking the State Supreme Court to conduct an investigation, which they did.","Dona Menz, LPC, LCAS, Rev.","He knew the response was his decision to make, his responsibility.","Chairman, I just want to say to you, please, I hope we get a chance to talk more.","Barr, I think you are uniquely qualified to do that, and I wish you Godspeed.","And, also, I hope that you will come back regularly to the Committee.","Given his public actions to date, I expect that the Special Counsel is well along in his investigation.","That is either Government employees, former Government employees, or contractors.","And the word of a victim has to be taken very seriously and it has to be pursued, but we cannot do it at the expense of the Bill of Rights or basic fairness and due process.","The Framers, I think, believed that the dialectic, the clashing of ideas in the public marketplace, is the way to arrive at the truth, and that is one function.","And including the communities in Trenton, New Jersey.","And that, I think, is the constraint.","As you know, if the Senate confirms me, this would be my second time I would have the honor of holding this office.","Well, I appreciate that so much.","For more info about the coronavirus, see cdc.","Bush and a senior fellow at the Miller Center, University of Virginia.","So families that have lost their loved ones, I think it does not matter what percentage is coming through a port of entry or elsewhere.","They are gobbling a lot of their competitors.","There could be some stray bullets.","Professor Jonathan Turley, TV star, smart guy.","Instead of enacting the Shelby amendment, the Congress directed Mr.","Amy F Saunders, MD, MPH; Integrative Healthcare Providers.","So, on behalf of this side, I welcome everyone here.","Attorney General has a very special obligation, unique obligations.","If that is the case, this Committee should ask him for a commitment to rescind the guidance that Mr.","Times, could be a nonissue for Trump if the agency rules that it was issued appropriately and he should keep the funds.","She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio.","Let me ask you more broadly about the question of antitrust and mergers.","Justice Department stood silently as communities of color across the Nation were denied access to the polls.","Barr, thank you for being here, and, Liam, your granddaddy is doing good.","So what should we know?","One has been resolved.","We hired testers and stuff like that.","Now, also in my letter to you, I expressed my concern that Mr.","It is important to me that Congress act to close these loopholes in our immigration system and do better to enforce the laws that are already existing on the books.","And to you, congratulations on your nomination, and thank you for your lifetime of dedication to public service.","The Supreme Court has said that repeatedly.","Simone Placentia, RN; Providence St.","If confirmed, I will ensure that the full might of our resources are brought to bear against foreign persons who unlawfully interfere in our elections.","In some ways it is different; in some ways it is not so different.","Assume the GA Cookie is not present.","Smith, when you refer to whether a leak is authorized or unauthorized, I am not sure I find that in the criminal statute anywhere.","That is his obligation.","Philip Chan; Washington University in St.","The prepared statement of Senator Feinstein appears as a submission for the record.","We only have two bulletproof vests.","Southern District of New York, which I believe is as important as the Special Prosecutor.","FOIA litigation over the years has recognized that as a viable distinction between something that leaks and later an official acknowledgment of the leak, which then does declassify it.","When is your Jim Mattis moment, when the President has asked you to do something which you think is inconsistent with your oath?","That is the stuff we catch.","But it certainly undermines the effectiveness of the statute when this sort of practice occurs.","To me it is a binary choice.","Thank you for your patience and your perseverance, and I appreciate, let me say, your willingness to come meet with me, and so I am going to cut short some of my questions.","White House and Department of Justice officials regarding criminal and investigative matters?","Russians during the campaign and transition, which was the request.","Or one that is out in the middle of nowhere.","It is a big memo.","And the challenges that that is going to pose for the Justice Department, I think we all realize they are going to be there and will have to be confronted.","First, for example, the Committee might examine whether Government contractors are adequately covered by the espionage statutes.","Rosen case, clearly one that is before us.","Of the Violence Against Women Act?","It is unclear what overture and dinner invite they are referring to.","We have been friends since, and I have the utmost respect for Bob and his distinguished record of public service.","It is a data privacy problem that I do not think a lot of people realize, and it is the embedding of hardware and then the geolocation, and sometimes that information is sold.","The freedom of speech has to be balanced by the freedom to question.","Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein gave earlier this month for turning over documents is no longer in place.","Congress of both parties to complain that the administration will come up and brief the Congress on some particular project or a program and say this is top secret, you cannot talk about it, and then it leaks that very afternoon.","Johnson, with one of the highest voter turnouts, the highest in the last election.","So I feel very honored to be here today to speak in his favor, and I hope that his nomination will be approved expeditiously.","The Senate and House intelligence committees interviewed Kushner in July.","Miller decision relating to bank records.","Thanks to your grandson for the mint.","Barr, is through the Office of Justice Programs encourage OJP to develop programs to assist State Public Defender Offices, appropriate funds for that purpose in terms of the grants, because the Department of Justice is not the Department of Federal Prosecution.","Strzok was in charge of the Clinton email investigation.","And a lot of leaks to the media are that, and they are well intentioned at some level.","And I told him that I did not think I could take this on, that I had just taken on a big corporate client that was very important to me and I expected a lot of work.","In fact, some of them were intentionally intended, not just the effect of discriminating against basically minority voters.","The question I am trying to ask the country is: Do you expect quality people to be chosen by the other side who has differences with you?","Thank you, Senator Cornyn.","The content section tp.","There is broader recognition that chronic violent offenders should be incarcerated for significant periods of time to get them off the streets.","He is going to get someone who identifies incredibly closely and intimately with that Department.","We live in a country right now where, especially LGBTQ youth are disproportionately bullied at school.","President to direct things.","Senate and House Intelligence committees, noting they do not have access to these specific interviews.","And I wanted to make sure that before anyone went down this path, if that was, in fact, being considered, that the full implications of the theory were carefully thought out.","It is very much a compliment.","Asa Oxner, MD; Assistant Prof.","And some of the drug penalties, yes, were draconian, and there were rational reasons for doing that at the time.","It is not an issue of disagreement.","So our objection to Mr.","Mueller, from political interference.","President thought he was getting with Bill Barr, but I know what he is getting.","And do you think it would be permissible for a President to pardon himself?","It occurs to me, and it has occurred to them, that it is important for us to figure out ways to turn off the magnets that are bringing these uncontrolled waves in.","And then a few just things that I care a lot about.","And so the consistency of the Justice Department in siding, taking an affirmative stand in voting rights cases in support of those who have been aggrieved is something that until the Sessions administration was a bipartisan matter.","Illinois and children in your home State, it is ports of entry, it is technology, to keep these narcotics out of the United States.","Those obstacles include the following: First, as a touchstone matter, it is just downright difficult to identify the leaker in most cases, given the large universe of people who often are privy to the information that was disclosed.","If you will allow me, our agenda is set by the delegates from across the country, and we are very clear that discrimination should not be a part of any agenda.","Well, you know, Senator, lots of us thought you were going to be nominated as Attorney General.","Likewise, President Trump has sought no assurances, promises, or commitments from me of any kind, either express or implied, and I have not given him any, other than that I would run the Department with professionalism and integrity.","Such documents should have been produced in response to the third request but were not.","Big tech companies, like, for instance, Google and Facebook, who have drawn much attention of late, pose significant challenges not just for competition, but also for the larger issues of privacy and the free flow of ideas.","Department is not enforcing vigorously the antitrust statutes in many sectors of the economy, not just technology.","They could be innumerable.","Angel mom and I hear these stories and then after Officer Singh was murdered, hearing that law enforcement, local law enforcement, officer talk about, and talk with specificity about, how sanctuary policies emboldened those that were illegally in the country.","And so if you are saying that it is necessary to deal with violence in communities by overincarcerating, here is a bipartisan group of Senators that is working toward reducing mass incarceration.","Denise Bishop MA, MS, Ph.","First of all, you do not want judges who obviously do not have the experience in dealing with classified data that the executive branch that does the classification does.","And so we can use our law enforcement tools.","Wainstein to questions submitted by Senator Cardin.","William Pelham, Nominee to be Attorney General of the United States.","Most likely people then go back home and claim they have special access to gain importance for themselves.","NAACP will have a difficult time placing our trust in the Justice Department and, by extension, the American criminal justice system overall, even with the improvements just signed into law with the First Step Act.","Thank you for your interest today.","PODCAST: Daily Briefing, Feb.","So thank you very much.","Agnieszka Milczarek, MD; Washington University in St.","Through his service and his actions, he demonstrated he was the right man for the job.","We have seen lots and lots of District Courts all across the country in various contexts, in the immigration context and others, issue nationwide injunctions.","He has behaved very well and done a great job.","Bill closely over the years and am glad to call him a friend.","Daniel Ellsberg had admitted to being the source to the New York Times.","So, I hope we can straighten that out in this hearing.","Of course, the Department has a role in pattern and practice violations.","You know, I also think that we have had our attention focused on terrorism, which we cannot let up.","If the cookie value is not empty we have a GA cookie.","Ready to hit the courts!","And to me, one of the most encouraging things about Mr.","But if you will allow me to explain the report card.","You could have readily instructed OLC: Knock it off, guys, provide these folks the documents.","Biz news and updates.","It also raises a number of serious questions about your views on Executive authority and whether the President is, in fact, above the law.","This is done without explicit permission.","Somebody needs to make money in the family.","That is the kind of judgment he has.","It is not right.","How do you intend to lead that Department that is very different from the DOJ that you led previously?","Do you still believe that?","It was something more tangible.","Committees on which I sit, and these are the questions: Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?","Barr, congratulations on your nomination.","In Iran, I was taught to hate Israel and Jews.","The Judiciary Committee is one of three congressional committees looking into the issue, along with the Senate and House intelligence panels.","America, particularly because of their theft of intellectual property and their exploitation of gaps in foreign investment that we have tried to address through improvement of the CFIUS process, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States?","So the abdicating responsibility, I was actually talking about the national security stuff, and that was my primary concern.","Yes, I am very concerned by it.","And it has been objectively verified that he lies every single day and changes his mind on a regular basis.","What do you see as the main contributor to human trafficking here in the United States, and then how can the DOJ impact and combat and prevent those heinous crimes?","But even when the Department declines to participate in False Claims Act cases, the taxpayer can in many cases still recover financially.","The endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police and criminal justice reform and prison reform was historic and meaningful and made a difference.","Was this properly classified and why?","Nancy Cho Landay, MD; Andover Surgical Associates, Inc.","Yes, and that First Step Act goes directly toward addressing a lot of the problems we have had in mass incarceration.","Marc Morial and have the pleasure of serving as president and CEO of the National Urban League.","The president learned his veep was in danger, then almost immediately castigated him on Twitter.","Operation Weed and Seed, which sought to remove violent criminals and drug gangs from underserved neighborhoods and then allow grassroots organizations and programs to flourish, bringing hope of a better life to residents through education, opportunity, and stronger civil rights.","The panel also requested phone and White House records which Mr.","How do you, as Attorney General, plan on making sure that we are restoring the rule of law in our immigration system?","They are in a sense independent in the sense that they do not relate to other agencies.","Bill Barr has a long history in the Department of Justice as I said in my opening statement.","We believe that the oppressive structures which harm people of color in America must be dismantled.","So you would be in favor of releasing the investigative report when it is completed?","The NAACP, we filed a lawsuit as it relates to DACA.","Katherine Haug, RN; Christus St.","Thank you for subscribing!","Thank you, Senator Hatch.","Academically gifted: George Washington Law School, Columbia University undergraduate.","Criminal Division, and you testified that you had directed Mueller to spare no resources, use whatever resources are necessary and pursue the investigation as aggressively as possible, and follow the evidence anywhere and everywhere it leads.","He is been entrusted by you with significant, complex investigations in the past.","No, it is okay.","As you will recall, it was a joint effort.","Shine the light on those cockroaches!","It is clear, based on the record, that Mr.","Do you still believe that prudent controls on weapons will not reduce violent crime?","Congress recognizes that it is imperative to have border security, and that part of that border security as a commonsense matter needs barriers.","And we had a lot of bankers who made loans to borrowers when the bankers and the borrowers knew the money was not going to be paid back.","However, I think the current situation is untenable and really has to be addressed.","Barr is entitled to a chance to redeem himself when it comes to this issue?","You and I had a talk about that in my office.","Erica Buchalter, MD; Washington University in St.","Are there policies in place that try to insulate the investigations and the decisions of the Department of Justice and FBI from getting involved in elections?","There is no question, none whatsoever, that Bill is well qualified to serve as Attorney General.","But there is always a certain level of pulling and hauling.","And I imagine that Senator Ernst and I will follow up with a letter to you on that as well.","In Turkey, they incarcerate journalists.","Senator Cornyn, you are recognized.","No, I do not think it is possible.","Voting Rights Act is fairly enforced.","And that is, I think, an excellent guarantee for the way he is going to approach the job.","White House, and he kind of deflected it and, as it were, laughed it off.","You said earlier the role of the Attorney General, one, is to enforce the rule of law; two, is a legal advisor to the President and the Cabinet; and three, is policy.","It would go to the Deputy.","How I built my countryside property dream!","Chief, give him the ability to take appropriated dollars from the Department of Defense and build a wall?","October, according to two people familiar with the matter, in the latest sign that his criminal investigation is aggressively pursuing links between campaign officials and Russia.","You implied this morning in your testimony that he did agree with it.","Russian military intelligence had hacked from Democratic Party accounts.","It is very important.","Questions submitted to Prof.","Do you commit that would not happen if you are Attorney General?","One of the people described the subpoena as relatively routine and an effort by Mueller to ensure his investigators have access to all the materials they have previously sought.","The furthest thing from my mind was coming back into Government, I can assure you that.","Does the False Claims Act benefit the taxpayer, specifically its provisions to empower and protect whistleblowers?","But I do not know what the facts are.","Terms of Use for WHYY.","It is very common for me and for other former senior officials to weigh in on matters that they think may be ill advised and may have ramifications down the road.","Republican FBI or a Democratic FBI.","Attorneys for political reasons?","Does that present a different hurdle in regard to current espionage laws or related statutes?","If you want to dominate discussion here with your frequency of comments, do so in a fashion that contributes and is not just you yakking at yourself in the mirror.","Justice Department sided with us during the Reagan administration.","It really was a pleasure, and I had an opportunity to get to know you as the fine person that you are.","RXU IDYRULWH SURGXFWV DUH PDGH.","Have you ever heard of such a thing in all the time you have been associated with the Department of Justice?","So I wanted my views to get in front of the people who would be involved and the various lawyers who would be involved in those discussions.","Kimberley Svec Ackerson, Ph.","The Judiciary committee is one of three congressional committees looking into the issue, along with the Senate and House intelligence panels.","William Barr gave reassurances yesterday regarding what he would or would not do.","And you would enforce the Clinic Access Protection Act?","You were speaking only of your colloquial understanding.","It all started with a law.","Gleb Savchenko and girlfriend Cassie Scerbo share a passionate kiss.","Prosecutors from both sides of the aisle have praised the law as the most effective tool Government has to detect and actually recover public money lost to fraud.","Care Act case did not issue a nationwide injunction, and therefore allowing the appeals process to take its normal course, and, of course, the ACA remains in full effect throughout that appeals process because he did not issue a nationwide injunction.","And depending on the lens you are looking through, you can see a narrative, you can build a narrative that tells your story.","Mardge Cohen, MD; Boston.","And you have no reason to think that those rules have changed?","But they do so anonymously and without taking the formal steps to declassify the information.","And I understand that there are some, you know, people who are concerned about it, have some horror stories.","There needs to be a process here, because let me take it then to someone who is not on the same page here.","As such, he is the sole repository of all Executive powers conferred by the Constitution.","Could you do that one more time in summary?","Please try again later.","Questions submitted to Derrick Johnson by Senator Hirono.","The shooter targeted parishioners at Emanuel simply because of the color of their skins.","Barr, that you will appoint people to that Independent Review Commission who are honest brokers to decide which offenders should be eligible and which programs should be eligible to participate?","And I think Jim Comey, as I have said, is an extremely gifted man who has served the country with distinction in many roles, but I thought that to the extent he actually announced a decision was wrong.","It would not do to use that language.","Bill has had a distinguished career in public service and in the private sector.","Will you follow those regulations and send the report to Congress?","Keep referrer history to define a urlref property window.","As you mentioned, Senator Grassley and I were here at your hearing a number of years ago.","Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein has said publicly your memo had no impact on the Special Counsel investigation.","We cannot let these companies collude to drive out competitors, or to ignore vital data privacy protections, and big tech operated really without regard to the law.","Under the Special Counsel regs, the Special Counsel must send a second report to Congress documenting any instances where the AG prohibited the Special Counsel from taking an action.","Offices, you do not see yourself interfering with them.","Office of Legal Counsel issued opinions authorizing enhanced interrogation methods that included waterboarding and extended sleep deprivation.","But the point I was really trying to get at was that there was a feeling, I think, a strong feeling among many people that it appeared, at least, on the outside, that there were double standards being applied.","Each purpose has a description so that you know how we and partners use your data.","Johnson appears as a submission for the record.","The system said he had just been arrested.","The comments are significant because the two leaders of the Senate Judiciary, Sens.","Without objection, I would like to enter all that into the record.","In short, he must be willing to defend the independence of the Justice Department.","And they sold them to investors without telling the investors that the underlying loans were toxic.","Yelitza Estrada Barreto; Pontifical Catholic University Ph.","You should be challenged.","So there are different reports at work here.","We tried to rebook our flights to Antigua but were told by Expedia the cheapest prices were for new customers only.","But the fact you said that about me, I appreciate the hell out of it.","If confirmed, will you commit to help advocate for more proactive disclosure of Government records?","Two last questions, and then we will be done.","He is serving life in prison because motive in that case did not matter.","All three committees are investigating Russian election interference.","Shawn Brown, MD; St.","Attorney General you would make decisions based on facts, not on some kind of ideological need to go after people.","Both deny there was any collusion.","The Attorney General appears on behalf of the Constitution, not the President.","President is the one that, you know, has denied that there was any collusion and has been steadfast in that.","Would that be obstruction?","One is, that most of this technology is going to require a data bank to be used effectively, including facial recognition data.","Leakhena Heng Tappero, Ph.","In the old days, Weed and Seed.","There is no question, I think, about that.","Russia in exchange for financial investments or other business deals.","External Advisory Board and, you know, have been participating on that as well.","As I say, I have not looked at that issue legally.","American areas, for example.","Who is Alexei Navalny?","And I know that Attorney General Sessions, he had a real passion for this, and he had a strong record of trying to make sure that we are correcting wrongs in the system.","How much of it is about this administration versus Mr.","Will you commit to making any report Mueller produces at the conclusion of his investigation available to Congress and to the public?","White House with Axios Sneak Peek.","With civil asset forfeiture, that happens even in the absence of a conviction.","Part of what we are trying to do is cut down on drugs.","The Section Name tp.","Well, this is unacceptable.","New Orleans and as the head of the League of Cities and a State senator.","You are approaching your article limit.","Vilma o Wentzien RN, LC.","But talk to me a little bit about what you see as the challenge of China, both economically and from a national security standpoint.","This story has been updated and will continue to be updated with new developments.","Thank you, all, very much.","That is the kind of question I would go to OLC to answer.","As a result, the Act could be applied as currently written to prosecute Government employees or private citizens in cases bearing little resemblance to classic espionage.","Asked if he still wanted to bring Kushner in for a transcribed interview, Grassley said he wanted to see what documents the White House adviser first provides to the committee.","We have a vacancy for the Attorney General spot.","Raise your right hand.","Sadly, we have a lot of gun violence and a lot of victims, families just like yours who will never, ever forget as long as they live what happened.","Not only what he did, but the way he did it.","Will you protect the integrity of the Justice Department above all else?","Moscow to influence the outcome.","OIG and OPR said at the time, because they felt that they were hampered, hindered, and left with gaps in their investigation, and it was White House files that were at issue.","Do you think that is good policy?","Congress is in charge of that.","Housing is very important.","Would you again house asylum seekers in Guantanamo?","You have got Facebook and Google that are claiming to only be platforms for their users, but they are also getting into the content business.","Burr said in the Capitol.","These are departmental regulations, and I will be talking to Rod Rosenstein and Bob Mueller.","He has a record of specific leadership, not just at the Department of Justice, but in this very position.","And where I disagree with Neil is that it is true that he says in his memos that the Constitution does not limit the power of the presidency in these regards, and that is demonstrably true.","And it caught on.","That is our basic protection, and to me that is what the rule of law is.","But I also want to help in this circumstance, and I am not going to do anything that I think is wrong.","To support the emptywheel site, choose the option below that works best for you.","Congress and the White House.","You said you wanted to bracket the question on publication.","President Bush selected him to be the Attorney General at that time.","More broadly than the miscarriage of justice in this particular Florida case, would you agree that justice has nothing to do with the size of your bank account or the number of attorneys you can hire?","State, as you know, Mr.","Let me ask you, and I am going to ask a couple of other members.","American individual, and that is why we changed the disparity between powder cocaine and crack cocaine.","In Russia, they incarcerate political opponents.","And the torture memo is a good example in the sense that it illustrates that much of what the Justice Department does never gets into court.","Attorneys to seek maximum sentences or the maximum prosecution.","Attorney General be able to strongly resist pressure, whether from the administration or Congress, to conduct investigations for political purposes.","It fills a loophole that is called sometimes the boyfriend loophole.","It is based on the law.","She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.","Let me ask unanimous consent to put my statement in the record.","Of those emerging areas, facial recognition technology is probably the fastest moving and the one that has to be addressed the soonest.","Will you support them for nonviolent offenders?","Trump to their event occurring at the same time nearby.","Americans Has Been All Over Soc.","He has been a law clerk.","We talk a lot about the opioid crisis, but in Iowa it still is meth.","New York, New York, report on the civil rights record of Hon.","Senate from the House, and we have passed some of the red flag legislation that Senator Graham had mentioned that he is working on here in the Senate.","It seems to me that if you do not have a process that has some transparency to it on the information that is permitted to be released.","Now, we all recognize that was a different time.","The correspondence, which Trump Jr.","Now, the dispute about that obstruction provision is a real one.","You have used all of your free pageviews.","It is not a wall.","Government, in that case, the Air Force.","As is, I might just add, reported by The New York Times.","So you are saying that you want access to people who have committed crimes or are accused of committing crimes outside of a status violation.","Only because he called it that.","This is a policy issue, so I would urge you to emphasize that role and power that you will have if confirmed and think of it that way.","Lowell replied that Kushner had provided the Judiciary panel with the same documents he had provided the intelligence panels, believing that would be enough to satisfy the Judiciary request.","And I will ask you on the record, not now, some questions about our bill that we have on stalking, because I know you have been supportive of that, and on the boyfriend loophole.","Are you aware that on numerous occasions, he met with Mr.","But this is a historic moment for the Justice Department.","LGBT community was trying to amend the law.","Yes, Senator, you can.","Chairman, Ranking Member Feinstein, Members of the Committee, it is a tremendous honor as well as a great pleasure to be here to testify on behalf of Bill Barr to serve as Attorney General.","Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday, Aug.","When was the last time?","Yet you suggested that if we were to have an Attorney General with a very expansive view of Executive power, it might have some negative implications, and it might have some negative implications that would have some current relevance.","President Trump has clearly made law enforcement and public safety a top priority.","You and I both believe in freedom of religion.","Senator Graham, in Iraq, in Afghanistan.","But I do believe we need to have a system all the way across.","Do you consider these to be lawful investigations?","He said that this is sort of a throwback to what Committee hearings used to be like where the nominee actually answered questions.","Questions Whether Van Jones Has Lost The Trust Of.","So their tentacles are spreading, and they are moving away from a platform into that content into artificial intelligence, and their market dominance is causing some problems.","Why has Haredi society failed so badly to meet the coronavirus challenge?","And then I found I was wrong and they really are.","And I have two questions from the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.","We vow to combat bias and prejudice in our own interactions with patients, as well as in our clinics, hospitals, and communities.","The White House Counsel can play a constructive role in that as well.","Public Defenders are heroic public servants.","The email shows Mr.","Please subscribe to access more content.","Set custom variables from cookie tp.","The memo, there will be a lot of talk about it, as there should be.","Six magazines, wherever you go!","My recollection of that is, what I think it was relating to, the letter and the appointment of Huber in Utah to look at a number of things.","Congress when we were talking about criminal justice reform, you said that really the test, the ultimate test for the success of criminal justice reform is the crime rate.","Professor Turley, you and I are in agreement that the President can be indicted.","And I set up a program.","Well, as I say, I want to make one of my priorities the integrity of elections.","White House pushed back.","And I think it is important because the more we have a workable process in place for that, then the less people can justify their unilateral leaks of classified information on the grounds that they were trying to blow the whistle.","But, as you noted, he did not.","Attorney General with a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions reached by the Special Counsel.","Attorney General, as has Mr.","Chairman, and I very much enjoyed your leadership yesterday and look forward to it in the future.","All right, General Mukasey.","Did not work out too well, right.","It would depend on the circumstances, and also depend on whether we thought this was really a case of persecution.","Trump over his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.","Think about medical school, Liam.","And I think in the espionage world, it is the latter.","Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to appoint Mueller as the special counsel.","Federal resources at your disposal to enforce Federal marijuana laws in those States or in the District of Columbia that have legalized marijuana.","You are Roman Catholic, are you not?","If we want to amend it, I guess we can.","What do you intend to do about the leaks coming out of the FBI and the Department of Justice?","FOIA, so I hope you would agree that FOIA is an important tool for holding Government accountable.","Alexis Beattie, MD, MPH; St.","They live in the shadows.","KINKOPF, PROFESSOR OF LAW, GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA Professor Kinkopf.","Kushner, but he did not respond.","In many ways it is difficult to separate the two.","Assuming no good cause.","But right here on the home front, how can we countenance efforts based on no evidence to restrict access to the ballot box?","Congress passed the whistleblower statute in order to provide a mechanism where a person working for a sensitive agency could come forward in a protected way.","His answers were good.","And for those that are causing bodily injury and death to those here in the United States, we want to make sure that they are brought to justice.","Well, it sounds like those laws do.","It was just so magical!","So I was just agreeing with the President.","If somebody did something wrong, they should be punished.","The central bank is worried about Congress stimulating the economy too little, not too much.","Ruth Krigbaum Rich, Psy.","And just one more question, Madam Chair.","To your knowledge, is that still good law?","He has called on it to target his opponents.","And if they refuse to do that, nothing guarantees anybody a job at the highest levels of Government who is not willing to provide those disclosures.","Barr will once again be a stellar top cop.","Your initial assumption, I am afraid, was wrong.","Do you believe it was the right decision to rescind the Cole Memorandum?","Does that change the opinion you had back then?","The policy differences we have are real.","Number three, I believe that he should investigate, evaluate, and review those States that have passed voter suppression law to determine whether, in fact, they are discriminatory.","Senate Judiciary Committee investigators, according to lawmakers demanding that he produce the missing records.","To whom did Kushner forward it?","Attorney General Sessions refused to defend the Affordable Care Act in court.","CIA trying to carry out its mission?","So I am assuming that he will have the same open mind, at least, the same open mind, that I have.","Would you allow the President to fire a United States Attorney and thereby stop an investigation?","Pell grants, loans from banks.","If that is going to be the new standard, none of us are going to vote for anybody on the other side.","This is a bill that Senator Lankford and I have introduced with Senator Graham and Senator Harris.","You have got the problem of the official leak, and I think, Mr.","Something that is considered valuable to the Government can in many instances jeopardize an individual right that is protected under the Constitution.","It is the major avenue of how drugs come into the country.","An individual who serves as Attorney General of this Nation must recognize the long legacy of race disparity.","Special Counsel regulations scrupulously and in good faith, and on my watch, Bob will be allowed to finish his work.","He was Deputy Attorney General.","Intelligence Committees whose job it is to practice oversight and to root out wrongdoing, root out problems.","Those who become real spies should be prosecuted with the full might of the Government.","Department were also suspended.","Strickler Practitioner Senior Fellow, The Miller Center, University of Virginia, Washington, DC.","President also extends to the unitary character of the executive branch itself.","Chairman, I have got one more question.","You know, I actually have not read those opinions in a long time, but I see no reason to change them.","This goes to the qualifications of Mr.","So, I do not want to see a Republican Department of Justice or a Democratic Department of Justice.","Abbe Lowell, on Thursday charging that Kushner has failed to disclose several documents, records and transcripts in response to multiple inquiries from committee investigators.","So I would hope that you are going to look at the legal procedures that surround this kind of data and this kind of tracking and the privacy provisions that are going to pertain to consumers as they use these devices.","Well, if I might just in closing, Mr.","You were the Attorney General at the time.","Experience in the Department?","And now we have Federal drug courts.","Get smarter, faster about your hometown.","Federal laws, and then there are various States that have different laws, if confirmed, are you intending to use the limited Federal resources at your disposal to enforce Federal marijuana laws in the States that have legalized marijuana?","And in fact, he did do that, and he was basically pummeled by the President ever since.","Kushner forwarded to another campaign official.","Do you mean that?","It is not to exonerate the pusher, it is not to sanction it, but it is to come up with a more intelligent approach.","And that is not mentioned, I do not think, in the book written by the lawyers who represented them.","Last year was tough, but I think you and Senator Feinstein did the best you could in the environment in which we live.","Psychologist, retired, Columbia, MD.","North painted as a baby.","Clinton came in, adopted our policies, and defended them in court, continued forced repatriation, continued the exclusion of HIV.","Just about everybody has debunked the Uranium One controversy.","Hey, I want to help Black communities.","Morial by Senator Hirono.","Again, you seem to have this exchange and know what he said, but we are glad to provide another copy.","And so I cannot imagine anyone better on this issue, quite frankly, to tackle it.","Bill Barr understands the many policies, traditions of the Department of Justice that have stood for a separation between the Department and the White House on matters of criminal investigations, decisions to indict.","Last January, he resigned from his position as the director of an important public company board.","WHYY is our community.","How many Covid vaccines has my country given?","And I think the time was right to take stock and make changes to our penal system based on current experience.","State laws, you know, and distribution and production and so forth, we are not going to go after that.","You can have a third, fourth, fifth round.","Department of Justice, the FBI, as well as our intelligence agencies; when you see the exit lanes glutted of those leaving the White House at every single level, why do you want this job?","As I have said, I am in favor of as much transparency as there can be consistent with the rules and the law.","And I said there, yes, I would not agree to that.","Probably not, because of the associations of Guantanamo now.","But a political or public official, even the President of the United States, has to be held accountable.","So I want to thank the President for nominating somebody who is worthy of the job, who will understand on day one what the job is about and can right the ship over there.","Who at DOJ will be allowed to have those conversations with the White House, and who at the White House will you entertain those conversations from at DOJ?","And I will just reflect, Mr.","We are going to sort of play it by ear and see what makes sense.","Contract prisons incurred more safety and security incidents per capita than comparable Bureau of Prisons institutions.","And my daughter Mary, who is a longtime Federal prosecutor and is currently the coordinator for opioid enforcement in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General.","What official are we talking about?","That is a good thing.","My memo was narrow, explaining my thinking on a specific obstruction of justice theory under a single statute that I thought, based on media reports, the Special Counsel might be considering.","Washington was impressive, and I am so glad that you are keeping that tragedy alive in our hearts because it should not be overlooked, and I appreciate it.","That is an abdication of his own responsibility.","And that is in their official capacity.","He characterized it as a narrow analysis of a particular interpretation of a specific statute.","Justice, which is supposed to protect the civil rights of Americans, vulnerable communities, that there is a place for the Department of Justice to protect the civil rights of LGBT Americans by banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity?","It would be a crime.","American people have to know that there are places in the Government where the rule of law, not politics, holds sway and where they will be treated fairly based solely on the facts and the evenhanded application of the law.","But that did not debar the Government from continuing its policies elsewhere, and eventually you would get differences, and they would work their way up to the Supreme Court.","Everyone is concerned about the high cost of healthcare, and especially the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs.","That goes toward whether or not we understand the equal protection of the law should be afforded to all citizens.","No one is above the law.","Russians attempted to interfere in our election.","Engagement in UN Human Rights Council Brings Influence, Leverage, Amb.","Many of us up here and in the Senate have confidence in Director Wray and the leadership at the FBI and believe they can do their jobs without politics getting in the way.","And would you commit to making antitrust enforcement a priority?","Government employees but does not extend to contractors.","Hawley have also talked about antitrust and some of the enforcement there, big tech and Silicon Valley, and the power that is harbored there.","It must be a project where the solutions are found in the community itself.","Attorneys General are very often defined by the immediate appointments around them, at chief of staff, DAG, criminal chief, what are the characteristics and qualifications that you will seek as you fill particularly that position, but all three that I mentioned?","Our position on mass incarceration is just that.","Federal level, partly because of a lack of knowledge, partly because of a lack of resources.","He says the President can be charged with Federal crimes in office.","Well, I would defer to Mr.","The secretary of state acknowledged Israel must hold the Golan Heights but left the final legal status open.","Do you believe he will do that?","And so what the column is suggesting is that perhaps we can actually use these stories and take a step back.","In December, a Texas Judge struck down the Affordable Care Act.","That said, I think the system is definitely in need of support, certainly at the State level.","We have seen an undermining of both substantive protections and the tools necessary for civil rights enforcement, such as the disparate impact method for proving discrimination and the use of consent decrees to address abuse by police agencies.","But I am a little bit of an outlier on this.","That is clearly not how the committee interpreted its own document request.","DOJ who recommended recusal.","Will you consider doing so?","But for present purposes, suffice it to say that, in my view, there are four significant problems with the Espionage Act in its current form.","And then I want to ask you a particular question.","Mueller and Barr, I would not expect that they would change this longstanding policy.","We are talking about election fraud, not voter fraud.","So the current regulations on the books right now prevent the Attorney General from firing without cause the Special Counsel.","You have to do something.","As Attorney General, my allegiance will be to the rule of law, the Constitution, and the American people.","If you are confirmed, will the Justice Department jail reporters for doing their jobs?","Ahmad Arslan MD; Abington Memorial Hospital.","There is no statistical evidence of racism in the criminal justice system.","It is also illegal aliens.","What we know is that it appears to be derived from how the Attorney General was introduced to the Queen.","Well, the Clinton administration did.","Kushner had to update on more than one occasion because he left out contacts with foreign individuals.","Federal but also State and local justice systems.","And I think our view as a Government and as a people has changed significantly.","Perhaps you are not the right person to make that calculation if you are the Government employee, but I would resist the assumption that an employee could never have good faith simply because he knows that the information is classified.","State of Mississippi Access to Justice Commission, and we reviewed this issue.","Lowell said that was part of an email chain that included biographies of various individuals.","And if there is ever a moment when the victims of gun violence like you, Reverend Risher, and Mr.","Well, I adverted to in my opening statement is, obviously, the Department is a law enforcement agency.","So I cannot ask for a third round?","Just for the record, I think you meant the firing of Mr.","And I agree with some of the Senators on this Committee.","Above all else, if confirmed, I will work diligently to protect the professionalism and integrity of the Department as an institution, and I will strive to leave it and the Nation a stronger and better place.","Therefore, I anticipate the only way the committee will ever hope to obtain access to those documents is by subpoenaing them, and then holding Kushner to account for failure to produce them by means of contempt.","Now, obviously, the Department of Justice is a different place today from the time that he served.","Well, it entails the truth, does it not?","United States law, the Emoluments Clause of the United States Constitution.","The Black Sea mansion highlighted by Alexei Navalny is beset with construction issues, say builders.","And there is a bill that I have that we are reintroducing on guns and stalking.","Kushner needs to appear.","My beloved mother and two of my cousins had been shot and killed in the church along with six other parishioners at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.","So you are saying the President, though, can have the power to go into money even if the Congress has appropriated it for a different purpose?","States have legalized medical marijuana for adult use.","William Barr on the first score.","Whitaker, and we have no idea who that somebody is.","He said his client simply forwarded an email from Donald Trump Jr.","Chairman, and I appreciate that courtesy of you and the Members.","You know, I would like to know more about the phenomena and what laws could be implicated by it.","But I am not Chairman.","Author of Recovering Cynic: Travelogues of Emotional Healing.","Congress, not your rewrite or a summary?","Department to pursue more voting rights enforcement in order to address aggressive efforts by State and local officials to suppress the vote.","As the father of daughters myself, I know how difficult that can be with public life.","Copyright Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.","It is something much more comprehensive.","You say you have known Mueller a long time.","As a Nation, we have the most liberal and expansive immigration laws in the world.","You have had some experience with the enforcement of our immigration laws.","Will you allow the Special Counsel to exercise his judgment as to what the scope should be?","My dad was a reporter, so I grew up knowing the importance of a free press.","Cabinet offices to hold because, as you point out in your opening statement, you are committed to the rule of law and enforcing the laws of the land, but you are also a political appointee of the President.","We have been here for well over a decade.","Johnson, thank you for coming today.","But more importantly to your question is that, I think, he has great experience in the past of working with joint task forces, joint efforts with State and local authorities, especially the State AGs, and he knows how to do this.","So we had the meeting on guns at the White House, and the President said he thought the bill was terrific.","Barr will be able to faithfully implement and enforce the laws that he may not personally agree with?","At the end of the day, it is competition we are worried about in different markets.","That I think is proper.","And then later on had to come back because of that press conference when the Weiner laptop was identified and say, hey, we found some more emails.","Now, we have got an Act that the Justice Department just took, and I cannot obviously expect you to respond specifically to the Act, but I use it as an example of their uncooperation with the Department of Congressional Oversight.","Barr, I want to go back because it is a long time.","Blumenthal about the FBI being the premier law enforcement agency in the history of the world, in my opinion, and the high esteem in which we all hold the Department of Justice.","Moreover, as healers, we understand the devastating consequences of trauma on the health of both victims and perpetrators.","It is my honor to appear before you today to testify on the nomination of William Barr to be Attorney General of the United States.","Based on what you know about Mr.","Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and he served a short tenure in the Reagan White House.","Most of that is because patriotic whistleblowers found the fraud and brought the case to the attention of the Government.","Then let me be specific on my last question on oversight.","Capitol Police to remove anyone who violates the rules of this Committee.","But ultimately this Committee has a difficult task regardless of the resume of a nominee.","And I think we can all agree that this is an important goal that really cuts across aisles, cuts across ideologies, et cetera.","And I think we have learned from our experience.","Well, thank you very much for your question, and it was a powerful moment for our community when we changed the landscape of public safety.","Could you explain that?","You are elected by the people to hold an office, and, you know, you do not get a background investigation to get on the Intelligence Committee.","So I just want to suggest something to you.","Intelligence Committee Russian investigations.","And it has not passed yet, but I am just asking you to review it.","Sounds fishy to me, like a cover story.","Houston and we were there for some events.","But does he have to prove that today beyond the classification?","Use the window load event to keep the page load performant window.","And, as I said in my opening statement, I think we have to look at all our national resources, such as diplomacy, economic sanctions, other kinds of countermeasures, to deter and punish foreign countries that seek to meddle in our elections.","Lowell wrote Friday to Sens.","Why would US help foreign APTs?","Barr, are you able to go for a little bit longer?","Government officials often talk to the press on background, with authorization, and provide information that is, in fact, technically still classified.","The subpoena to more than a dozen campaign officials sought documents related to any contacts they had with Russian operatives, according to one of the people who requested anonymity to speak about sensitive investigative matters.","Before I begin, Mr.","And I am thinking, for example, Harvard law professor Jonathan Zittrain has written how Google or Facebook, for example, could manipulate their algorithms to significantly swing voter turnout to favor a candidate of their choice.","OK and then not being able to prosecute it.","They are smart enough to figure it out.","And no clear answers have emerged at this point as to who owns the virtual you, you and your presence online.","Well, how do you explain the differences?","And the question is whether the President could be prosecuted while in office.","And who would that harm, first and foremost, if we allowed that to happen?","Kushner of failing to provide other documents also requested by the committee.","Subscribe to Axios Markets for the latest market trends and economic insights.","You take the vest.","The senators noted they have received documents from other campaign officials that were copied to or forwarded to Mr Kushner, but which he did not produce.","He clearly understands the need for independence and the importance of protecting the Department, as well as Mr.","What steps would you take to make sure these failures do not occur again?","Do you believe that is a different standard?","It was at the beginning of a rough year.","Senator Kyl, this just goes back to a point I made in my opening statement, and perhaps you and I just disagree on this.","Trump was in office.","They were taking a trip together.","There was the Blackwater case recently that has gotten a lot of attention where the case got dismissed for fundamentally that reason.","He is in the process of negotiating with committee staff after Mr.","And not just a statute, Senator.","And it took all these years, but here we are.","If true, of course, such a defense would presumably render the underlying disclosure legal.","Whose report was this, BOP?","It was weird at the time.","Thank you very much, and, Mr.","How it is expressed and how civilly it is expressed is a different thing, and I think we are probably in agreement there.","Russian back door overture and dinner invite.","So I just want to tell you, I pray for redemption, both personal and political.","So, thank you for that.","But I think the person himself and who he has been over the years consistently really speaks to that, and it is not just a question of his having nothing to lose.","Senator Klobuchar mention the Violence Against Women Act.","And this is a big report, and the public needs to see it.","Wainstein already referred to the issue of contractors.","We may change a few policies.","Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties.","Would you commit to doing that?","Time Warner focused on how the merged company would control or could control the distribution of information to discriminate against rival content.","Can you share, for this Committee, in your judgment, the importance of rule of law and the importance of having an Attorney General who is faithful to enforcing the law and Constitution regardless of party, regardless of partisan interest?","Raise your right hand, please.","Fathima Kolonda, MD; Presence St.","And that it was because of that policy, that was one of the reasons why he was being asked to leave.","Well, not having a wall also has an effect on law enforcement.","Maybe I will contact some of you privately.","The country needs a credible resolution to these issues, and if confirmed, I will not permit partisan politics, personal interests, or any other improper consideration to interfere with this or any other investigation.","Confirmation Hearing for Defense Secretary?","MD; University of Minnesota School of Medicine.","Affordable Care Act in court?","Who wrote that email?","William Pelham Barr, Nominee to be Attorney General of the United States.","And that the solution was more incarceration for more people.","There are factors down in Latin America that are pushing people up, and there are attractions to the United States that are pulling them up.","Senator from the State of Utah introducing Hon.","Barr with this Committee.","Allison Vise, MD Candidate; Icahn School of Medicine at Mt.","Will you give a similar answer today that you will not interfere with Special Counsel Mueller seeking testimony from the President?","My thanks to the Committee for the honor and privilege to appear here today and testify on the nomination of William Barr to be Attorney General.","Iowa were related to methamphetamine.","Can you make it a few more minutes?","Those Committees have not provided us with transcripts of any of their other witness interviews.","Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services.","If I disagreed with it.","That was your quote.","Well, I can only speak for this side, and maybe not all this side, but we really appreciate that, and the degree to which you can get us a prompt report in the fullest possible form would be really appreciated.","Carpenter decision just came down, written by Chief Justice Roberts, that this is generally requiring the Government to get a warrant to obtain geolocation information through the cell site location information.","It is a moving target, it always has been, and I think we need a system that covers all the bases.","District Court Judges to wade into matters of national security where, in the past, courts would not have presumed to be enjoining those kinds of things.","In my home State, nothing more happens.","Spokesmen for Grassley and Feinstein did not offer any additional information about the missing records when asked about them.","No, not at all.","Department of State, where we had a prosecution where we had, frankly, to strain to find documents that had been given through a real spy to the North Vietnamese Government that related to traditional diplomatic exchanges.","You meant the firing of Comey.","But that night, I was the one in need of comforting when I received the telephone call that no American deserves to get.","DOJ view that a sitting President may not be indicted, this suggests that Barr will take the position that any discussion or release of the Mueller report relating to the President would be improper and prohibited by DOJ policy and regulations.","Senator Hirono, you have a few more questions.","He is a Marine.","So I would hope that you will be committed to putting an end to this kind of violence and online trafficking.","Real news has value.","Along with so many Americans, I was baffled at how such a hateful man was able to get his hands on a gun.","Special counsel Robert Mueller is also leading an independent investigation into whether there were any links between Russia and the Trump campaign.","Attorneys that the Federal marijuana prohibition should not be enforced in States that have legalized marijuana in one way or the other.","Most important, Bill Barr is a known quantity.","We look forward to some of those steps being taken, and I know that is something that is important to you.","Committee at a time when much of our Government is shut down, and my thoughts are with the dedicated men and women of the Department of Justice and other Federal workers, many of whom continue to perform their critical jobs.","Barr, we have never had a chance to meet, but I welcome you to this Committee.","Fraternal Order of Police, who was very instrumental in helping get it across the finish line.","Now, you and I talked about this in my office, and I appreciate you coming by.","Big News Network All rights reserved.","Canterbury, you have talked some about the First Step Act.","So it has its useful part.","And Reverend Risher, I want to thank you for your testimony.","SMITH, PARTNER, ARNOLD AND PORTER, WASHINGTON, DC Mr.","Well, your financial reporting, with all due respect, is not the same as a background investigation.","And as one who had total independence as an elected prosecutor in Vermont, I thought how important it was to have that same independence at the national level.","So in this context, just asking us to trust you is not enough.","They used to be called essential.","Anisa Durand, MD, MPH; Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Dept.","We have worked hard and fought for civil rights, justice, and equal opportunity, along with fairness, for our entire existence.","We believe the President made an outstanding choice, and for Mr.","QUESTIONS Questions submitted to Hon.","It is something I would commend to you and maybe dust off and see if there have been any actions since this report.","President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov.","Wade if it were challenged?","It sounds like it was an effort on your part to ingratiate yourself with an administration which is now nominating you for Attorney General.","Somebody had to make the decision that it was OK in this for specific purposes to do it.","He has also taught related courses at West Virginia University College of Law and Armstrong State University.","Smith, I read your testimony last night, and you had a lot of good ideas in there about that.","You either have someone authorize the leak who is in the position of authorizing it.","That should be priority number one, and it is going to take some hard work, and we need to get on top of the problem.","You can change your mind and change your consent choices at anytime by returning to this site.","The senators are also are seeking his phone records.","You can see a list of supported browsers in our Help Center.","Plimpton LLP, New York, New York.","They needed a strong executive, and that was the Constitution they wrote.","That is what I said in the beginning.","You have lived a life that I think has been honorable and noteworthy and accomplished, and I want to thank you for being willing to take this task on.","You have committed to recuse yourself from matters involving the law firm where you currently work.","Where is the legal responsibility there?","You do not see much of a role in that?","He needs to at minimum resign and have his security clearance revoked.","And I think we need to try to strive for as much uniformity as we can.","Questions submitted to Rev.","And I will not be bullied into doing anything I think is wrong by anybody, whether it be editorial boards or Congress or the President.","Well, one of the complexities here is the statute applies to private citizens, it applies to Government employees, it applies to Government contractors.","No one was paying me to do it, and, in fact, I do not support Senator Menendez politically, but I carefully watched this case.","So I think it is best handled by supervisory people, but I also think it has to be looked at centrally.","At that hearing, you were confirmed by this Committee unanimously, as you had been twice previously for senior appointments to the Department of Justice.","So, thank you, all.","His wife worked at Fusion GPS.","He was also suspected of tracking minor girls, often from overseas, for sex parties at his other homes in Manhattan, New Mexico, and the Caribbean.","It is an issue to ensure that all citizens of this Nation are afforded equal treatment.","And I was thinking last night, obviously Mr.","The fact that Federal prosecutors appear to have crafted this secret sweetheart deal for a child rapist obviously enrages moms and dads everywhere.","Thank you for bringing it to our attention.","For example, you limited your production in response to our second request in \u0430 manner that eliminates communications about the individuals identified in that request.","Well, it would depend upon, you know, what his understanding is with the Attorney General.","But that is certainly my intent.","He must have the integrity, the strength, and the fortitude to tell the President no, regardless of the consequences.","He has also been part of the team of attorneys who have been litigating important national security issues relating to the use of military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay.","Let me move on.","Thank you, Madam Chair.","Attorney General to get the title.","Sorry, this site is not accessible in your region.","How about your views on religious liberty, and would you share your thoughts on the importance of the religious liberty protections in the First Amendment in terms of protecting our diverse and pluralistic society?","Well, as been pointed out earlier, it is the major avenue by which drugs come into the country.","Three minutes later, it was over.","You mentioned it to Senator Feinstein.","Russia was hacking Democratic emails in an effort to help Mr Trump and whether he tried to create a secret back channel between the Trump White House and the Kremlin, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.","Bruce Ohr was Associate Deputy Attorney General for Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement.","According to the DEA, most of the meth available in the United States is being produced in Mexico and smuggled across our southern border.","Do you know what his definition is?","You have a very nice family behind you.","It is a national security problem.","We are not going to answer any oversight except for Chairmen of Committees.","Barr is going to continue the policies of Attorney General Sessions when it comes to enforcing civil rights laws.","The Secretary got very, very angry and eventually wrote a letter to the Assistant Secretary.","Jeannine Sopko MSN CRNA; Summit Anesthesia Assoc.","Should he, or her?","Lowell did not respond to CNN request for further comment.","Department by DHS for illegal entry.","However, I think we all acknowledge that Jeff Sessions possibly did not want to recuse himself, but he did.","Canterbury, we want to move forward on that cops bill that we have with the training and the money for the officers.","Kingston Reif, an expert on nuclear weapons policy at the nonpartisan Arms Control Association, told CNN.","In some cases, companies may disclose that they use your data without asking for your consent, based on their legitimate interests.","But you go into the American criminal prisons, sir, and you see the most vulnerable people.","To Senators Blackburn and Ernst, thank you for making history, I think, on our side.","If President Trump then used his authority to fire Mueller, that, by extension, would not be something that could serve as the basis of an obstruction of justice charge on the theory set forth in the memo.","For me, that question has always come down to a rather curious and little known fact about the Seal of the Attorney General that sits underneath the Attorney General whenever he speaks.","So the NAACP, we are a nonpartisan organization.","DOJ could strengthen procedures for disciplining attorneys.","Department policy or Department standards or Department definitions, particularly as they may bear on obstruction by the President or people around him.","Part of that was I was not involved in the business anymore.","First of all, for the Reverend, I do not understand how people can have so much hate that they do what they do.","So that reading of the Executive Vesting Clause was argued by President Harry Truman in the Steel Seizure Case, and specifically rejected by the Supreme Court, but that did not kill it.","And obviously I think that the main problem with sanctuary cities is that they are not giving us information about criminals that they have in their custody.","But Congress might also consider a more general proviso exempting protected disclosures from the Espionage Act altogether.","BC; Private Practice St.","You also referred to your concerns with the prosecution of Senator Menendez.","Mueller at some point, hopefully soon, writes a report and that report will be given to you.","Let us imagine it is a judgment call, and the judgment by the career ethics officials in the Agency are that you recuse yourself.","He did not hesitate for a nanosecond.","Senator Kennedy is here because I do not think he covered the full landscape.","That is not going to happen.","Whose call is it?","In my experience with the agency over the years, it has not been a problem.","But the problem is nobody then formally declassifies that information so that the documents floating around the Government with the talking points and so on are still technically classified.","My guess is probably not.","Do not ever stop.","And that Office is not familiar to me because it did not exist, obviously, when I was there before.","Abbe Lowell, an attorney and a person I have known for a long time in regards to the challenges he faced in representing defendants under espionage law, also be made part of our record.","And there was great fear that it was going to become sort of a lawless place, where drug dealers would take control and the Coast Guard would not be able to control things.","So can you just elaborate for us why you think that his prior experience is a major plus?","Department of Justice and the dedicated professionals who serve there, and I believe that I can do a good job leading the Department in these times.","But I have no reason to think they are not working.","Comey was fired by the President, then folks on the left thought he was St.","WILLIAM PELHAM BARR, NOMINEE TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES General Barr.","Have you ever seen anything like that happen before?","CIPA and the whistleblower and the other related statutes that we have that are aimed at establishing practices that, when you leak information, you are violating those practices.","Do you believe that Attorney General Sessions had a conflict because he worked on the Trump Campaign?","So we need to reform the laws, but that was sort of a mistake more than it was a loophole.","It is also the first time that we convene while my friend Lindsey Graham holds the gavel and will proceed to be Chairman.","You know, I looked at them.","It would be like a banana republic putting political opponents in jail for offenses committed in a political setting.","And I will tell you in my own case, I was initially opposed to some part of the First Step Act.","We have got a lot of problems at the Department of Justice.","It gives them flexibility.","Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available.","You do not have any criticism of the Russian probe?","But I was not thinking of it in terms of a criminal investigation of the foundation.","Bill Barr and his family.","Want a daily digest of the top Des Moines news?","So I think that I would like to see these universal injunctions challenged.","Yes, I do not know what is a good idea and what is a bad idea right now because I have not gotten into this area.","Congress as I did in the last to try and find ways that both parties can support that would strengthen law enforcement and our system of denying access to weapons to those who should not have them.","After a thorough evaluation and review of the record, William Barr is not that candidate.","Are those practices that you would be pursuing as well?","You are one of the best witnesses I have ever heard, and your words will not be lost.","Justice Department and law, jurisdictions will revert back to past practices of discriminatory actions.","But the current Department has jettisoned protections for the right to vote.","How I Met Your Mother.","General, I am still confused about one point.","He refused to defend the Affordable Care Act and argued in the Texas lawsuit that key parts of the ACA were unconstitutional.","Heritage Foundation and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers highlighted the growing concerns among courts and commentators with the problems of vague and potentially overbroad criminal statutes, even in modern criminal laws, let alone antiquated laws like the Espionage Act.","Well, I appreciate that.","And so it is possible that some of the concerns that led to these decisions, at least initially, have been abated at least somewhat by CIPA.","Raised in Tokyo; living in the US.","The AAM Zone tp.","Secondly, if the problem is that information is too easily classified, the individual who is doing the leaking still understands that his leak of that is unauthorized, whether he disagrees with that proposition or not.","And then the other involves stalking and whether or not that could also fall under the prohibitions on guns.","Want a daily digest of the top Denver news?","Kushner to comply with its request for more information.","Chairman, you mentioned the importance of the Espionage Act and its significance in our fight to avoid espionage and the implications for our National security.","When people are suspicious why would anyone write a memo this long spontaneously and send it to anyone, that is because you do not know law nerds, okay?","Senators Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein requested all those documents, as well as transcripts from interviews with other committees.","Would you have supported me?","HPDLOV, DORQJ ZLWK WKH FDPSDLJQ RIILFLDO ZKR UHFHLYHG IRUZDUGHG FRSLHV, UHPDLQV XQFOHDU.","As I said, I want to get out as much as I can under the regulations.","That is a good point.","Some of it is personal because we get sensitive and classified information that we read about in the paper, and we are always puzzled as to how much we were restricted.","Throughout your career you have expressed concern with congressional attempts to enact criminal justice reform and at times advocated for stricter mandatory minimum sentences.","Please select your reason for reporting.","And it ought to raise further questions about the rationale for the anachronism that is the football.","But thank you, all, for being here today.","Who is Stefanos Tsitsipas?","FBI agents, and he was admired by every one of them that I met.","Chairman, Ranking Member Feinstein, and distinguished Members of the Committee on the Judiciary.","My only concern is that I think there does need to be something more to put somebody in jail than simply somebody put a classification stamp on it.","Mueller investigation with regard to obstruction of justice to also go forward unimpeded by you?","Thank you so much.","Israeli Society and the Haredim: A Turning Point?","It should be something that is above partisanship.","It is really the only guarantee that we have because this country is defined by and is constituted by a law, the Constitution.","Facts have no agenda.","When his report comes to you, will you share it with us as much as possible?","Department of Justice needs to follow the law and the facts wherever, including into the files of the Department.","Lowell provided documents to the panel on Nov.","Barr wrote the foreword.","Quite simply, he does not have and will not have the same steep learning curve that I had coming out of Article III.","Is that Congressman then permitted to share that information and comment on it?","The committee leaders say Kushner had forwarded those messages to another campaign official.","It makes a huge difference to allow people to vote either with an ID or with a neighbor or with some other forms of identification.","Because it is not just relying on the career attorneys.","They were also offered apologies by me, and that is the way the matter ended.","And I just want you to know that there are so many of us that now know so many victims of guns in this country that we will continue to fight on to change this environment.","You know, one would think these questions would never be necessary.","We talked about technology and my interest in that area.","So if confirmed, would you appeal this decision to the Supreme Court?","That is very concerning to my constituents back home.","White House Senior adviser Jared Kushner attends bilateral meetings in Beijing on Nov.","As I said in my statement, I am going to make as much information available as I can, consistent with the rules and regulations that are part of the Special Counsel regulations.","Noting to see here!","Kushner forwarded but has not given to the committee.","Senator Blumenthal asked about Roe and whether he would defend Roe if it were challenged.","You referenced in your opening statement the qualifications that Bill Barr brings, would bring to this job, and the advantages in some ways he would have having done the job already.","Would you segregate asylum seekers in some other way then?","Could you give us a brief answer, Mr.","So I am just trying to get as to what you are going to be transparent about.","And they are inhibited because of the classification that the administration has put on it.","Please explain how his view of Executive authority could impact the Mueller investigation.","And from my experience, the threat is always dynamic.","Barr were asked can the President fire Mr.","That is what I thought the scope of that statute dealt with, and to my knowledge, the only cases ever brought under it involved the destruction of evidence.","The content author tp.","Because this is breeding disrespect for the Federal law.","You would have to know that what you released was unauthorized; and, second, you would have to do that intentionally.","That is what the case law is.","Hope the song makes you feel happy!","Federal prosecutors, religious leaders, really all kinds of people from every walk of life.","Kushner had emails he should have turned over too.","Keep a record of a referrer if it is external window.","So the idea that pursuing consent decrees is, in effect, a voluntary collaboration.","Attorney might be investigating.","And I certainly do not know how to close this gap, but I would like to.","There I think the Government has been able to prosecute these cases.","Very briefly, what do you have to say to them?","Well, you can also supplement that.","He has worked in private practice.","We truly miss you.","It is something much more proactive.","These problems are compounded by the inequities of access and quality that still plague our healthcare system.","You had a great discussion with Senator Booker about the First Step Act and nonviolent drug crimes.","Well, the Attorney General was recused, so hard to step into the shoes of a recused Attorney General matter, right?","Turley, thank you for very much for what you had to say.","But it is coming to a head with Mueller sooner rather than later, and Mr.","Kim Smith, MD; St.","Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Democratic Sen.","Morial appears as a submission for the record.","Chairman, I want to thank you and the Committee for taking up his call.","As Attorney General, I will ensure that we will continue our efforts to combat violent crime.","Of Counsel there, and I have one client which I am representing, and I do not pay very much attention to what else is going on.","The committees have separately requested and received thousands of documents from people associated with the Trump campaign, and have interviewed dozens of individuals.","This came up earlier in your hearing.","And I want to say one final thing on the rule of law because it picks up on something you said, Mr.","It is not based on blood.","And we feel the evidence is clear that Mr.","We vow to stand up against the violence, victimization, and health disparities affecting the LGBT population.","Senate Judiciary committee chairman Senator Charles Grassley, a Republican, and Senator Diane Feinstein, top Democrat on the panel, wrote that the emails were omitted from documents Mr Kushner was asked to turn over last month.","They are a presidential appointment.","For optimal experience and full features, please upgrade to a modern browser.","Okay, so that no longer is classified information, correct?","At the same time, I am sort of interested in stepping back and reassessing or learning more about how the Antitrust Division has been functioning and what their priorities are.","Well, we need to look at that.","Insider or Business Insider LUX.","How have I criticized the Russian probe?","That is a good question.","Russia called Rossotrudnichestvo, FBI agents questioned participants about whether Russian spies had approached them during the visit, one of the travelers said.","This bill, if it were to become law, would require notification, simple notification, to a State or local law enforcement contact.","Regarding the Voting Rights Act, so this is for Mr.","So you did say that you would vigorously enforce the Voting Rights Act, so that is good.","We probably ought to listen more and talk a little less.","Lowell is basically completely blowing off providing those other documents, which would likely be even more interesting.","Will you meet those needs for resources?","His Justice Department tenure was marred by extraordinarily aggressive policies that harmed people of color.","But you are both correct that it is not right the way it is currently working.","Ranking Member or by a vote of the Committee, may subpoena the attendance of a witness at a Committee or Subcommittee hearing or Committee deposition, or the production of memoranda, documents, records, or any other materials.","And do you think that was rightly decided?","But in particular on the subject of drug trafficking, are you aware that most of the drugs that are trafficked into the United States enter through points of entry?","Let me say first that as a former United States Attorney, I share your allegiance and admiration for the Department of Justice and, equally so, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and I know that you respect Mr.","And I ask that because some have said, on both sides of the aisle, that it looked like a job application, and so that is what I wanted you to refer to.","Finally, the Espionage Act is also silent as to potential defenses to prosecution.","The Attorney General must ensure that the administration of justice, the enforcement of the law, is above and away from politics.","Have your views changed on that?","Maybe you can see why.","And I see the three roles as providing advice, being a policy adviser on legal and law enforcement policy issues, and the top law enforcement officer enforcing the laws.","Thank you, Senator Blackburn.","The documents provided to those committees fully responded to their requests.","In my State, for example, we have reduced not only the crime rate, but the recidivism rate, and we have closed plans to build new prisons to incarcerate more people.","Yes, it was a revelation to me, too.","Mayor Morial to join in on this too.","Millian and a reporter, in which Mr.","It will not reduce the level of violent crime in our society.","Attorney General Sessions also issued a memo limiting the use of consent decrees.","Chairman, could I introduce my family?","But you also publicly criticized the Russian probe.","But that is the legal issue.","But number two, and this is part of the purview, because Justice, in addition to its law enforcement responsibility, runs mentoring programs, programs funded by the Office of Justice Programs.","President because of his commitment to it.","Kushner to turn over his records.","If they see that a very senior official is talking, then they are less constrained not to talk.","At a time when the Justice Department has abandoned voting rights protections, the need for Federal enforcement has never been greater.","If I was not clear, they are linked.","There are important restraints on Federal power, whether civil liberties protections in a criminal context, whether the Takings Clause, or whether the Tenth Amendment and federalism.","Act, on its face, and this is what is being litigated, what does it cover?","And then the Attorney General, as I understand the rules, would report to Congress about the conclusion of the investigation, and I believe there may be discretion there about what the Attorney General can put in that report.","States, but we are where we are, and you would not want to undermine that given that investments have been made, States have moved forward.","But, in fact, the report would go to Matt Whitaker.","Russian American Chamber of Commerce.","So it is important to allow whistleblowers to pursue cases even when the Department is not able to be involved.","Each day I wake up motivated to ensure that hate will not win.","Kushner, or really anyone, had that would be responsive to any relevant request.","Want a daily digest of the top Twin Cities news?","He believes in clear lines, and I share that view of what is an executive function and what is a legislative function.","Committee with a list of all consent decrees that have been withdrawn since Attorney General Sessions issued that policy?","John Weaver used his power to get jobs for young men he allegedly harassed.","And then, of course, there is the question of even if you had a statute like this, would it really help increase the number of prosecutions?","And if he does not do that, he is subject to removal.","Did that weave into that same thought process?","Also at that time, you had the Community Oriented Policing program, which provided us with additional resources for police technology.","So if the reports are true that as chief of staff, Mr.","All I can say right now is my goal and intent is to get as much information out as I can consistent with the regulations.","Counterintelligence, you are usually trying to counter the intelligence activities of another country.","Government official has business relationships with foreign interests and powers, we ought to know about it.","Responses of Chuck Canterbury to questions submitted by Senator Klobuchar.","And so my question to you is based on your experience as the mayor of New Orleans.","It was highly successful.","And as I say, it is sort of piecemeal a little bit right now.","Well, I think it just raises the issue of whether we can deal with the espionage statute in isolation.","You have unpacked a couple of times today the three different roles or functions of the Attorney General.","Do you agree with that policy decision?","And so, what did you mean by that?","Thank you, Senator Klobuchar.","Barr has stated that the memo that I spent all day reading and is very complicated, has stated that that memo was narrowly focused on obstruction of justice.","More than once, I can remember being in very dangerous situations where the agents were concerned for his physical security.","Sergei Millian, the president of the Russian American Chamber of Commerce, on which Kushner is copied.","So do you think Barr will take this report seriously if given to him?","Just to be clear, so we are not bandying words here, did you request or signal or otherwise communicate in any way that you wanted Rod Rosenstein to go?","Obama administration for the position you are seeking, which is one of the reasons why I opposed the nomination.","Thank you, Senator Feinstein.","If I may briefly, Mr.","That is the protection of individual freedom.","Russian keywords from more than a dozen officials.","That is a separation of powers issue, and it keeps things from us but it does not limit documents within the executive branch.","Which is not necessarily the understanding of the Founders and Framers of the Constitution.","In other words, would it be setting up a higher standard?","If there was a factual basis for doing it and I could not say that it violated established policies, then I would not interfere.","So let me ask you maybe in a different way.","He has received quite a bit this morning already.","Smith, that was your example.","Jacob Miller, MD Candidate; St.","It is hard for me to conceive of a conclusion that would, you know, run afoul of the regs as currently written.","Got to swear you in first.","Kushner is represented by Abbe Lowell on Russia matters.","Well, what about her?","He has a great love for the Department.","Quite a baptism of fire!","Members of Congress disagree with because the administration has decided to put out their version of things, and Congress feels constrained from talking to the press and saying, well, we disagree with that, we think it is bad policy.","And I would like to hear from you on the role that you see the Department of Justice under Mr.","Yes, historic levels of concentration.","To access this content as intended, please try reloading the page or returning at a later time.","He is a law nerd.","SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND Chairman Cardin.","And if I am confirmed, I assume I will find out.","World War I in a state of benign indeterminacy about the rules of law governing defense secrets.","That is what they are there for.","Federal Government says you must, otherwise we are going to take away your Federal money, does the accused in one of those sexual assault allegations still have the protection of the Bill of Rights?","It does not control private businesses.","His lack of clarity on how he will use his Justice Department to ensure all Americans can cast a ballot free of vote suppression or intimidation leaves a huge question mark for us.","Now, now what is being done, because I think the administration has changed the policy, is DHS is not referring for prosecution family units that would lead to the separation of children from the family unit.","Without objection and on behalf of Senator Grassley, I would like to enter this letter from Taxpayers Against Fraud into the record.","You have been opted out of browser data sharing by this site.","The content published date tp.","National security operations, and I have seen firsthand the important role that sensitive information plays in our National security operations and how those operations can be put in jeopardy whenever that information is compromised.","To expect Trump to win and everything Obama did stay the same is unrealistic.","This would mean, for example, that the President may order the chairman of the Federal Reserve not to raise interest rates and to fire the chairman of the Federal Reserve if the chairman refuses to follow that order.","And I would like to build on that experience to sharpen our legal tools to go after Russian nationals, but nationals of any country that are interfering in our elections.","MELVENY AND MYERS, WASHINGTON, DC Mr.","Senator Ernst is filling in for Senator Cruz next.","Shauna Leinbach, CNM; Sixteenth St.","Sign up for free.","Gallant, MPH, CHES; Harbor Health Services, Inc.","Read about our approach to external linking.","We will resist all efforts to violate these principles, as we firmly believe that such change would jeopardize the health of our patients, whom we are sworn to serve.","In terms of handling it as a criminal matter, whether one could make those kinds of distinctions and rewrite the statute so that you focus on different types of disclosures that have different purposes in mind, I do not know.","You read the papers as well as we do, that that is an element of the Mueller investigation.","The number of drugs being sold on the street increased.","Iowa, and ranking Democratic member Dianne Feinstein, Calif.","There is already a criminal chief.","Senator Kyl, actually I think the case law is pretty clear that the defendant cannot raise that defense.","Would be obstruction of justice.","He has not done it yet, and there is good reason why he has not done it yet: because the Earth would open up and swallow him.","Chairman, it would depend, and I think that is part of the problem with the Espionage Act, is the ambiguity in the language.","Torshin suggested a Trump trip to Moscow at some point.","It is important to gain your commitment on how you would handle this as an example.","The first, that is why we do not like political interference.","Well, in your experience, it would be?","That is sort of the broader issue.","Keep as minimal as possible.","And if you take a look at the timeline, you see this action and reaction occurring where each side is reaffirmed by the actions of the other side.","Senator Ted Kennedy likewise noted your dedication to public service.","He was writing books about building more prisons and putting more people in these prisons.","Thank you very much, Mr.","There was an attack today on a restaurant.","Would you please stand?","And there are those who think that that should be done away with.","The web did not exist, and now we have attorneys filing a number of frivolous lawsuits.","And most of those consent decrees that are entered into have been entered into in lieu of litigation that the Department had the right to do.","Lynch because they have differences on policy than I, because I am a Republican, but I thought they would be good stewards of the law and they would be fair arbiters being Attorney General.","Those are the issues we are concerned about.","Federalist system we have and the central Government and respecting the rights of the States and local communities.","And that seems to me to suggest two corollaries for an Attorney General.","Or the fact that an allegation would be made and be under investigation?","As you know, there were votes on the floor of the Senate.","To, you know, let the chips fall where they may and get the information out.","Mueller investigation from political interference?","Chairman, and thanks to all of you for being here today.","Government does not oppress its own people.","Good morning, Chairman Graham, Ranking Member Feinstein, and Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.","It was not just human services.","The first role was providing advice to the President and the Cabinet and representing the United States in cases before the Supreme Court.","What is wrong with you?","Justice Department investigation of the New Orleans Police Department.","And so, the Attorney General is such an important office because very often the Attorney General is the rule of law.","Congress and this Committee is going to have to force him to get there.","And yes, there was a political benefit to it.","Comey later wrote a letter saying that based on the discovery of Clinton emails on the Weiner laptop, that they were reopening the investigation that he had already announced closed.","Kushner cannot be sleeping well.","CIA, FBI, and Department of Homeland Security, a letter from the National Narcotics Officers Association, a letter from the International Union of Police Associations, a letter from Major Cities Chiefs Association, a letter from the Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies.","We have one of the highest turnouts in the country.","We believe that all Americans deserve access to healthcare and freedom from violence, no matter their immigration status.","Russian election interference, according to the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.","Flynn, who had been a Trump campaign adviser, was fired from his post as national security adviser after misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the extent of his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak last year.","White House for any documents that exist after Trump was inaugurated, because Kushner does not have authorization to release them.","Blacks and Whites fairly.","We just cannot do it, politically cannot do it.","Lowell said that Mr.","If confirmed, will you ensure that the Justice Department upholds the law?","That has been a criticism of giving judges this ultimate determination.","And it would have been nice if the police would have had a chance to go in and stop it before it happened.","We are no longer accepting comments on this article.","Please give full details of the problem with the comment.","In the current laws.","So I just want to ask, under the unitary executive theory, can a President commit obstruction of justice with impunity?","Donald Trump showed no remorse after the riot because he wanted an insurrection, Democrats claim.","Barr to return to public service as the Attorney General of the United States will serve this country well.","Clinton while detailing all the derogatory information in the investigation.","You have declined or, I would say, refused to commit to following the advice of the career ethics officials at DOJ with regards to recusal from the ongoing Special Counsel investigation.","We need border patrol agents.","But the hard part is then when it is then given to somebody else who does not have authorized access to it and whether the statute that you have just outlined should be applied to them.","Public Defender systems, and you will get a real sense of what everyone has said, how stretched, how overworked, and how damaging this is to the operation of justice and to the constitutional guarantee of the Sixth Amendment.","The FOP shares his views, and we confident that Mr.","To the extent that regulations permit it, yes.","They should not be able to seek the blessing of Government simply by making it Federal, so I hope you will consider that, and appreciate your remarks on due process.","Today, the purpose is to hear from people that have concerns and support, and we are honored that you showed up.","My time is up.","Your point is just simply firing somebody, which is a personnel decision, is problematic for the system.","He said the number one thing we can do is to put technology in the ports of entry to scan the vehicles coming through.","So, there is a lot of work to be done and I would urge the Committee to maintain its oversight role in ensuring that these things are executed.","So can you talk a bit about what it is that as mayor you did and perhaps even best practices around the country that have led to a reduction in crime?","And it is important that that be true, because there has got to be somebody responsible for how that functions.","That statement holds true today.","Our community of survivor advocates for change to help ensure that no other family faces the type of tragedy we have experienced.","This is probably another one that I would ask you to review.","Somebody made a decision, however, as to where that line would be drawn between what would be given to the press and what would not be.","You are doing great.","Could I take one more minute?","And you would not have the same danger of releasing more classified information.","Also, there is not one single definition of that theory.","That is built into the constitutional system.","The Barr memo allows that there may be circumstances where a President can be understood to have committed obstruction of justice.","Similar language appears in most of the other Federal whistleblower protection statutes.","Smith to questions submitted by Senator Cardin.","We got that closed out.","You see overstigmatized addicted people clogging our system.","We want to stop it.","Because you know what really happens within the bowels of the bureaucracy.","Nation is not within the jurisdiction of these courts.","And you can just see how that could paralyze Government, and that was my concern.","Kushner misses the deadline.","Is it permissible for a President to pardon a member of his administration in order to prevent testimony about illegal acts?","Thank you, Madam Chairman.","Have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement related to this kind of conduct?","Americans wonder about the Department of Justice and how we are trying to prioritize or how we should be prioritizing our responsibility to the victims of sex trafficking who are left defrayed and voiceless.","Officials Ignored The Disappearance Of Quawan Charles.","He has seen it and done it.","Thank you to the panel.","He started his career at the Central Intelligence Agency.","ODWHVW VWRULHV WR ZDWFK.","And then are examples of ways in which Executive power is actually shared with other branches historically.","Barr be able to work with these stakeholders to effectively implement the First Step Act?","Present: Senators Cardin and Kyl.","President was right in firing Comey, I said that the investigation was going forward under the supervision of Rod Rosenstein.","In a period of great political division, one of the foundations of our Nation is our enduring commitment to the peaceful transition of power through elections.","In the Fix NICS area.","There are only three Committees in the Senate that have a Vice Chairman; Appropriations is one of them.","The prepared statement of Chairman Cardin appears as a submission for the record.","Before I ask my first question, and I do not want you to respond to this.","We believe that all Americans, irrespective of their gender identity or sexual orientation, deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.","If confirmed, do you commit to not take any action to undermine the False Claims Act?","That is not the way the Department of Justice does business.","Secretary of State asked an Assistant Secretary of State to background the press, the Assistant Secretary went further than the Secretary wanted, thinking, however, that he was carrying out what the Secretary directed him to do.","Thank you all for your patience.","Domestic violence is largely a State crime.","And I would like to clarify it because if we are ever going to have a rational conversation about border security, there ought to be some basics that we agree on.","North Carolina when I was Speaker of the House.","Importantly, the Attorney General must be willing to resist political pressure and be committed to protecting this investigation.","So I think that that is really what is at stake here, the political risk.","He respects the traditions of the Department of Justice.","So it is something we keep hearing.","In the past, I was focused on predatory violence, but today I am also concerned about another kind of violence.","Then you can give me all the facts you want.","The Honorable Marc Morial.","Well, under the current regulations, the Special Counsel report is confidential.","And if it was unrestricted, a lot of people would come here, more than we could possibly accommodate.","Chinese telecommunications companies like Huawei and ZTE, in terms of how that once in the hands or in the networks of unsuspecting countries, that that could be used for espionage purposes and theft of intellectual property?","Binge on the stats and stories that drive the sports world with Axios Sports.","No, I have no objection to that.","Could you repeat that?","We are worried about privacy.","We have significant whistleblower statutes on the books now to enable people who have legitimate reasons for disclosing classified information to be able to do so in a protected environment.","And what would the basis of that disagreement be?","Well, the DOJ also does not have to file an amicus brief either.","But if you say that any act that influences a proceeding is a crime if you have a bad state of mind, that is what the people at Justice Department do every day of the week is influence proceedings.","Chairman and Senator Kyl.","Senator, I think we do not.","Why did this happen?","But because the statute of limitations might run for any other number of reasons, a prosecution would be appropriate.","Justin Theroux heads out on a chilly stroll with his beloved dog Kuma in NYC.","Good to see you.","That means, all of it.","November to fulfil their request.","President that I was going to exercise my responsibilities in a particular way.","Arab representation will shrink with the breakup of the Joint List.","Antitrust support that effort to get more involved in reviewing the situation from a competition standpoint.","And I have seen administration officials try to play it both ways, and then to use the criminal law to try to enforce that seems to me deeply troubling.","Trump PAC, Trump Jr.","We need to make that line bright so that we do not get into the Valerie Plame series of telephone call assumptions as played out a year or so ago.","Johnson, Derrick, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, Maryland.","First of all, there are two things, it seems to me, that easily respond to the mens rea requirement here.","Oh, yes, the firing of Comey.","Russian strategic nuclear weapons.","Later, you conceded that certain supervisory actions, such as the firing of Director Comey, may be unlawful obstruction.","Thank you all for being here today and for your insight into how Mr.","What he really is arguing is not that the President cannot be prosecuted.","How Mike Pence became a villain in Trump world.","Kushner responded that no emails had been found in which those individuals were sent emails, received emails, or were copied on them.","Yesterday, I was asking Mr.","Senator from the State of Arizona.","Well, that is really my question.","But my view is that voter turnout should not be artificially driven up without also addressing the issue of an informed citizenry, which I think is a problem.","That loophole allowed hatred to be armed to kill.","You call it the Trump shutdown, but it takes two to tango.","First Step Act requires that the Justice Department and the Attorney General implement a risk and needs assessment system, allow nonviolent inmates to receive earned time credit for participating in recidivism reduction programming, and recalculate good time credit for all inmates.","You have made some hardline statements about this issue and criminal sentencing in the past, and many of us believe on a bipartisan basis we have got to look at this anew and not repeat these mistakes again.","No, I did not.","Outside of DOJ, he was the General Counsel, Legislative Counsel for the CIA.","As a mother myself, that, too, tells me volumes about the way he has lived his life and the example he has given to young people, especially women.","The committee gave Kushner a Nov.","Department of Justice when I was last there.","He believes the claims of Putin over the judgment of our intelligence community.","Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite.","The Judiciary panel has also sought an interview with Mr Kushner, but his lawyers offered to make the transcripts available from the other interviews instead, according to the letters.","Chairman, thank you for, again, raising this very, very important subject, and I think it will be beneficial for our colleagues.","Building a new concrete wall from sea to shining sea does not even address this issue; technology does.","Trump has handed him the daunting task of trying to forge Middle East peace.","Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, voice vote.","Do you believe that Mr.","Hate crimes, serious hate crimes.","Can we agree on that?","This is how it should be, this is how it must be, and if you confirm me, this is how it will be.","In addition, you asked for clarification on the scope of the request.","So, you know, I just think of it, immigration, you have pull factors and push factors.","So to those who lost their lives today in Syria, you were defending America, in my view.","Department says zero tolerance, they are saying whatever DHS refers to us in the way of illegal entry prosecutions we will prosecute.","The senators noted they have received documents from other campaign officials that were copied to or forwarded to Kushner, but which he did not produce.","Well, I am happy to continue this conversation with more time and another opportunity.","And we thank you all for helping to give us a clearer picture of what you perceive to be the judgment and the understanding and the commitment of Mr.","President directs an Attorney General to do something that is contrary to law, then I think the Attorney General has to step down.","Beyond the Russia overture bombshell, their letter reveals several other dynamics at play in the congressional investigations of Russian interference.","Just Security is based at the Reiss Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law.","Did I miss something in there?","There are a number of statutes that fit together, and one ought to look at them comprehensively.","Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.","And I would strongly encourage you to put this all to rest, to make a report, a final report public, to let everybody draw their own conclusions so we can move on.","And I did appreciate, again, Mr.","Today, the President is Donald Trump, who will do anything to protect himself.","Where do his hands go?","You see a system where, as Bryan Stevenson says, it treats you better if you are rich and guilty than if you are poor and innocent.","It is the Department of Justice.","Lowell and a White House spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.","My husband is hoping that our daughters do not go into the law because he thinks it is becoming an increasingly difficult profession.","That is a good discussion.","As to Dylann Roof, who is facing the death penalty in South Carolina, he applied for a gun in West Columbia, South Carolina.","Rod Rosenstein and his service in the Department.","Attorney General who has a very broad and expansive view.","He has held this position before and won high praise during his tenure for his fairness, his tenacity, and his work ethic.","Lowell said, adding Mr.","So, I think, what he was trying to do is talk about crime.","It was a combination of the two.","Russians interfered or attempted to interfere with the election, and I think we have to get to the bottom of it.","Under the regulations, there is the possibility of that.","From what I know, I think very highly of him.","The Heart Center, St.","And I said finally I have got something I could agree with him on.","Following a report in The Atlantic that described his correspondence with the organization, Trump Jr.","Questions submitted to Hon.","How should the American people think about what the Mueller investigation is about?","But this is the thing I will conclude on, that we live on a planet Earth where you can tell the most about a nation by who they incarcerate.","And that, I think, tells you in substance what it is this person is about.","We all know that.","Secondly, even if we all agree that that is the exact process we want to be followed, the Espionage Act is silent as to its interaction with the Whistleblower Protection Act.","Executive power that extends outside the Mueller probe.","That tells me the rule of law can no longer be taken for granted.","So, that is the largest group of undocumented people.","How do you know what Mr.","Trust to cough up the identity of the donor, and then you can do your homework.","The name of the custom variable.","So presumably he knows facts.","Candidate; Washington University in St.","FISA, because we are dealing with al Qaeda and Taliban that are not foreign nations.","Do you agree that the Justice Department has a very important role in this area?","Justice Department and to see if there is any way that the privacy community and the Government and private industry could find common ground here.","Americans and other majority groups as well.","Morial, would you close?","And I want to particularly welcome Senator Ernst and Senator Blackburn.","It is extremely difficult to administer, and it is often not fair.","Just keep that in mind with Liam.","The system is woefully underfunded.","And something that I would certainly be inclined to support.","The senators also noted they have received documents from other campaign officials that were copied to or forwarded to Kushner, but which he did not produce.","In the middle of the case.","He has shown his commitment to the Constitution time and time again while serving our country.","Do you know Rod Rosenstein?","He obsesses over the Russia investigation, which looms over his presidency, may define it.","So it was a mass exodus situation, and we did the best we could.","At the same time, the President has been steadfast that he was not involved in any collusion with Russian attempts to interfere in the election.","We want to know if you are taking notes for your cousins about career advice that we will ask you later.","Blumenthal raised a moment ago.","The senators are also asking Kushner for correspondence with former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who is a subject of an investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.","She and I have jointly been active in that space.","HDUV, JHQGHU UHYHDO SDUWLHV KDYH HQGHG LQ ZLOGILUHV, SODQH FUDVKHV, SRVVLEOH DQLPDO DEXVH, DQG HYHQ GHDWK.","So that is part of it.","Office of Legal Counsel, and he can speak today about issues he is focused on, primarily presidential authority, as I understand it, and separation of powers.","That is a pretty revealing statement about a political agenda.","Of note, the letter is signed by both Grassley and Feinstein.","And that has sort of always haunted me a little bit.","The Atlantic reported earlier this week that Trump Jr.","Millian is actually conferring with Michael Cohen and confirming that Mr.","Derrick Johnson, president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from Baltimore.","The Attorney General may determine that public release of these reports would be in the public interest to the extent that their release would comply with applicable legal restrictions.","And let me say, thank you.","Do you agree with that?","Janet Taylor, MD, MPH; CASES Inc.","So it really strikes me as something that it is one of those unusual scenarios where, basically, we were able to come together, people of dramatically different ideology and orientation, and come together and do something very positive for the country.","President could be indicted in office.","Congress can send the message that it does not condone the unauthorized release of classified information about our National security operations.","Canterbury appears as a submission for the record.","So this is not the subject matter of the hearing, but I want to make a quick statement.","Elizabeth Amanda Huayllara RN; St.","That is an entire effort.","BIDEN BOUNCE as Democrat takes the reins?","Can you explain to me, again, the motivation behind the memo, what precisely you were trying to communicate, just for the record?","There are a lot of concerns I had about the Obama administration.","Good news: There are a lot of checks and tests that go on here.","It would be an abuse of power.","National homeland security practice, Mr.","Do you trust him to be the fair to the President and the country as a whole?","That still, in my mind, is a crime, but the motive and the purpose gets a little bit more complicated there because they may genuinely believe that it is a mistake that this particular issue is not being discussed.","Jared Kushner, including emails, phone records and documents related to communications with former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.","But I hope that they will also understand the historic moment for what it is.","But a little bit about the nominee.","We need an Attorney General who respects the rights of individuals.","So that means that let us say that if the President does fire Mueller, and one would say that under a normal circumstance that kind of firing could be part and parcel of an obstruction of justice kind of investigation.","What does that do to the rule of law and their expectation of deterrence?","And the answer is, there is a couple of things that we can do.","Absolutely, and I appreciate your thoughts on that.","Issues of equal protection under the law, it is not a partisan issue.","State law might prohibit the use of civil asset forfeiture under certain circumstances, and in those circumstances, those State law enforcement agencies might work with Federal law enforcement for the specific purpose of evading State law that would otherwise prohibit that.","People spoke about independent agencies.","And you said in the past that you commended Attorney General Sessions for following the advice of those ethics lawyers, but you did not commit today to following that advice.","We did not have the problems whatsoever because we also put our foot down and said we were going to have responsible and constitutional policing.","Well, the regs do say that Mueller is supposed to do a summary report of his prosecutive and his declination decisions and that they will be handled as a confidential document, as are internal documents relating to any Federal criminal investigation.","And just one point, Senator.","Sure, I will go and meet with the President.","Do you think it would be permissible for the President to pardon a family member simply because they are a family member and where the purpose, the motive, is unclear?","What happens next under the protocol, rules, and regulations at Justice?","Those are not partisan issues.","But are they Protestant or Catholic parcels?","Did I leave anyone out?","Well, Attorney General Sessions had said he was going to look at potentially changing those rules at one point, so I would like you to maybe respond in writing to this because that was very concerning.","And so we establish our agenda not based on political parties, because we understand that political parties are nothing more than vehicles for agendas.","Sharon Washington Risher by Senator Klobuchar.","For news you can trust.","Do you agree that the Foreign Agent Registration Act is a critical national security and public accountability tool?","Could you just briefly talk about when you were Attorney General.","Barr, did express real concern about how broad his Executive power theory was.","But we do have one thing that is happening right now.","Gee, I wish the team had been more balanced.","It is part of our Bill of Rights.","One is, the enforcer of the law.","That is not what you are saying.","Government, I do not know how it is functioning, how the drug war is being coordinated.","Let me just start by saying that the purpose of this hearing is to establish a record on the espionage laws of our country.","But since that time, Heller has been decided.","You should be proud.","And I think this is a very significant investigation.","How do these statements sit with you?","Attorney General Lynch had essentially delegated that authority to the Director.","Even though you have opposed criminal justice reform in the past, will you commit to fully implementing the First Step Act?","Bill Barr is not an ivory tower kind of guy.","We vow to resist the cycle of violence proposed in the name of national security.","From my own experience, I have lived in affluent communities; I have gone to college campuses.","Truman scholarship for commitment to public service.","Professor Neil Kinkopf, professor of law, Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia.","They are too busy earning a living.","It was both of them together, as you may recall.","So I have been able to do that.","This is about whether the nominee is going to aggressively, faithfully, enforce the civil rights laws, and let me give you a couple facts.","FBI, about judges, about our judicial system generally.","That is fine, and as we all know, the modalities for Congressional committees to address this are lugubrious, even when Chairs want to do so.","Sharon Washington Risher by Senator Leahy.","Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California Berkeley Law, Berkeley, California, et al.","Questions submitted to Derrick Johnson by Senator Leahy.","Barr, do you know of any instance in which anybody has tried to interfere in Mr.","So he asked me for my phone number.","Additionally, we demand a political culture that does not condone sexual assault, physical or verbal.","Israel and the Jewish world.","That was the final moment for many in that church.","Some of that could be accounted for based on income, but much of it is accounted for based on the racial makeup of juries.","You have got a package of ethic reforms, and I look forward to working with you there.","Both the accused and the accuser deserve due process, do they not?","Paulissa Kipp, Certified Peer Support Specialist; Nebraska Dept.","Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences.","There are some serious questions, of course, regarding the legality and the constitutionality of civil asset forfeiture, and Justice Thomas, for example, has questioned whether some of these practices are constitutional.","That is the problem with sanctuary cities.","So do you believe that transgender people are protected from discrimination by Title IX?","So there is coordination that avoids that problem, but it is not foolproof.","And I hope we would have your support.","He holds in trust the fair and impartial administration of justice.","We got them up.","But it illustrates what he is like.","So what do you propose to do with these people who have been here in our country for a long time, many of whom work and who pay taxes?","It is a great sacrifice for many of them with the paychecks not coming in.","He wants to call this by its proper name.","The idea here is simply one law enforcement agency notifying another, and holding the person until they can be picked up.","Second, he reads DOJ regulations and policy and practice to forbid any discussion of decisions declining to indict, declination decisions.","So I do not buy what you are saying about him not understanding their differences and how one group is affected, particularly in the drug arena.","Kinkopf to questions submitted by Senator Hirono.","Amber Frank, MD; Cambridge Health Alliance.","OJP target particular areas with grants so that there can be demonstration projects that would show the way.","Bush, and in the Reagan White House, a senior policy advisor, so I am going to assume that you are familiar with the Presidential Records Act.","What is the Ninth Circuit case?","Would it be the wealthy who would most immediately be harmed by that?","So until I talk to the ethics advisors at the Department, I do not want to get too far ahead of my skis and sort of talking about the tech area.","The comments below have not been moderated.","Attorney General who has often weighed in on legal issues of public importance, and I distributed it broadly so that other lawyers would have the benefit of my views.","Thank you, sir, for your words.","Does that bother you if he had anything to do with the case?","That makes imminent sense to me.","But I would hope those voices from the past, from Democrats who were respected by Members of this Committee, will be heard today as well.","Let Me Tell You About the Worst Vote I Ever Cast as a Member of Congress.","Barr, and some of the things he said were consistent with my vote and the votes of a lot of Democrats back in the day when we were getting tough on narcotics, and he was as tough as it gets.","It is a pleasure to have you here.","We are exchanging letters on that point.","But the Violence Against Women Act is in desperate need of reauthorization, as Senator Klobuchar said.","Cary appears as a submission for the record.","Chairman will accede to a short third round, but let me just try as best I can.","Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.","The content tags tp.","It is a fair question, and Neil and I agree actually on a great deal because we both have real difficulty with the expansion of Executive authority.","In response to a question from Senator Durbin about harsh sentencing laws, you stated in response to the crack epidemic that community leaders back when you were Attorney General previously asked for these type of sentencing laws.","We favor the collaborative approach for consent decrees because they are real circumstances other than just say you will do this or, you know, we will not leave.","Just to follow up on that real quick, and I will not take this against Senator Cornyn.","Communications Related to Lt.","So the bottom line is, we are starting off with something that would be good for the country.","There is a disparity here.","So he knows how the Department runs.","Are you talking here about his view on CNN?","As healers, we understand addiction as a chronic and debilitating disease that requires compassion and treatment, not judgment and punishment.","We all use that term.","God, Trump is a loathsome human being.","And I thought it was important that the same standard for investigation between used for all matters.","Attorney General is someone who should be sympathetic to the administration and its policy goals.","And Senator Kyl graciously mentioned a couple of these, as did you, Mr.","Do not take it personal if I raise my voice to you.","General in the United States, but could you tell us some observations you have had about him that leads you to believe he is the person that you have worked with and then, in turn, to be a good Attorney General?","And that is part of, I think, a sensible, smart on crime initiative.","Thank you for the opportunity to testify.","Under former Attorney General Barr, he did just that, and as General Sessions did and as Eric Holder did.","Barr, should we take him at his word?","Will you follow that standard?","They require misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict.","It may still be classified, but there is an exception for certain officials to leak the information.","Now it goes to the Deputy AG or whoever, that there are more political appointees who are going to get involved in that process, and that makes it much more limited, I would say, in utilization.","Millian has no relationship with the President, is also not one about contacts that Mr.","No one can say he is not qualified.","He agreed to plead guilty to two felony prostitution charges in State Court, and, in exchange, he and his accomplices received immunity from Federal sex trafficking charges that could have sent him to prison for the rest of his life.","Jan Innocenti, RN; Grad.","Editor, Medium Coronavirus Blog.","Well, because I love the Department and all its components, including the FBI.","So the question is, how do we then marry the privacy values that we have with the legitimate security interests of the Government?","Barr, for being willing to answer all these questions today.","And if he is citing the Mukasey precedent, I want to know more about the Mukasey precedent.","Charleston may not have happened.","He was not a politician or former politician who brought political clout to the position from prior elections or prior elected office.","So what I am hearing you say is that, in spite of the fact that you want to be transparent, neither Congress nor the public will get the Mueller report because that is confidential.","Well, I think I am advocating a system, a barrier system in some places, and I would have to find out more about the situation since I last visited the border.","Well, I tried that once.","What we will do, we will come back with Senator Klobuchar.","Again, these do not appear in Mr.","And obviously, as the Chairman of the Committee at that time, I thank you for doing that.","In the spirit of our faith, he was welcomed in by the congregation and sat near the pastor.","One question, because people have asked.","The people being incarcerated went up dramatically.","Senator Durbin, I want to thank you very, very much for working with Senator Lee and Senator Grassley and Senator Booker.","We believe that health is a human right.","LETTERS RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO HON.","You have said similar things about the importance of shielding the Department from political influence.","The bottom line is, how do you get this job?","Executive authority, Article II power.","FOP support for the concept in the bill.","That was why we said we would provide those documents to you first to see if anything else was relevant or new, and try to determine whether those documents satisfy your inquiry as well.","So it does raise questions about your willingness to reach conclusions before knowing the facts and whether you prejudge the Mueller investigation.","Department of Justice and the FBI, including a few of them right behind you in the front row.","Richardson said it was necessary to create the maximum possible degree of public confidence in the integrity of the process.","Some of us have raised it from the civil liberties standpoint.","This commitment to the public interest above all else is a critical attribute in an Attorney General, and I will vote to confirm Mr.","Sessions, to AG Sessions, and one to Rosenstein.","You claimed that if a President finds no appropriated funds within a given category, he may use funds from another category as long as both categories are in his constitutional purview.","You have been asked a number of times.","Russian election meddling and whether the Trump campaign was involved.","CLICK HERE for more information.","That is what I meant.","The Judiciary panel has also sought an interview with Kushner, but his lawyers offered to make the transcripts available from the other interviews instead, according to the letter.","But as the issues we do know about, that we can be quite certain, and even issues that may end up in court one day, that role is crucially important.","But in any event, then it became so overwhelming that we forcibly repatriated the Haitians, because we felt that most of them, the conditions were changing.","Will Donald Trump Testify In His Second Impeachment Trial?","This has been very, very helpful to us.","My concern there is, that, unlike something like bribery statute or document destruction where you prohibit it, that is a bad act.","And not paying our law enforcement people.","And if you do not mind, I am going to just move on, but it is good to hear, at least, the first part of what you said.","Dianne Feinstein, told Kushner in a letter earlier this month that it wanted to review transcripts from his interviews with other congressional committees, including the House and Senate Intelligence panels, if he did not agree to come before Judiciary for questioning.","My guess is he probably would not.","This bill is named after Sarah Root.","Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites.","And I have tried to say it a number of different ways.","Federal whistleblower statutes so that we do not have the concern of a chilling effect that it might be unclear, even where the whistleblower laws appear to apply, that these disclosures will not subject the relevant individuals to prosecution.","Felicia Sanders and Polly Sheppard.","So if you want to open up one against the President, are there any checks and balances?","EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Arabia king to step down and hand over the.","Adrienne Cheng, MD Candidate; St.","Simultaneously, Special counsel Robert Mueller is leading an independent investigation into whether there were any links between Russia and the Trump campaign.","Unless the person is a traitor.","Indeed, General Barr wrote to other Justice officials about the prosecution of Senator Menendez.","One of the questions you were asked, if I might paraphrase, was why on earth would you take this job?","No, of course not.","This checks for an email address in the URL parameters, and redirects to a URL without it, if found.","Thompson, you, likewise, have a long, distinguished, honorable career marred only by briefing being my boss at the Department of Justice.","Pastor, I am very, very sorry for your loss.","Nobody should be leaking information.","The President alone is the executive branch.","He did not want to hurt the United States at all, but he did want to help his country of Israel.","And some of these Android operating systems are specific enough that they do the barometric pressure readings, and they can tell you exactly where in a building that this phone is located.","STATEMENTS OF THE WITNESSES Canterbury, Chuck, National President, Fraternal Order of Police, Washington, DC.","Committee was honest, direct, but more importantly, they committed to protect our democracy.","Members of this Committee.","According to the Journal, a person familiar with the matter said the campaign has been complying voluntarily with the request.","The prepared statement of Prof.","General Sessions was leaving, I thought to write an article pointing out all the good things that he had done.","Having written what you did, would you seek to stop that portion of the Mueller investigation, that being the obstruction of justice portion, assuming that that is, in fact, part of the investigation?","The Subcommittee will come to order.","Well, if you are going to build a wall, you are going to take a whole lot of land away from landowners in Texas and elsewhere.","Lowell said in a statement.","Are you open to reconsidering the position?","He has done it in the past, number one.","You also said that a President or any person convincing a witness to change testimony would be obstruction.","United States Attorneys when it comes to charging decisions.","So, Happy New Year, New Congress, and we will see how this goes.","Well, you know, I have been out of the Department for so long.","Senator Toomey and I introduced a bipartisan bill in the last Congress, the NICS Denial Notification Act, that would make a simple improvement to how we enforce our current law.","Quiz: Can you pass an elements of the periodic table test?","Yes, but presumably if they are classified, you know, there could be collateral consequences.","He made several commitments to the Committee, including appointing a Special Prosecutor, and he promised to protect his independence.","Sawyer Dickey, MD; Urology, Mt.","The Toronto Star and thestar.","In the first hours of the standoff, General Barr ordered the FBI to plan a hostage rescue effort.","The perfect pandemic pad for those with deep pockets?","He went out of his way to build friendships at the Department and across the United States, checking in when someone was sick, helping people get jobs, just staying in touch.","Top of mind for all of us is the ongoing Mueller investigation.","How well do you know car dashboard warning lights?","Public Defender systems both at the Federal, at the State, and also at the local levels across this Nation.","This article is free for everyone, thanks to Medium Members.","And you see disproportionately, overwhelmingly for drug crimes, African Americans and Latinos being incarcerated.","Did you favor keeping those Haitians in Guantanamo indefinitely?","Every time, he was more concerned about my security.","Thank you for coming.","If you do not pay our law enforcement people, I think there is an effect.","CHUCK CANTERBURY, NATIONAL PRESIDENT, FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, WASHINGTON, DC Mr.","Operation Weed and Seed continued on for many years after he left office.","The last one, yes.","Well, we do not know that yet because we do not know what the facts are.","Insider is a publication of Insider Inc.","What have you said about the President publicly?","And that is one of the reasons I am sitting here.","Intelligencer, the Cut, Vulture, Curbed, Grub Street and the Strategist.","BC, CNM; Grand Rounds, Inc.","Constitution from General Barr.","Millian has no relationship with the president.","THIRD of all NYC zip codes as Gov.","It appears that your search may have overlooked several documents.","Attorney General believes is the right answer under the law.","At the end of the day, unless something violates the established practice of the Department, I would have no ability to overrule that.","The DOJ itself has said, mandated implicit racial bias training, and I hope that is something that you will agree to do.","It was one of the most moving experiences of my life.","If the Special Counsel makes any request, for instance, about the scope of investigation or resources for his investigation, will you commit to notifying Congress if you deny that request?","Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.","Do you think he will be as transparent as possible?","That is just as much a constitutional duty as any other.","Then we are going to wrap it up.","And let me just posit two general points here and then ask the three of you to get into it.","And I wish you would seriously consider that.","First, we must continue the progress we have made on violent crime, while at the same time recognize the changes that have occurred since I last served as Attorney General.","Supreme Court on these kinds of aggressive things involving, you know, quid pro quos on the Hill.","But if you do not expect elections to matter, that is a mistake.","Do you really know what you are signing up for when you get on one of these platforms?","So I hope this ends soon.","It will be interesting to watch how this burgeoning dispute unfolds.","And all he wanted to do was try to help some of these people who were in these horrible situations.","Leave that aside for a moment.","But I read a lot of news reports suggesting that there were a number of potential obstruction theories that were being contemplated or, at least, explored.","Related to the ambiguous scope of the Espionage Act is the question of how, if at all, it applies to whistleblowers.","That was adopted where the Federal Government passed gun control legislation, and basically were ordering the States to set up the whole background check, and everything else.","Committee, that the previous administration, and in particular the IRS, had targeted individual citizens and citizen groups for exercising their First Amendment rights and had abused its power in doing so.","Congress to update our laws and close loopholes that enable guns to get in the wrong hand, just like that young man filled with hate, murdered my family.","Would that be an unlawful act?","You learn a lot on this Committee.","He believes that a President can be charged with other crimes in office.","So I certainly would consult with them, and at the end of the day, I would make a decision in good faith based on the laws and the facts that are evident at that time.","When the FBI begins a counterintelligence investigation, if it is of the President of the United States for working with a foreign adversary, that decision would be subject to multiple levels of review within the FBI.","Capitol assault may make that vote more difficult.","Another important and related ambiguity with the Espionage Act is whether and to what extent it might apply to the press.","He was in charge.","Now I know, in retrospect.","But insiders just shrug when it comes to specifics.","One of the things that you alluded to as a major issue of concern is immigration, and I am glad you said it.","Brandon Green, DO, BOCP.","When we met, I gave you a letter that you have seen just so none of these questions would be a surprise, so I hope it is no surprise to you that I am going through some of them.","And do you think we should do a better job with asylum seekers in this country, in terms of the kinds of facilities that we provide, particularly for women, and children, and families?","Grassley, Cornyn, Cruz, Sasse, Hawley, Tillis, Ernst, Kennedy, Blackburn, Feinstein, Durbin, Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Coons, Blumenthal, Hirono, Booker, and Harris.","So, if confirmed, the President is going to expect you to do his bidding.","So there was smoke around the issue, as there has been smoke around a number of issues that have been investigated.","Russian lawyer last summer that has captured the interest of investigators.","Morial by Senator Leahy.","But, really, what was going on, the point of the story, is, that it was a very dangerous place, and there were people who lived there all their lives.","President, right now I could not do it.","He is going to have to face that.","White House adviser Jared Kushner has pushed back after a Senate committee said he had not been fully forthcoming in its probe into Russian election interference.","Do you agree that restoration of public confidence in the FBI and Department of Justice as an apolitical or nonpolitical law enforcement organization is important?","Capitol insurrection, according to a defense official.","They come across that border.","Did you make it a condition of taking this job that Rod Rosenstein had to go?","What did I say?","Senate Judiciary Committee investigators, according to panel leaders demanding that he produce the missing records.","NAACP by original artist Jason Isbell.","Secretary of State is going to have to say these two pages are just no longer classified and they are available.","Madelaine Petsch flashes her abs in peach crop top.","Want a daily digest of the top Charlotte news?","Now, a lot of us have asked about the Mueller report and whether you would commit to providing it to Congress.","And there is a higher standard for top secret, a lower standard for confidential.","ABC News Internet Ventures.","So greater transparency is critical.","Government promised to use it responsibly.","This letter states quite clearly your opposition to sentencing reform, particularly the lessening of mandatory minimum sentences and any sort of retroactivity.","The committee investigations, unfortunately, are devolving into political gotcha games.","Financial Express is now on Telegram.","The Executive authority shall be vested in the President of the United States.","Mr Millian, who met Mr Trump on at least one occasion, has boasted of his ties to the former New York real estate developer and reality television star.","Well, let me move on.","Attorney General Bill Barr.","Thank you to your family as well.","You have done this job.","The committee asks Lowell to work with White House counsel to resolve executive privilege claims or provide a privilege log describing the documents over which President Donald Trump is asserting executive privilege.","Well, we are going to just pay attention to this, so we are not going to enforce all these other laws.","It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.","That is right, Senator.","We need to really get ahead of this.","Thank you, Senator Hawley, as well, and welcome to the Committee.","FCC about telecommunications rules.","The case I mentioned earlier in my testimony, the Chisom case, which was a judicial reapportionment case in which I was a plaintiff.","FBI and Justice Department, both of which I hold in great esteem, we should redact the portions that would endanger somebody and show the American people the documents.","Washington, DC, et al.","With that, I would yield to Senator Kyl.","Bill Barr, in my opinion, is an outstanding choice for Attorney General.","Deputy Attorney General, obviously there have been media reports about the timing of his potential departure post your confirmation, and the DAG, as you well know from your prior history, has a key responsibility in deconflicting different parts of the Department.","Abbe Lowell on Thursday charging that Kushner has failed to disclose several documents, records and transcripts in response to multiple inquiries from committee investigators.","Committee, to get as much done as possible and to fight when we have to over things that matter to the public and show two different views of an issue that is important, but do it as respectfully as possible.","Would you reconsider your earlier answer as to the fact that we need to build more barriers to stop narcotics from coming into the United States?","Chairman of Intelligence when we did the big Torture Report, and what I found and what I saw was really indicative of reform.","If I might, with deference to the Chair, ask one last brief question.","Is the defense able to go behind that classification in effect to say this information really could not reasonably be expected to cause damage or serious damage.","If you cannot, and will not, even have the common courtesy to interact with this community in a form that we can understand, you are absolutely worthless.","Senator Feinstein was giving out junk food to kids.","Here is my question, and if you do not care to answer it, that is okay, or if you do not have any thoughts, but I would like to know this.","Now to General Mukasey and to Mr.","Planning at the DOJ began immediately for how best to resolve the situation and secure the safe release of the hostages.","We will move on.","Barr is the perfect person to complete the work begun by General Sessions with respect to focusing Federal resources to fight violent crime because he has not only done it before, he has done it as the Attorney General.","And we put someone good in place in the interim, and the Office continues to be a very strong Office.","You think that is wrong.","There are several ongoing voting rights cases that are taking place across the country.","It is a serious problem.","My goal will be to provide as much transparency as I can, consistent with the law.","California, said that the committee requested documents from Kushner on Oct.","And I appreciate it if you would.","And I understand that you, of course, are recusing yourself from that matter.","Daniel Gillies shares first photo with his new girlfriend Julia Misaki.","Courts also avoid conflicts interpreting statutes that might impede your own authority.","Including the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.","So far as the Department, that is a different story entirely, and I have articulated that.","There might be good faith separate from your knowledge.","And that is just one example of one independent agency and the important role it plays in our lives.","Both Trump and the Russian government deny such activities.","Is it permissible under what?","Barr, thank you very much for your willingness to spend time with us today and your willingness to be considered for this important position yet again.","Clinton administration, the Clinton administration worked cooperatively with us both to help us pursue violent crime through gun prosecutions and drug prosecutions, but also invested through Weed and Seed and Office of Justice Programs.","Americans with Disabilities Act, particularly around website access.","Except where we require disclosures in order to give the law enforcement folks that advantage of knowing in advance when a senior official has a business entanglement with a foreign interest or power.","We use cookies to ensure that we give you the better experience on our website.","Kristin Cavallari jets out of LA airport in a trench coat.","Senate Judiciary Committee after the panel accused Kushner of not disclosing key documents.","This is why we worked really hard for comprehensive immigration reform.","He does not have to share it with the rest of the family.","As you know, the Attorney General has an important role under the First Step Act in appointing members to something called the Independent Review Commission.","To tell you the truth, Senator, I do not know what the rules are and what the practice is, but, you know, off the top of my head, I do not think I would have an objection to that.","Here is his full email from then, responding to our request for comment.","Now let me address a few matters I know are on the minds of some of the Members of this Committee.","Those young children, for the most part, were being brought to this country by their parents to seek asylum.","So sometimes judgment calls are necessary.","VLADECK, PROFESSOR OF LAW, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW, WASHINGTON, DC Mr.","We vow to protect our undocumented patients, advocate for their rights, and continue to serve them as healers.","Click below to consent to the use of this technology across the web.","He was a general in the war on the crime on drugs that was rooted in racism.","And we can go through each one of them, and we can make a determination.","Yes, it has to be a priority.","Can we agree that the American people have a right to know what happened at Justice and the FBI?","This is what he has done on other issues of import.","Department of Justice, enforcement decisions are being made.","The NAACP opposes Mr.","Is this the right way to provide relief for employees who have concern?","The people at the Justice Department have been trying to clamp down.","The information appears as a submission for the record.","CONTINUATION OF THE CONFIRMATION HEARING ON THE NOMINATION OF HON.","And that will be the same approach that I will bring to the job if you confirm me.","Words in his mouth, yes.","He served with great distinction as Attorney General and is highly respected and admired on a bipartisan basis by the career prosecutors and investigators he oversaw in the Department.","If the President commits a crime, he wants that crime to be defined.","World War I, and whether we need to look at a different type of a statute to protect our Nation against both spies and those who have sensitive information and unlawfully disclose that information.","And the guy said, he is like you, he does not mind wading into a dense legal memo.","As Attorney General, it will be your job to implement the legislation.","Sanders referred reporters to Mr Lowell.","The prepared statement of Mr.","It is that simple.","Haitian asylum seekers and so forth without any kind of process.","Wainstein appears as a submission for the record.","Department of Justice funding innovation in a way that supports local law enforcement, local prosecutors, and local community groups to create the kind of collaboration that you are talking about.","The Committee pressed him on what he meant by that.","And do you want to say anything to them or about them?","White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.","That ought to be an easy proposition, and in any other administration, it would be.","WUHQGV, WULHG DQG WHVWHG.","May firing, sources told CNN.","Under what scenario would you not follow their recommendation?","He said the email from Donald Trump Jr.","They went the other way, and it was a bad day for Attorney General Gonzales in the hearing room when that was brought to his attention.","Well, fortunately, in the criminal justice field, though, we have actually used the States as the laboratories of democracy, and we tried this out before we have implemented at the national level.","We will see how people do when they get out.","One way to make FOIA work better is by reducing the number of requests.","Kushner turned over a stack of campaign emails last month.","Mr Grassley and Ms Feinstein say those panels have not provided them with those transcripts, and ask Mr Lowell to secure that access.","So is DOJ going to continue to argue that Title VII does not protect discrimination, employment discrimination?","Another function of free speech is that it is the substitute for other means of settling differences.","You know, as I mentioned, I am interested in these issues and would like to have them fully ventilated at the Department with the Antitrust Division and also with, you know, outside experts so I can have a better understanding.","It is no surprise to me that he is one of the few people in American history to be asked to be Attorney General of the United States twice.","The Fine Gael TD says we should look to Scotland and how they handled a surge in knife crime if we are to tackle our knife problem here.","Health Care Trumbull, CT.","He is always a gentleman.","But if appropriate under current regulations, you would not have any hesitation about saying prosecutorial decisions should be part of that final report?","The Senate and House intelligence committees interviewed Mr Kushner in July.","At that point, Trump will have to decide whether he is going assert privilege with all the attendant political consequences.","So I found it really interesting what you mentioned today because there were a lot of questions from so many of us, seeking reassurances from Mr.","It does not matter who spins them.","The Times of Israel Community.","Aimee Heinen, CNP; St.","My point was, I think, if your money laundering folks took a look at that, they would be able to help show that this is something that looks a little bit different than that.","Liam that Grandpa ought to give him whatever he wants to eat for dinner tonight.","Every lawyer, every talking head, everyone who thinks about or talks about it does not have the facts.","So will you commit to me, Mr.","Let me go on because my time is so limited.","It is not in the Constitution.","ORYH VWRULHV EHKLQG GLYHUVH, PXOWLFXOWXUDO PDUULDJHV.","They will make a movie about it, I am sure.","Not outside the FBI.","White House envoy Jared Kushner returns to the region this week.","You appear to be offline.","And it actually, under a number of different names, has continued.","These same technology companies also control the flow of information, or, at least, influence it, the flow of information to consumers to an unprecedented degree.","Too often, law enforcement agencies have too strong an incentive to use civil asset forfeiture in a way that lines their own coffers outside of the relevant appropriations process.","Mukasey, you and I worked together when you were Attorney General.","The letter suggests Kushner might turn over more information about former national security adviser Michael Flynn, with Lowell noting the Judiciary Committee clarified the types of records it was looking for related to Flynn.","And I thought the important point he made, from my standpoint, was not the particular usurpation that occurred, but it was, as, I think, he says, that Director Comey just did not recognize that that was a mistake.","And I think she said something like she was going to defer to the FBI.","Federal prison population was convicted of violent crimes.","You said the size?","Has anybody in the White House made that suggestion to you?","No, it would not.","Cyberbullying soared during lockdown.","To whom was it sent when Kushner was copied?","She, to me, represents a seriousness that the body needs and a demeanor that I think we should all aspire to.","You hear me say that all the time, and that is true no matter who is in the White House.","As a hospital trauma chaplain, I have worked and experienced grief and tragedy and pain and loss as I worked with patients and families to comfort them.","We are grateful he replied and hope this clarifies any confusion.","So, you know, I have looked through the existing regime, and my instinct is to keep it, maybe even tighten it up a little bit more.","Rules of the Senate prohibit outbursts, clapping, or demonstrations of any kind.","Kevin Federline says everything is fine.","This is real money.","Federal prison population are incarcerated for drug offenses.","Special Counsel arrangements, and the existing rules, I think, reflect the experience of both Republican and Democratic administrations and strike the right balance.","Smith, some of the ideas that you had in your testimony.","This is a growing trend.","That has got to be executed.","Attorney General had no choice but to recuse himself.","Segment snippet included twice.","Mr Trump denies any collusion between his campaign and Moscow.","Kurds and Arabs and others in Manbij, Syria, to hold on to some representative government.","William Pelham Barr by: Senator Blumenthal.","Yes, I have read about that.","He alone is the executive branch.","Comey had been overseeing the Russia investigation at the FBI, leading to questions about whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice by firing him.","Barr, would you come forward, please?","Sessions administration because he was just not interested at all in enforcing the Voting Rights Act because he disagreed with the Voting Rights Act and had had a long career of disagreeing with the Voting Rights Act.","Russia is up to is trying to hold onto Ukraine and Belorussia in their orbit.","When Meg was starting at Notre Dame, I told her I wanted a doctor in the family, and I made her take organic chem.","Barr will once again well and ably carry out the responsibility of Attorney General of the United States?","And there was gunfire.","It is going to require a Public Defender service.","Wainstein on the issue of prosecutions because that is difficult.","You have mentioned the Mueller investigation, your relationship with Mr.","It was a humanitarian problem, because a lot of these boats were sinking.","We understand that is an issue that ultimately comes into the equation, but what we were looking at is to try to set up the right formula for the types of activities that compromise our National security.","It should not be seen as a partisan issue.","Well, as I said, I would not stand by and allow, you know, an investigation to be stopped if I thought it was a lawful investigation.","But I have no, you know, specific information about Uranium One that would say that it has not been handled appropriately.","RX VRPHWKLQJ HYHQ PRUH DZHVRPH.","The prepared statement of Rev.","First, I want to talk a second about criminal justice reform because it strikes me that of all the topics that we have dealt with here recently, that is one of the areas that brings us together.","But that is what is there.","Elect Donald Trump may pose just such a threat.","So, in other words, he could take this investigative report, put his own spin on it, and correct it before it is released.","Witnesses can with impunity.","But I think we passed something historic as a result of that, and I just want to personally thank you and publicly thank you for the role that your organization played in it.","As a citizen, I thank Bill for his willingness to return to public service.","Just think of all the mischief those three words can bring.","This will be my last question.","Now, it folds into the encryption issue because law enforcement has a very difficult time getting the information from devices and from the services on encryption.","Barr if you are a Republican.","Our Government is shut down now over the issues of border security and immigration.","That would not have happened if they had not gotten to know each other sitting around a table working together for the betterment of that community.","He asked about anybody in Government, anyone in the Western Hemisphere, but did you, in fact, talk to anybody in the Eastern Hemisphere with respect to the Mueller probe?","Senator Hatch, thank you for coming.","So I would not expect that would be a problem.","Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch had a different view of a statute or a policy than I did.","Senate Intelligence as part of its Russia investigation.","The one second time limit can be adjusted to client preferences.","Vladeck, and then we will work our way through the witnesses.","And still others have produced communications with Sergei Millian, copied to Mr.","But at the end of the day, we should stop talking about it here and making it your job.","He has got a great sense of humor and an easy laugh.","It is different from the time that I served.","Would that be concerning to you?","Members of the police who put their lives on the line every single day, and those guns on the street are aimed at them many times.","And you believe Mr.","But I would like to delve into that a little bit more during the hearing.","Sharon Washington, Ordained Pastor, Charlotte, North Carolina.","This was a very thorough examination of a very important position in our Government.","United States would be a step up.","He is in, just as I am getting ready to end this hearing.","Bill will go where the law leads him.","Please check your inbox to confirm.","Well, I do not have a clue as to what would be in the report.","Lowell says are controlled by the executive branch, not his client.","Those are policy issues.","So Public Defenders are in this position where they cannot handle all the cases, and yet they are held in contempt, but they do not want to do a case inappropriately, without zealous representation.","Heather Owen, RN; St.","Rosen case, you will recall that the man at the Department of Defense named Franklin who gave them the information was prosecuted, and he is in jail for a long time.","American votes in an effort to subvert democracy, it is a question of national security, and we need an individual who has the independence to stand up and be fair and make sure we protect democracy.","Now, I did not know Senator Menendez.","As Attorney General, he championed mass incarceration and deprived countless persons of color of their liberty and dramatically limited their future potential.","But let us say that it is.","Barr opposed our efforts at criminal justice reform.","Do you agree with that position?","Thank you for allowing me to testify on the nomination of William Barr to be Attorney General of the United States.","Get every story, every day, wherever you are.","The Attorney General will notify the Ranking Member and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee in both bodies.","We have to ensure that we are doing all we can.","And if confirmed, will you commit to make sure that that act is a top priority?","They can count on it.","Congress has not modernized the statute, and we really need to deal with it.","But, of course, that Scottish king, as it turned out, was suffering from syphilis and was quite out of his mind.","Senator Kyl, if I may, and I hope this alleviates the confusion.","Do you think it is appropriate to use Federal resources to target marijuana businesses that are in compliance with State laws?","It could be accounted for as it relates to a myriad of things.","Sign up for text alerts on your mobile phone.","But I would like to weigh in to some of these issues.","What about those with the power to bring charges against American citizens, including people up here?","Federal penitentiary for armed robbery, we are not giving you a gun today, and you storm out.","It wipes out everything else.","Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon.","The purpose is not to take immediate action on a specific bill.","White House or a razzing section in the White House.","Let me shift to a different topic.","That is called fraud, and it is illegal.","It was right under the law.","My time has expired.","Constitution as I originally conceived it before it was decided by the Supreme Court, marriage was to be regulated by the States.","And that pertains to those that are illegally in the country.","Lowell appears to be making the understandable, but likely futile, attempt to limit Kushner from having multiple interviews with investigators.","And we really appreciate the recommendations in the testimony.","Civil Rights Division, but we know from experience that a collaborative effort rather than consent decrees have real consequences in the cities.","His team, expecting an acquittal in the Senate vote, will not draw out the impeachment trial.","The Justice Department may have failed to take action in a timely manner.","But I think the Attorney General nominee, if he is selected, would come in and review with career Department of Justice lawyers and other professionals in the Department on the issue, review the issues, listen to them carefully.","Nominating an Attorney General is no small matter, and I thought the Committee acquitted itself well.","Questions submitted to Chuck Canterbury by Senator Klobuchar.","Russian interference, this will be the biggest bombshell yet in the Russia probe.","They said the documents include some related to his security clearance and his communications with former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.","We declare these eight beliefs as fundamental principles that we will advocate for in our daily work as we care for Americans of all classes, genders, colors, faiths, and sexual orientations.","If I may jump in, I would just add to that, Senator Kyl.","This is a fairly unusual and fairly recent practice.","If my math is right, we have got about an hour left on round one.","The difficulty comes in when it gets into the hands of somebody who did not have authorized access.","If I thought something improper was being done, then I would deal with it as Attorney General.","Department will continue to push the argument that has been rejected.","Barr, to you and your family for their service to our country through Federal law enforcement and the Department of Justice.","African Americans can cast a fair ballot, fair housing policies, making sure we have true tests to determine disparate impact.","And I would like to ask you specifically about that data because I think it is language like that that makes me kind of concerned and worried.","Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.","The prepared statement of Senator Kyl appears as a submission for the record.","And that captures, I think, the hard choices that need to be made, and so I commend this Subcommittee for beginning to take a serious look at those hard choices.","Senate, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC.","Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP.","Sorry, but there was an error posting your comment.","United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation.","And if speech is suppressed, it can lead to the building up of pressures within society that sometimes can be explosive.","And last, when you and I were in my office, we talked about your work with Time Warner with this major merger on appeal from the Justice Department.","You have, I gather, told the Chairman the names of some dozen or so people whom you contacted, as I understand it, once the memo was written, but it is not clear.","Barr also had concerns about the constitutionality of the False Claims Act and opposed that law.","Can you just sort of describe to us why you think it is important that we draw a clear moral distinction between the enforcement of immigration laws, between legal immigration and illegal immigration?","They need this man, and they need it now.","The next month, news broke that Moscow had hacked the Democrats and stolen data.","And with the current national discussion about prosecuting more international terrorism cases in our Article III courts, I think now is a good time to consider amending CIPA to enhance our ability to protect sensitive information in our criminal trials.","In circumstances where the Government does not intervene in False Claims cases, if confirmed, will you commit to ensuring the Department does not unnecessarily dismiss False Claims Act cases?","Republican chairman and top Democrat, listed the documents and emails among materials Lowell has failed to produce.","Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing on a subject which is very important and undoubtedly needs to be addressed now.","Let me take a first cut at that, Senator Kyl.","The lawmakers said they became aware of the documents through other witnesses.","Ask him about the Milky Way.","But one of the reasons the Department is such an important institution to me and a big part of my life is, the quality of the people there.","If, as you suggest, Mr.","That will not happen.","Department of Justice should be protecting.","But at the end of the day, they are unilaterally disclosing sensitive information that can cripple our operations.","Is that a fair assessment of your opinion?","As with the whistleblower example I just described, a reporter to whom a Government employee leaks classified information could theoretically be prosecuted merely for retaining that information and could almost certainly be prosecuted for disclosing that information, including by publishing it.","Russia dossier that has captivated Washington.","This is the single most important thing I think we can do in the gun control area to stop these massacres from happening in the first place.","You were a great Chairman and an incredible Member of this body, and you are very welcome to share your thoughts about Mr.","And I will now turn it over to Senator Feinstein.","So I am all in favor of great lawyering available for all Americans who find themselves in front of a courtroom.","General Barr ordered the FBI to breach the prison and rescue the hostages.","We have had people who, in one of the major political parties, multiple candidates, be elected, campaigning, among other things, on either eviscerating ISIS power, or abolishing the agency altogether.","We do not even pass the most basic and obvious things about background checks.","Republicans Can Now Be Fined For Bypassing Metal Detectors At The.","Senate and House Intelligence and said they are not in possession of the transcript.","But it may not serve all the circumstances that we have to deal with, and you mentioned the whistleblower issues, and that is a good point.","Well, a quid pro quo to change testimony could potentially be obstruction.","And, my bill aside, I hope that you would support the reauthorization of that bill.","There are rules on what kind of information can flow and what kind of communications can go between the White House, and I would follow those.","Have you discussed the Mueller investigation with the President or anyone else in the White House?","The President said that the decision on the Deputy was mine.","Chairman Graham, Senator Feinstein, and Members of this Committee, I want to thank you for the opportunity to testify on the nomination of William Barr to be Attorney General of the United States.","How can we better assist between the DOJ and State officials in this area?","And why is that?","Questions Submitted to Hon.","The threads were provided by other Trump associates.","Facebook or a blog someplace, then that gets a little bit harder because presumably the person is putting it out there because he or she believes that somehow it is important to talk about.","The DOJ has released information about declination memos, about descriptions of decisions not to prosecute in the past.","Unless someone tells me a good reason not to.","And as the Attorney General, I would hope he would factor in that race is a problem.","But I would think so.","If the email was added successfully set a cookie for Composer tracking.","Senator Harris, you were actually next.","We were facing exactly the same kind of problem, maybe on a smaller scale.","And I thought there were some things there that, you know, merited some attention.","Well, if I may, I think Mr.","Cardi B tries her hand at milking cows and training a horse in Cardi Tries as she shares she wants a farm.","But I think you would agree with me that the FBI is probably one of the best, if not the most professional, accomplished, skilled, and dedicated law enforcement agencies in the world.","It is a gem, is it not?","Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen.","The article ID tp.","Texas voter ID law intentionally discriminated against minorities.","Shelby bill, that it should not apply to private individuals.","Well, I have not seen it, but if it is reauthorizing what is in effect now, yes.","Feinstein has sent out several letters in the investigation after she and Grassley could not come to agreement on subpoenas and moving forward.","That was a disciplinary action.","Last week, Donald Trump Jr.","Is that right, sir?","Whistleblowers, as I told you in my office, are very critical to exposing waste, fraud, and abuse.","State a border State and every town a border town.","Elizabeth Malamed, LMFT; Inner Spark, Inc.","You might want to get out of that habit.","Inspector General Horowitz, and I have not seen that report.","District Judge, and former everything.","Congress, that if that is a distinction that is worth pursuing, I do not think the current text of the statute would support it.","And under the Act, the record of discriminatory voting practices, those States that have a record of such practices, had to obtain Federal approval in order to change their voting laws, as you know.","That day that young man pulled out his gun and started firing.","STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Page Feinstein, Hon.","The punishment fits the crime.","Stay in touch with culture that matters.","Hell hath no fury like a Senator scorned.","Enforcement of civil rights laws is neutral when it comes to elections.","It is not good.","So, we told them all about this and the constitutional cases on this.","It is a classic.","As Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said, it is not uncommon for former Justice officials to share their views about issues that they believe concern the Department.","At the same time, I think the primary rival of the United States is China.","Americans every year are dying of overdoses.","No, it is not my intention.","General Mukasey, can I start with you, I think?","So he is not at the extreme on this.","State and local law enforcement.","We make policy decisions that are informed by members across the country.","Department of Justice as an enduring institution than with the tenure of any particular Attorney General.","That thin track record is not for lack of trying; rather, it is the result of numerous obstacles that stand in the way of building a prosecutable media leak case.","You know, a lot of water has gone under the dam since Elliot Richardson.","However, there are at least two aspects of Mr.","Do you agree with these policies?","Canterbury, while on the subject, thank you for the First Step Act.","Barr is as good as it will get.","National Security Branch, and the FBI more broadly, fitting into the larger IC, and what responsibilities do you see would be on your priority list as you arrive at the Department?","That is an important decision that requires a legal and political defense.","He failed to bring a single lawsuit to enforce the Voting Rights Act to stop voter suppression efforts.","But I think it is a question, and with your permission, let me think about it a little bit and get back to the Committee.","It is been a terrific panel.","Please provide an email address to comment.","Probably more than any of his other friends or classmates, people of his age, cohort, people are thinking about what he might do for a living.","President says, is that the immigration laws just have to be changed, and to provide sensible and commonsense ways of processing immigration and claims of asylum.","The purpose of this hearing was for us to gather information, to get better informed, and to start a record in this Committee as to the challenges we have.","Now, to a favorite issue of mine, whistleblower protection.","CIPA clearly is involved, the whistleblower statutes.","Any CSS that needs to be patched put here with date and jira ref.","Kinkopf to questions submitted by Senator Leahy.","That is why the commitments you make here today, just like those I watched Elliot Richardson make years ago, matter greatly.","Are you familiar with a FISA warrant?","So I am not too sure where he comes out on this specific issue.","Barr, and that of your family.","In fact, our neighbors on the southern side of our border in Mexico themselves have pretty strict laws which they enforce.","It is going to require private lawyers.","The information appears as submissions for the record.","And there is growing evidence that these companies have leveraged their considerable market power, if not monopoly status, to disfavor certain ideological viewpoints, particularly conservative and libertarian viewpoints.","Wellington Joseph Davis III, MD; St.","At one point I knew what it said, but I am not familiar with it right now.","Senator Blumenthal has a couple.","The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.","Moreover, the Senate Intelligence Committee is also signaling it wants to bring Kushner back for further questioning as well.","White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens as President Donald Trump answer questions regarding the ongoing situation in North Korea, at Trump National Golf Club.","The problem is that statement was compelled by the Government, and then that can infect the whole prosecution.","Matthew Clausen, MD; St.","Rosen and Weissman case that ultimately was dismissed.","LQQHU FLUFOH ZDV IRXQG WR KDYH WLHV WR WKH JURXS.","And I think General Sessions was against consent decrees but offered nothing in exchange, offered no other strategy in exchange.","First, it is clear that Barr takes the DOJ regulations to mean that he should release not the Mueller report, but rather his own report.","Well, let me just echo what Senator Kyl has said.","That provision or theory.","United States that are coming in.","On this particular case, will you commit to making sure that there is a full and thorough investigation into the way DOJ handled the Epstein case?","If that person then passes it to a foreign government intentionally knowing that the foreign government is interested in it, then I think that, too, should be a crime.","Special Counsel will prepare a summary report on any prosecutive or declination decisions, and that that shall be confidential and shall be treated as any other declination or prosecutive material within the Department.","Here is the good news.","The senators have also asked Lowell to submit documents previously requested that relate to specific individuals in the Russia investigation.","Russia is half the size it was when we were facing them at the peak of the cold war.","President and pursuing the obstruction inquiry is fatally misconceived.","Attorney General to fearlessly go where the evidence and the rule of law lead, and to allow, particularly in investigative matters, to let the evidence and the law be your guides.","It was a very helpful hearing, and I hope we can count on your free advice in the future here.","Shall I continue or should I ask for a third round?","To be fair to Mr.","America for the usage and possession of drugs in the United States.","It never crossed my mind that I would vote against them because I had policy disagreements.","The EU is considering more sanctions on Russia over the case of Putin critic Alexei Navalny.","Have you ever gone on record as opposing any of the things that we are trying to do to figure out where Russia may have been involved in election tampering?","There is no current deadline as both the Committee and Mr.","What do you imagine the facts would be that are relevant to the recusal?","James Dayton, MD; St.","No, I got you.","Mueller would be involved in a witch hunt against anybody?","You referred earlier in response to a question from Senator Feinstein about the emoluments issue, and I ask this question in the interest of full disclosure.","Oops, it appears there has been a technical problem.","Mueller or the statement about Flynn in this specific statute, those two things, I did not think it was an adequate predicate.","You know, there are people around the world that are coming into Latin America for the purpose of coming up through the border.","Bob Mueller, even though you state you have been friends and are in the dark about many of the facts of the investigation.","One way to make FOIA work better is by reducing the number of requests that have to be made in the first place.","Kushner forwarded that email to campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks, who is now White House communications director.","And you have to be processed.","There are sort of three roles the Attorney General plays.","Very few fathers and mothers over there want to turn their daughters over to ISIS, their sons over to ISIS.","Washington University in St.","It is an honor to testify before the Committee today on such an important but neglected topic.","What are those three roles, as you see them?","Evan Perez, who conducted the interview with Lowell Sunday, noted that the attorney did not promise that Kushner would do an interview with the Senate Judiciary Committee, nor did he promise to hand over any more specific documents.","UCSF School of Medicine.","And, I also want to ask you about restrictions on the Special Counsel.","White House has taken a policy position that affects that legal position, yes, it gets very delicate.","Thank you very much for your testimony.","Silicon Valley have taken shape under the nose of the antitrust enforcers.","Attorneys who are going to be responsive to those who are going to go back to the court where they were sentenced and request resentencing because the resentencing, for example, for the crack cocaine disparity, is not automatic.","ID laws, on restricting groups like the League of Women Voters in conducting voter registration drives really, really exploded.","Wainstein previously served as the first Assistant Attorney General for National Security during the Bush administration where he was responsible for the supervision of espionage cases, and also formerly served as a United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.","Grassley and Feinstein added.","This is an excellent panel.","Brad Cotton MD, FACEP; Mt.","So there goes the entire investigation.","House and Senate intelligence committees.","Barr, in order to perform its counterintelligence function effectively, what should the Department of Justice and the FBI know about the business relationships and entanglements of senior officials with foreign interests and governments?","We have full confidence that he will be able to do that.","Looks like your session was expired, Please sign in again.","UCLA Medical Center, Dept.","Members of Congress file financial disclosures.","So Attorney General Sessions has issued a rule that makes it a lot tougher to enter into these kinds of decrees.","Committee we would do.","Bill identifies as the most important achievement of his private service as Attorney General, at least, I believe this is what he believes.","Justice Department at this critical time.","Abbe Lowell will regret writing this letter.","Eric Holder had a tremendous reputation as a prosecutor in the law enforcement community, so I sat at this very table and testified for him.","We have some very dedicated people, but you have some very distracted people.","And he did a lot of research and found that, well, there was no precedent in our law.","And then, of course, when Mr.","Smith says, to draw the line once you get into the unauthorized access category.","Well, I was going to say I think the best way of balancing it out is to have a supervisor who is able to approve departures from that policy based on the specific circumstances.","Why do you think it is so important to police officers that they have a capable, effective, experienced Attorney General?","We can talk about gun safety with credible voices on both sides.","When I first asked him about the report, he said he would make it available.","Chicago in the way you just did, it brings up racial fears or racial concerns.","Day wishes from Hollywood!","Women and Infants Hosp.","And a number of the Republican witnesses agreed that they should.","He believes the President could be charged with obstruction in office.","General Page Data window.","Federal judges have, in fact, become expert to degrees that we may disagree about, at least have some experience in handling classified information in criminal trials.","So they have this absolutely impossible situation, and it is even worse in the State system.","Well, I am not in a position to, you know, make a judgment about it because I do not know what the predicate was for it.","Well, look, if the circumstances fit, it is my responsibility to bring the action.","And they said, well, it is formerly incarcerated men who have a felony on their record, and it is they cannot find a job, and they cannot find a place to live.","Senior Fellow and Founding Editor of Just Security.","You argue that in such a case, obstruction of justice occurs only if, first, a prosecutor proves that the President or his aides colluded with Russia.","Therefore, we write today to clarify the scope and reiterate our requests for documents.","Let me ask, if the President asked for information that could well be used to interfere with the Special Counsel investigation to misdirect or curtail it in some way, would you give it to him?","The American people deserve to know what the Department of Justice has concluded, and they are smart enough to figure it out.","Already a Deputy Attorney General, but he is leaving.","The mission was well planned and executed.","The first and most systematic defect to which, Mr.","President may have power to shift because of statutory authority.","It is in the Foreign Relations Committee.","But you have a responsibility to allow prosecutors to enforce the law.","The hostages were safe.","Now, I could not say I am willing to do it now because I do not know enough about it.","Morgan Wallen is still blocked from airwaves after apologizing for using racial slur on drunk night out.","You will be challenged.","Morial, we know that after the Shelby County decision, there were many, many States that passed all kinds of legislation that would be considered by a lot of us as voter suppression.","Trump and his inner circle.","The President may exercise his supervisory authority over cases dealing with his own interests, and the President transgresses no legal limitation when he does so.","He says in the memo that he believes the President can be charged with obstruction in office.","This counterintelligence investigation that was started by the FBI and Justice, allegedly about President Trump, how did The New York Times get that information?","You say it would lower the burden, but I am still confused.","And I am talking about the investigations with respect to Secretary Clinton and President Trump.","Suzanne Ross, MD; St.","And I said that my wife and I were sort of looking forward to a bit of respite and I did not want to stick my head into that meat grinder.","Obviously, we did not announce it.","You are talking generally.","Do you have any conflicts?","It leads to plea bargains that should not have happened, and we would definitely support more money for right to counsel.","Right now, Rod Rosenstein has been helping, trying to deconflict some of that, but I am worried, with your potential recusal, if the DAG also departs, it is not clear who is actually going to deconflict this.","No, I do not.","Then they do it, and then obviously nothing ever changes.","And I personally am very skeptical of the commandeering argument.","That is not what I understand the policy to be.","From what you know, do you believe that a wall would address the concern that you have about drug trafficking?","You were referring to the criminal investigation, as I read it.","You are saying if you have a difference of opinion with Special Counsel Mueller, you will not necessarily back his decision.","Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary CONFIRMATION HEARING ON THE NOMINATION OF HON.","It often indicates a user profile.","We do not make partisan decisions.","The Senate considers this nomination in extraordinary times.","And I cannot help but comment.","And I feel that I am in a position in life where I can provide the leadership necessary to protect the independence and the reputation of the Department and serve in this administration.","Julie A Lyons, MD; St.","There were a number of questions in that letter that at this point you have not answered.","Ukraine until Biden took over.","Kushner and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.","You said you respect and admire his professionalism, his conduct.","In your experience with the FBI, is it strange to have a counterintelligence investigation begun because members of that Bureau disagree with the foreign policy stances of a candidate for President or a President of the United States?","The second email is one that Donald Trump Jr.","You understand that this obligation applies regardless of whether you are a Member of Congress or a Committee Chairman?","It is at least still acknowledged by the three of you as probably the law in this situation until it is further refined.","This file photo shows Robert Mueller, former director of the FBI.","They are within the executive.","Congressman Goodlatte had written a letter about it.","So there is a whole mix of individuals that this one statute applies to.","SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Senator Feinstein.","Bill Barr has a brilliant legal mind.","The existence of the subpoena was reported earlier Thursday by The Wall Street Journal.","And I really do thank our three witnesses that are here to share their expertise with the Committee.","It was very popular.","Special Counsel may be trying to interpret the statute to say that any act, not destruction of evidence or anything like that, but any act that influences a proceeding is a crime if it is done with a bad intent.","Michael Flynn and documents related to his security clearance.","Later, he served in the Reagan White House in the Office of Policy Development.","So, are you concerned, having written about morality and consensus in our society, are you concerned about the way Donald Trump undermines the institutions in our society that help us to maintain a moral consensus?","He was not showboating.","So, for example, now fentanyl is sort of the new crack.","Claire Hogue, MSW Student; Univ.","It is done by both parties in both administrations, and it is not right.","Nobody seems to have a good idea about how to stop it.","Just a few minor things so that we can get to the next round.","Then would you respond for the record?","Responded Abbe Lowell, Mr.","My wife and I were looking forward to a peaceful and cherished time with our daughters and grandchildren.","And that comprehensive reform included weeding out corruption, dealing with a very brutal police force.","Thank you to the Chair for your forbearance.","Trump should visit Russia.","First Step Act and the progress that has been made.","Those include a Don Jr.","Well, obviously, competition is of central concern to the Antitrust Division, and you know, there are, I guess, concordats that have been reached between the FTC and the Antitrust Division as to who has primary jurisdiction in different areas.","Committee be representative of our society at large and that we are growing that way, and so thank you very much for being here.","Please, these gangs are running roughshod.","To continue reading login or create an account.","Now, as Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, do not be surprised I disagree.","So you are not necessarily disputing the conclusion of at least one District Court, perhaps others, that emoluments relates to payments and benefits much broader than just a stipend.","Asian Hate Crimes: Who Is Our Real Enemy?","That is the kind of person he is, and that is the kind of judgment he has.","We have to put the resources in to get the system built up the way we did many years ago on the felon records and so forth.","Matters of international questions is not under our purview.","Committee in the right direction.","Further, if confirmed, will you continue current Justice Department staff and funding levels to properly support and prosecute False Claims Act cases?","So what we will be getting is your report of the Mueller report subject to applicable laws limiting disclosure.","And we will plow through until we get done.","Kushner was being forthcoming with the documents that had been turned over.","EDFNGRRU RYHUWXUH DQG GLQQHU LQYLWH.","So separating those children from their parents in an effort, as Attorney General Sessions explained, to get tough with families presenting themselves at the border, was a policy decision on his part.","Senator Graham and I have proposed a bipartisan measure to take guns away from people who are deemed to be dangerous by a court after due process, and thereby keep guns out of the hands of criminals and other dangerous people.","Obviously, we are living in a different time, and the issues are different.","But if I may, Mr.","Thompson appears as a submission for the record.","And the White House was of a particular view, and the Department was of a particular view.","ZRXOG WXUQ WKLV LQWR D VFDQGDO RI HSLF SURSRUWLRQV.","And they, many of them, right now are either furloughed or they are doing their jobs every single day without pay.","But here is what is perplexing to me.","Mr Kushner was copied on, but did not disclose.","The issue that he was raising is a real one.","They like the anonymity.","Proof the Pfizer Covid vaccine works in the real world?","Or would it not, in fact, be a rather simple and, in fact, important way to solve this problem?","But there is an easy solution to it.","Vladeck appears as a submission for the record.","It is a standard form, and the agency whose information was leaked answers these questions, sends them to the Department, and the Department of Justice then decides whether or not to initiate a criminal investigation.","It is an adverb, and it is not meant to mean with a state of mind.","Oh, he stole the show.","Turn on desktop notifications?","Justice Department to switch sides in these two cases.","For now I think we decline such meetings.","So everybody recognizes that leaks are a problem.","Which is, I was just making the observation that the job of the Department of Justice is enforcement.","If a criminal investigation is initiated, then typically the agency stands down on its administrative process so as not to cause that problem.","To continue viewing the content you love, please choose one of our subscriptions today.","Are you familiar with Bruce Ohr?","Now, that is what I want to get to here, that second category.","Now, you have testified today that you know that Mr.","Canterbury and the police ever come together on agreement on a piece of legislation, call me immediately.","So it is my hope, even my expectation, that you would trust Robert Mueller to make that decision about whether to compel the President to testify in an appropriate way, and that he would not face any interference.","Congratulations on your nomination yet again.","One of the most important safeguards of our liberties is the Bill of Rights, and the Attorney General has a unique responsibility defending the Constitution.","And with that, I will turn it over to my colleague, Senator Feinstein.","This form, documenting contacts with foreign governments for the last seven years, is required to be filled out in order to obtain security clearance.","Why are they all white?","He does not really have to concern himself with the possible negative consequences of resisting pressure from an administration.","Judges are sanctioning Public Defenders because they have too many cases and they cannot get to court.","And things like sanctuary cities, where they feel that they will be able to come up and hide and be protected is one of those factors that I think is irresponsible because it attracts the illegal aliens coming in.","One is his past experiences, his job that he did in the prior administration.","But I think that should be true of every officer who serves anywhere in Government, whatever branch.","And my memo is very clear that is the concern that was driving me, the impact, not the particular case, but its impact of a rule over time.","Flynn, a former Army general who led the Defense Intelligence Agency and later was a Trump campaign adviser, was fired in February as national security adviser after misleading Vice President Mike Pence about his conversations with Kislyak.","Is the US blinking on Golan recognition?","But it seems to me that that is also dealt with fairly easily by two things, but the statute maybe needs to be amended to guarantee this.","Would you promise me and this Committee to look into this and tell us whether or not, in the appropriate way, a counterintelligence investigation was opened up by somebody at the FBI, Department of Justice against President Trump?","For example, just a few months before that, I had weighed in repeatedly to complain about the idea of prosecuting Senator Menendez.","And to me, the rule of law is exactly that, that we do not allow special rules to go into effect for a particular individual.","If I were you, I would answer his letters.","Want a daily digest of the top Tampa Bay news?","Office, the best legal minds in the Department.","After studying the Gospel of Mark, they held hands, and bowed their heads, and closed their eyes, and held hands in prayer.","Why did you write the memo?","Wade should be overruled.","My time has expired and see you in the second round.","Page worked at the Department of Justice.","And every administration has struggled to solve the problem, but none has had much success.","He is doing better than I am.","So your answer to Senator Klobuchar makes it clear that you are going to basically follow the Whitaker model.","Oh no, actually, I have no information.","We have talked about border security and immigration law.","No, I do not mean that.","Well, it has certainly been interpreted for a long time as saying that people who are born in this country are citizens.","It is unique and has a critical role to play under our constitutional system.","Well, it is the tradition, based on a couple of OLC opinions.","Lowell said in a statement that Kushner has been responsive to all requests.","We are trying to enjoy our golden years, and we cannot even go outside our house.","Will you commit to ensuring that Special Counsel Mueller is not terminated without good cause consistent with Department regulations?","But I am not sure what the practice and the rules are.","Barr as our next Attorney General.","And, it is part, right now, of the Senate package on the Violence Against Women Act.","And so, what if a President told a witness not to cooperate with an investigation or hinted at a pardon?","Many of them are missing school because of fear, disproportionately homeless.","As I understand your testimony, General, Mr.","And thank you, Mr.","William Barr as the next Attorney General of the United States.","Attorney General is not like any other Cabinet post.","You know, that certainly is my goal and intent.","You said earlier in this hearing, you have an interest in transparency with regards to the final report of the Mueller investigation, but I did not hear a concrete commitment about release.","He prioritized fighting violent crime and became known as a law and order Attorney General.","Thank you, Senator Kennedy.","That manifesto of an imperial Executive has alarming implications for the Mueller investigation and for the whole of the executive branch.","Linda L Pratt, Ph.","Check if cookie exists.","Those were the days.","Wray, the current Director.","Rod and I have been talking, you know, about his plans.","And we had a very clear goal and priority for that, and we launched it.","Part of this, of course, is also voting rights and our concern about some of the changes in Department policy.","Attorneys are political appointments.","If you learn that the White House, not directly through you but through other means, was attempting to interfere with the investigation, would you report that information to the Special Counsel and to Congress?","Well, I think there is a dispute as to what the Emoluments Clause relates to.","Can Turkey be Expelled from NATO?","You head to the podium with Secretary Kemp.","And if he said that he is going to err on the side of transparency, you can take it to the bank.","Intelligence Committees through the IG, the CIA IG, up to the Intelligence Committees, and then not be retaliated against for it, I am all in favor of it.","Rita Ora sets pulses racing in black lace lingerie and suspenders as she teases Bang music video.","Just trying to help.","Whenever you have to do that in order to make your case, you stand the risk of having to disclose more information in discovery and in the actual presentation at trial.","Did President Trump instruct or ask you, once you become Attorney General, to fire Mr.","The others created a task force on crime reduction and public safety, and for the development of a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations trafficking in human beings, weapons, and illicit drugs.","FBI Director James Comey.","The senators want Mr.","Obviously, the job is about a lot more than credentials, but he has done literally everything that you could possibly do, including serving as Attorney General, to prepare him.","Kushner remains one person of interest to the investigations by Mueller and congressional committees, according to a source with knowledge of the probes.","White House at any time has been arrested yet.","For security reasons, you would never tip that the Attorney General was going to a prison.","He says exactly the opposite.","Chairman, Senator Kyl, it is a privilege to be here this morning to address this very important subject.","Would you agree with that characterization?","Kelsey Echols, MD; United Hospital, St.","Special Counsel to complete his work.","And instead of assuming the worst motivations by both sides, look at this as whether both sides were trying to do what they thought was right or reacting to what they thought was correct, but they might have both been wrong.","And we do not need any foot dragging in order to do that.","Okay, but you have to remember, my memo was on a very specific statute and a specific theory that I was concerned about.","So I want to ask you something I asked Attorney General Sessions.","He is a very honest person.","US intelligence agencies believe Russia tried to help Mr Trump win the presidency by hacking and releasing emails damaging to his opponent, Hillary Clinton.","Please provide your name to comment.","We worked closely together throughout my previous tenure at the Department of Justice.","And it has been a great panel.","And so a lot of damage can be done before it gets to the Supreme Court and you get a definitive decision, and meanwhile, everything is stuck.","Risher appears as a submission for the record.","The email is either missing or invalid.","Chairman, I would be happy to handle that.","What about those in charge of enforcing the law?","STRICKLER PRACTITIONER SENIOR FELLOW, THE MILLER CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, DC Ms.","To those in Syria who are trying to work together, you are providing the best in hope for your country.","There was the crack epidemic that Senator Durbin was talking about.","Kushner then forwarded to another campaign official.","The information referred to appears as a submission for the record.","President and chief executive officer of the National Urban League.","That sounds like a major piece of evidence in the broader context of Russian election interference and allegations of Trump campaign collusion with Russia.","Senator Ernst talked a little bit about the online sex trafficking.","And you did the right thing, but I do not think we did the right thing with the banking meltdown.","If some of them were public?","Or refused to take a position.","Did Akhmetshin and Kaveladze Coordinate Before or After Jared Disclosed the.","And then I also have a second bill with Senator Cornyn, the Abby Honold Act.","Kushner has spoken with investigators from both the Senate and House intelligence committees, but has not met with the Senate Judiciary Committee.","Because that is something that I might have to get involved with and supervise if I am confirmed, I would rather not make any comments about it right now.","One would be on a case that the President wants to communicate about that he has no personal interest in, no political interest in.","The Department of Justice must be that place.","Oh, I am sorry, sir.","Part of it is, in fact, the separation of powers within the Federal Government.","Lowell said of Kushner Sunday.","No, for him, it was something more.","Yes, thank you very much, and I thank Senator Kennedy, as he was sitting in the Chair, to give me permission to go a little bit further, so I will be as brief as I can.","Public Defender Office needs resources.","Senators asked Elliot Richardson what he would do if he disagreed with the Special Prosecutor.","In other words, we are not talking about here, at least for the purpose of doing this in pieces right now, prosecuting someone for publishing the information.","Be part of the conversation.","And your answer, if I recall correctly, concerned your commitment both to the Department and the rule of law.","Again, this is not an area of expertise that I have right now, but I would imagine that technical support and grants are probably the most effective means for the Federal Government to assist.","Freedom of Information Act and the public disclosure of Government records.","FBI and the Department of Justice?","Will you allow the Special Counsel to exercise his judgment about what the scope should be, even if the President says that there should be red line?","Acting Attorney General felt that it was so unwarranted under established policies that it should not be followed, then that would be reported to this Committee.","You know, various provisions refer to whether the disclosure was authorized or not, whether the individual was lawfully in possession of the information or not.","So a couple of decades ago.","Well, I mean, is your mind open on that, Mr.","Barr so much, knowing him as you do, would you say that he will be independent leader of the Justice Department that we ought to expect?","BRO does it again!","Let me say thank you to each of the distinguished witnesses for being here, for being part of this hearing.","That is my concern.","Are you familiar with Fusion GPS?","And very often do.","Canterbury, we always thank you for the work you do for the thin blue line.","Good Governance Paper No.","China questions as well.","But I have a question for you.","In their letter, Grassley and Feinstein complained that Kushner had withheld additional information.","The warrant certification against Carter Page on four different occasions certifies that the dossier, which was the main source of the warrant, was reliable.","That is the same answer.","When you hear election integrity from the other political party, it is about making sure that people who are not qualified and not legally eligible do not vote, and I do not think anybody disagrees with that premise.","President classified it, that is sufficient.","It was super cheap.","He went around asking these guys what their lives were like, what did they do get in here, what is for lunch today, where do you exercise.","Clinton administration as to how to balance all the equities.","Mary Jo Loughran, Ph.","So would you continue to expend resources on requiring turning over of millions of voter records to be turned over to ICE?","How Long Can COVID Cases Keep Plummeting?","And people have drawn conclusions based on incomplete facts.","You refer to the partnership that sometimes takes place between State and Federal authorities.","But I have not heard a peep, not a peep on that yet.","The FBI Agents Association I realize is not part of the Government, but the Association described the effect of this shutdown as a potential national security issue.","My time has expired, and I know that Acting Chairwoman and I have to go vote.","Mueller, would he have something to say about it, including but not limited to in a court of law?","So are you envisioning some role here?","And I assume that you would support the legislation that has been introduced to improve the background check system.","Public Defender system is in dire need.","Contra scandal, and you encouraged the President to issue those pardons.","We have told both committees we have no objection to their providing them to you or in response to any bipartisan request from a committee with proper jurisdiction.","The report could end up being, you know, not very big.","Well, The New York Times just published, in a Tweet, the email that you sent them, and you did reference Uranium One specifically.","Some of my colleagues think it might.","Do you think that those are out of the mainstream?","Chairman and Senator Kyl, you both already alluded concerns its ambiguous scope, by which I mean whether it applies to anything beyond classic spying.","He does not talk about his role in setting antitrust merger guidelines.","Based on a tweet by CNN congressional correspondent Manu Raju, the White House appears to be keeping silent about the latest news on Kushner and Trump Jr.","What are schools doing about it?","On the pardon issue and accountability, you would agree that the President pardoning someone in return for changing his or her testimony would be an abuse of the pardon power, and the President should be held accountable.","How well do you know Bob Mueller?","Senate and House intelligence committees.","Turley, I would like to come to you first.","Do you believe that voter ID laws and similar restrictions actually promote democracy by discouraging voters who are not really paying attention to what is going on?","And almost certainly in that kind of extraordinary investigation, you would agree with me it would be extraordinary for the FBI to be investigating the President for working with a determined foreign adversary.","Can you just say more about that?","Senator Bernie Sanders has had many political allies and rivals over the years, and he has been called many things.","Can you pledge to us that this will be one of your priorities at the Department?","Member of this Committee to vote against his confirmation.","FBI agents stormed the prison.","Constitution says, but to recognize what the Constitution actually says.","It just takes them forever because maybe something is going to embarrass someone, so they do not want it out in the public and you get all sorts of excuses.","Professor Kinkopf, you have written a lot about the unitary executive, and that is something that Mr.","One issue is the processing of those who are healthy, and the second issue is the HIV.","His nomination of William Barr to be the next Attorney General demonstrates that these priorities have not changed.","Did he ask you to interfere in Mr.","Will you impose any restrictions on other prosecutors who are also investigating the President?","Thompson, along the same lines, your opinion on Mr.","For African Americans, protecting democracy is to also rigorously enforce efforts to ensure that all citizens can cast their ballot.","It is on the latter that I have real trouble.","And I hope you would look at that as well.","And it goes back many years.","And just one more question.","Does The Times of Israel give you valuable insight into Israel and the Jewish world?","Actually, before Heller, I did work at OLC on this issue, and I personally concluded that the Second Amendment creates a personal right under the Constitution.","So, with that in mind, how would you advise Mr.","And you worked with me to get a replacement, which I truly appreciated.","And I want to thank you for your time.","You seem like a rational person, and I would like to ask you a question.","Defender are marginalized people without resources, and their opportunity to have the best counsel they can is not something they get, and I would want that office to be able to serve everyone regardless of whether they have money or not.","That, you know, I felt essentially did away with due process.","Please explain what you based this conclusion on.","The Immigration Lindsey will show up, but the other guy is there, too, and I do not like him any more than you do.","So I can ask this.","It would not do for the Attorney General to litigate or appear on behalf of any leader.","Let us talk about antitrust for a minute.","Coons, you are recognized.","It has reversed positions in lawsuits to support voter suppression measures and to purge voters from the rolls.","Americans to the extent that these companies do.","Kinkopf by Senator Leahy.","Let us work on it.","And the Special Counsel has already brought cases against Russian nationals for their activities.","Very few we are able to verify.","Kushner is among numerous Trump advisers who have acknowledged interaction with Russian intermediaries.","Attorney and I was mayor in San Francisco, and I know his reputation, I know his integrity.","Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited.","The existence of the subpoena was reported earlier Thursday by the Wall Street Journal.","Standing against hate and providing tangible tools to those looking for support on how to move beyond wearing a symbol to take action.","That is a big deal that is going to change lives, I think, in a positive way.","But he is obviously well equipped to deal with whatever problems he faces.","But an abundance of caution suggests that it could have gone either way.","Michalene Stevermer, DO; St.","How do you want to play this Mr.","There are not those limitations.","And, I think, I have no concerns whatsoever about his enforcement of the First Step Act because that is the kind of person he is.","CIPA statute and others need to be strengthened in order to deal with leaks, or whether we can handle both under one statute or not.","He is needed, and I look forward to his tenure again in service to our great country as Attorney General.","He knows Mandarin Chinese, and he plays the bagpipes.","Kushner has spent hours testifying before the House and Senate Intelligence Committees.","Buckinghamshire home be just the tonic for lockdown?","It is not based on land.","Lowell asked for more details about precisely what the committee was searching for.","Abbe Lowell on Thursday, Nov.","But it is hard for me to understand why, with our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, why we want somebody that is all powerful in every way to take these actions.","Barr, I want to commend you for stepping forward.","But we can provide another copy of that email as well.","And this gets to the issue of cognitive bias.","Well, the question for me would be what is the predicate, you know, and I do not know what the facts are.","How many of them are Republican?","He was collaborative with his colleagues.","If it is doing that and the crime rate is dropping, then bravo to the experience.","They can make the laws and determine it, and we, I think, have a very expansive system.","Thank you for doing that.","Piano presence cookie document.","So I do not think he would ever do anything like that, and he is not inclined to do it.","We apologize for the late start.","Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs are sort of the new crack, and they are coming in from China.","We disagree about the Working Definition.","Would the Special Counsel ask for a change?","Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.","He had no connection with Senator Menendez, no interest in that case.","And so, as we got out of the cars, they came to Secretary Kemp and General Barr.","We have been in a dialogue with the committee and will continue to do so as part of Mr.","Barr any commitment to voter integrity in the terms that you and I would probably discuss it, and that concerns me.","Nothing could be more destructive of our system of Government, of the rule of law, or the Department of Justice as an institution, than any toleration of political interference with the enforcement of the law.","How does inquiry affect Trump?","There is sort of a gradation of where you fall on that.","Responses of Derrick Johnson to questions submitted by Senator Leahy.","Barr, yesterday he testified that he would implement the law and not undermine it.","Business Insider India website.","We believe that there is no health without mental health.","It is still a little dangerous here.","Here, expert and undiscovered voices alike dive into the heart of any topic and bring new ideas to the surface.","And it is long overdue, and the President is right that until we are able to do that, we are just not going to be able to get control over illegal immigration.","But, I guess that is not my concern.","Fostering confidence in the outcomes of elections also means ensuring that the right to vote is fully protected as well as ensuring the integrity of elections.","We do not take a back seat to anybody on your right to be represented.","So if the President sought to fire prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to try and end the investigation into his campaign, would that be a crime?","So that is the standard I would apply.","Witch Hunt or Mole Hunt?","And my concern is that it also sets a tone that somehow enables or empowers others to leak.","Based on his alarming record, we are convinced that William Barr will not do so.","He has said so yesterday.","Despite our different defaults, however, I have always admired him.","Under what circumstances can or should the Justice Department move to dismiss False Claims cases?","To the extent that there is a concern about whether he would be willing to do that, because we do not want a replay of this.","They claim Mr Kushner omitted some documents that mentioned individuals who were connected to the Russia inquiry.","But we are now aware that many times bounty hunters will be paid a few hundred dollars, and then they can go in and find the location of that phone.","Marshals Service study or investigation.","Senator Kyl has proposed.","Want to follow in the footsteps of Sarah Beeny?","So the initial reaction of draconian penalties was actually, you know, trying to help those communities.","The issue of obstruction only becomes ripe after the alleged collusion by the President or his campaign is established first.","The results were horrible.","Going beyond policy disagreement, this Nation has had a long history of discriminatory practices, particularly in the criminal justice system.","But apart from that, it is a judgment call, and the Attorney General is the person who makes the judgment, and that is what the job entails.","But DHS makes the decision who to hold and charge with the crime of illegal entry, and then they refer it to the Department of Justice.","Customs and Border Protection.","Political interference means that the rule being applied to A is not the rule you are applying.","United States and the survival of a democratic society like ours.","Of course, I will commit to studying that, and I will have the Bureau of Justice Statistics pull together everything they have.","Act fails to require a specific intent either to harm the national security of the United States or to benefit a foreign power.","Chairman, and I think we need to address them.","Would you be willing to do such a study yourself?","And I said there is no doubt that there are places where there is racism still in the system.","They often do not want to do it in a way that specifically ties officially the administration to that statement.","You have no reason to doubt that?","Barr, for agreeing to serve a second time as Attorney General.","Sets a start time to compare to an end time in the chartbeat.","Well, thank you, Senator, for giving me the opportunity because one of the reasons I want to do this, serve as Attorney General, is because of the opportunity to work with the outstanding people at the Department of Justice.","To me, it undermines it.","Super Bowl commercials can best be summed up in two words: emotional terrorism.","Based on the report you have received?","Black Lives Matter protest last June.","Makan Delrahim on, if I am confirmed.","Attorney launches an investigation of an incoming President.","So, what if a President drafted a misleading statement to conceal the purpose of a meeting?","That is principally a governmental function, and it is a very difficult line to draw.","You can be an obstinate jackass or you can take your hacker ass gibberish shit elsewhere.","And as General Mukasey has talked about and others, one measure of the effectiveness of criminal justice policies is a reduction in crime.","The sentences were extremely short.","Well, you said that the Mueller report is confidential pursuant to whatever the regulations are that applies to him.","Torshin, according to Bloomberg.","Do you believe that is the best way to secure the border?","So, about me, I want us to do better, and I will be as measured as possible.","Mueller and the Senate Judiciary Committee.","Why do we just not declassify all of the documents and show them to the American people and let the American people draw their own conclusions here?","Senator, as you know, I was a very strong supporter of the First Step Act.","In this case, however, there is no need to speculate whether or not Mr.","Wainstein also previously served as General Counsel and Chief of Staff to the FBI Director Robert Mueller.","Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC.","Where are you, Marc?","Mark Warner, the top Democrat on Senate Intelligence, told CNN.","Is he big enough to take care of himself?","Trump denies any collusion between his campaign and Moscow.","So I am open to looking at whether there are abuses, what kind of abuses occur, and try to redress those.","Unless you find that my presumption is wrong, that there are reasons to be suspicious, I hope you will take into consideration my feeling about how in various suspicious ways people that are faceless bureaucrats can undermine this effort.","Before turning to the leak questions, let me make three modest suggestions that I think could enhance the ability of the Government to prosecute real spies.","Reverend Risher, would it have made any difference in the Dylann Roof case if he had been denied the opportunity to purchase a weapon?","Likewise, the basis for investigating various national security activities carried out during the election, as Senator Grassley has been attempting to do.","Title VII does not prohibit employment discrimination.","Attorney General can do, and most importantly, to publicly state that he will not follow the policy of Attorney General Sessions when it comes to the entire realm of civil rights.","If the President fired a United States Attorney, would you support continuing that investigation, even under the civil servants, the career prosecutors, who would remain?","Needless to say, she is now a lawyer.","It was the effect of the leak of the secrets to another government that was the problem.","So I think that is one of the concerns I have about sanctuary cities.","Well, I appointed three, Mr.","Senator Hatch, welcome back.","Senators Kennedy, Blackburn, and Tillis, and Senators Booker and Harris.","Because the regulations and the responsibilities of the Attorney General as the head of the agency vest that responsibility in the Attorney General.","Chris Wray is on top of this and, you know, looking forward to talking to him about it.","You meet a woman.","Five people have to live every day with that tragedy in their hearts.","The criminal justice system is there in substantial part to protect the public.","We have full confidence in that.","Chairman, with going past the individuals who are authorized to have the information is that it becomes very difficult, as Mr.","Once you go down that road, then the rule of law collapses.","Let me move on to something unrelated, if I may.","However, it seemed to me that as the day progressed, he referenced writing his own report and treating the Mueller report as confidential.","General Barr for many years in my capacity as both an academic and a litigator.","Pandemic has revealed intellectua.","You just made it in under the wire.","Department of Justice and the FBI.","White House counsel to resolve any questions of privilege so that you can produce the documents that have been requested or provide a privilege log that describes the documents over which the President is asserting executive privilege.","We need an Attorney General who understands both the history and persistence of racism in our criminal justice system.","Yes, he will be the leader, but he listens to people very carefully.","BC; Unity Healthcare Inc.","Department a lot of anxiety about the way this was handled, and yet kind of a hot potato, have a bunch of people thinking they are not responsible.","Barr says I do not think we should do that, he has to tell us about that event.","Yesterday, many of us from, I think, both sides of the aisle asked Mr.","Attorney, I am going to defer to.","You are aware of that, correct?","And you will recall the Shelby language was limited only to Government employees, not to the press.","Elder, MD, MSPH; University of Cincinnati Dept.","Department of Justice may now have to ask similarly tough questions that take it into White House files.","The prosecutor would not have to prove the harm element.","But then when somebody else puts out F through G on that same set of subjects, they get furious, insist that it is a leak, and refer it to the Justice Department for prosecution and investigation.","You deserve a break.","Let me just ask a question.","And I am looking forward, hopefully, if I am confirmed, to joining them again.","After being appointed, I quickly developed some initiatives on the immigration issue that would create more border patrols, change immigration rules, streamline processing.","But if the entire underlying investigation goes away because the investigator is fired, then where are we?","At the corporate level.","Moreover, we must ensure that the regulatory process for determining the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical drugs remains rigorous and uninfluenced by financial incentives from the private sector.","The Same Should Happen to Trump.","Some are Democrats, some are libertarians, some are Republicans.","So can I press you on that, overall the system treats Blacks and Whites fairly?","Well, that is a good way to end.","So what is your opinion of Mr.","Well, you did say that in the email.","And today, though, you said those assurances are irrelevant because under the unitary executive theory that if Mr.","Plimpton LLP, New York, New York, et al.","Tell me specifically, the unitary executive theory is that it is theory.","It was also noteworthy that we had the support of the prosecutors, the criminal prosecutors across this country, and the support of the American Civil Liberties Union.","Prior to joining TPM, he was associate editor of The National Memo and an editorial intern at Rolling Stone.","Cristiano Ronaldo and girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez snuggle in the show as they enjoy skiing break.","It has been great for the country.","STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Page Cardin, Hon.","National Urban League now.","White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, Nov.","So I am very proud of the job that was done by the Department on that.","Blumenthal and others that would allow law enforcement, if they have appropriate information, to go and deny somebody a gun who is showing dangerous behavior.","Chairman, during his tenure as Attorney General, Mr.","Check if we have a cookie.","Times Bombshell Blows Up All Theories.","You are now logged in.","Barr, thank you for your patience and for staying with us today.","Do you think that disqualifies you from serving in the United States Government?","The next Attorney General of our United States has the opportunity to reverse course and place the Justice Department back on the track to fulfill its historic role of safeguarding our civil and constitutional rights.","These issues are all the more pressing in the midst of our current opioid epidemic.","Senator Cruz, you are next.","Barr, I think, is a unique individual, and I am glad the President nominated him.","That was the OIG report?","If we were to ask him about you, do you think his assessment would be that you are a fair and impartial leader that he can trust, that we can trust to lead the DOJ?","Yesterday Repubs: giving people access health insurance is socialist.","Under the regulations, whoever is Attorney General can only overrule the Special Counsel if the Special Counsel does something that is so unwarranted under established practice.","Reverend Risher, thank you for being here today telling your story so powerfully and eloquently, and making sure we understand that your mother and your two cousins would be alive if that shooter could not get his hands on a gun.","Barr, to your family.","Do the others of you agree?","Department of Justice says, and what I think virtually every Appellate Court has said.","Can you share for this Committee, in your view, the importance of free speech, of the protections that the First Amendment provides to Americans to speak, and even to speak on unpopular or politically disfavored topics?","Russian collusion case closely.","Well, thank you, sir, and I thank all three of you for your testimony.","Attorneys were terminated, and those people were offered the opportunity to come back.","But it involved a position that the Government would take in litigation.","He raised a couple of questions regarding immigration, regarding our asylum process.","STATEMENT OF THE NOMINEE Witness List.","However, as we open our front door and try to admit people in an orderly way, we cannot allow others to flout our legal system by crashing in through the back doors.","So are you saying this is all your speculation?","And how about as to the foundation?","Congress and the American people know what is in the Mueller report.","Barr about this, and it has been such a problem across the country.","Are you a robot?","But when it is collaborative and everybody is at the table, we saw real change.","Justice Department a classified letter regarding information acquired from the Justice Department Inspector General report on the Clinton investigation.","Maybe the problem is all on our side.","The hearing will come to order, and I recognize Senator Whitehouse.","But we talked about the need for a transition, and I asked him if he would stay for a while, and he said he would.","American lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin this week as part of the investigation; Akhmetshin attended a meeting with Donald Trump Jr.","That is what he is faithful to.","Finally, you offered to allow the Committee to review unredacted copies of the produced documents at your offices.","Let us assume that Mr.","My concern about the statements made by President Trump is that you have set in motion enthusiasm by the enemy we are fighting.","President of the United States ended up being investigated by the FBI, can you think of any precedent in American history where that has occurred that you know of?","OLC memos in that respect.","Thank you to each of you.","Mukasey precedent, number one.","And so in no way would the job of protecting the President be a subset of any of those three jobs?","And I have no idea what Acting Attorney General Rosenstein has discussed with Special Counsel Mueller.","Today I say the names of my mother and my cousins and the six other people to honor them in this most sacred place: my mother, Mrs.","And the other thing is if you are not going to indict someone, then you do not stand up there and unload negative information about the person.","She was a resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Sarah was killed by an illegal alien who was driving drunk.","Morial to questions submitted by Senator Leahy.","And I have looked at the numbers that show States that have that.","It assures that when people in the executive act in a particular way that they, and the person at the top, can be held responsible for what they do.","China initiative in the Department to start going after the pirating of American technology and other kinds of illegal activities that Chinese nationals are involved in here in the United States, and even abroad.","So I am grateful for your pledge that the Department will be responsive even if not you personally.","And I am hoping, and I am asking you to commit, that you will explain to us information that you have taken out of that Special Counsel report.","Chairman, and congratulations on your new calling here.","So I want to make sure we strike the right balance.","And the question then is, does that violate the Presidential Records Act?","That was very nice.","Why is it that the Department of Justice rules, which also apply to the FBI, make it clear that our chief law enforcement agencies in this country should not get tangled up in election politics?","Sorry, there was a problem signing you up.","And nobody was prosecuted.","Thursday with their accusations.","You can see there would be no reason for us not to provide such a clear expression that Mr.","Show me some other statute, but that statute, no.","Grassley and Feinstein demanded that Kushner comply with their request for documents by Nov.","The Constitution does not say that the President is immune from indictment, but an indictment goes to the President as a person.","But the more we can decentralize decisionmaking, the more we can allow people real diversity in the country of approaches to things, I think we will have less of an explosive situation.","And the harm requirement would be satisfied by the classification itself.","What is the added weight of the subpoena?","Sandy Hook shooting whose mother did not know how to control him as he was getting more and more ill, only to have him take her very weapon and then kill her and then go murder the innocent children.","Pacific to the Gulf.","As you can tell, I have been pretty liberal with the time, but let us try to honor it the best we can.","Executive Privilege and declined to produce those documents.","Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC.","Anne M Draxl, RN, OCN; MPH student, St.","Do you believe that torture is ever lawful?","And I do think that a barrier is there.","This is my first chance at a Committee hearing to congratulate you on taking the gavel here.","And to a certain extent, it is going to be an experiment.","And in conclusion, let me just say that some of your past statements on the role of Attorney General and presidential power are concerning.","And as AG, I would hope that he would really look into the credible research, and it would obvious that in the criminal justice system there is a huge disparity.","Government employee who had not signed such an agreement; whereas, the one who had signed an agreement might be held to have waived whatever protections he might have had.","And it is a pretty narrow bill.","Let me tell you about a new law that I have got in mind.","No, because there is a difference between law and policy.","Now, ultimately, I believe if you read his testimony, you will find that he is more measured than some of my friends have suggested.","But I am also pursuing things in healthcare.","He is respectful of different opinions.","Daphnee Beaulieu, MD Candidate; St.","There are just very powerful network effects because of the size.","There is nothing inherently wrong about a President calling for an investigation.","We and our partners use technology such as cookies on our site to personalise content and ads, provide social media features, and analyse our traffic.","And it is unfortunate.","Women should be able to access comprehensive health services without fear of intimidation or violence.","And the Attorney General plays a central role, which many people do not know, as they look at the Department of Homeland Security for most of the action on the issue of immigration.","And ask you about that.","For an individual who is situated to acknowledge the history of what took place and, as you have just done, to say I made a mistake, that is a good thing.","And thank you, General, for your long service both as Attorney General, distinguished service, and on the Federal bench.","And the criminal law plays an important role in protecting that information.","And you have alluded in your opening statement to stopping people from crashing through the border, breaking and flouting the laws.","That seems to be undercut by Carpenter.","Bethany Blum, DO; St.","Similarly, under the Criminal Justice Act we appoint private lawyers to represent defendants.","You can click on their privacy policies for more information and to opt out.","Department and do not really have the same backing I did in terms of information that I had last time.","The problem with sanctuary cities is that it is preventing the Federal Government from taking custody of criminal aliens, and it is a deliberate policy to frustrate the apprehension of criminal aliens by the Federal Government.","Mueller, having him finish the investigation.","That is why I am a strong advocate for improved proactive disclosure.","The Chinese have put a huge amount of investment in it.","But I do not think I am nearly as qualified as Mr.","And so, this is not an area I have been involved with deeply before.","Business Insider tells the global tech, finance, markets, media, healthcare, and strategy stories you want to know.","Health is a fundamental condition for human flourishing, without which economic prosperity and political freedom have little meaning.","Now you can claim asylum, but that does not mean you can waltz into the country freely.","Mr Lowell wrote Friday to Senators Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein.","What you are saying is that if the ultimate financial backers are behind some entity and the current ethics laws require only the reporting of the entity, you are not really sure where the money is coming from.","But I just want to let you know, Mr.","Marie Smyth outline how the team has broken down the tough issues in the last year.","And as I mentioned to you in our conversation, I do not see how the Department can do a proper recusal and conflict analysis for somebody when the player who delivered the million dollars is still hidden behind the curtain.","So we will start with Mr.","Suzanne Mendez, MD; Central Oregon Pediatric Associates and St.","If you build a barrier in one place, you will just displace it to another.","If the Secretary of State decides that it is a good thing to do, then I am all for it being done.","You remember when you were in my office I gave you, as I gave Attorney General Sessions, as I gave Holder, a long list of things that the Department has not answered.","But there might be a case I disagree with, and I will assert myself on it.","Barr, what gives you confidence that he will once again ably carry out the role of Attorney General?","Many of them do pay taxes.","He attacks the Special Counsel almost daily.","You have not probably read that Act, but I would like to work with you even though it is not in this Committee.","But, Senator, I think that is wrong, what you just said, okay?","Do you affirm that the testimony you are about to give to this Committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?","Will you commit that you will allow the Special Counsel to exercise his judgment on subpoenas that are issued and indictments that he may decide should be brought?","You get in the car, the armored limo, and just keep your head down.","Here, the Chairs really do not.","You said, a major avenue for how drugs come into this country.","And I have talked to a number of them at home, and it is an outrage.","No, I am not.","Did Trump Launder Drug Money Through Panama?","And the limitation was on the use of consent decrees between the Justice Department and local governments.","The corollary to that, and this is what you are driving at, Mr.","Anything we do against A has to be universalized across everyone who is similarly situated.","Enforcement of the antitrust laws is extremely important to ensure that markets are fair and participants do not engage in abusive activity harming consumers.","Obviously, as Vice Chairman, I kind of looked at that.","If the Special Prosecutor or the prosecutor anywhere else came to you with proof beyond a reasonable doubt of that kind of obstruction, or any other crime, talking proof beyond a reasonable doubt, would you approve an indictment of the President?","Cardin, Chairman of the Subcommittee, presiding.","Am I doing this right?","It would not be setting up a higher standard.","Are you aware that Mr.","Professor Kinkopf, if I might, there was some vigorous back and forth about the unitary executive theory.","He has maintained that position through his whole career.","The Justice Department enforces the law.","But I have been just advising.","And I want to say thank you to your family as well for being so supportive in this endeavor.","Antitrust Division was not engaging with some of our arguments, and I got concerned that they were not taking the merits as seriously as I would hope they would.","You know what it would be an example of?","So my initial reaction to that whole thing was, well, she must have agreed or it must have been the plan that he was going to make the decision and go out and announce his decision.","And I was just laying out a potential template, which is this: People frequently say, you know, the power to spend money on this division or this missile system is part of the power of the purse.","Tyler, who is also an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.","And so that is the largest group that is here.","When you look at what he has done in his life, it is incredible.","Elisabeth Gibbons, MD; St.","Bill was very supportive of the lawyers who worked with him.","The answer is I do not know, Mr.","The first is that presupposes that either the general counsel of the CIA or the Intelligence Committees are in a position to act on this information.","Kushner and the White House to have provided a log during negotiations between the legislative and executive branches.","Paul Manafort, and an associate were placed under house arrest on charges of money laundering as a result of the Mueller inquiry.","Caroline Wozniacki is PREGNANT!","Joint Committee on Taxation.","However, as you know, this Committee and the Senate and House Intelligence Committees are conducting separate investigations.","But I was using it really as an example of the kinds of things that were floating around that some people felt has to be looked at as well.","Americans are not educating themselves about the issues and they are passive, and that it was important, and also that the voting participation was dropping.","This statement is singularly disqualifying.","Well, a lot of people know how, but that does not mean they always do it.","Wainstein, you made this point in your opening statement, that there can be a concern arise among the people in the agency if they see a lot of official leaks being done apparently with some kind of authority.","Instead, we have a lot of them in family detention facilities.","And I think that tells you volumes about him and his motivations and the kinds of things he tried to do as Attorney General.","Assuming there was no good cause?","No, it is exactly the same question.","Smith also serves as General Counsel to the Senate Armed Services Committee, and prior to working in the Senate, he was Assistant Legal Adviser in the State Department and as an Army Judge Advocate General officer.","Can you go for a bit longer?","Thank you very much for your time.","Do you intend to continue them?","Senator, about the nebulousness of the authority issue, and, you know, I think it is worth pursuing whether there is a brighter line that would be in some ways more easily administrable and maybe even fairer.","Russian President Vladimir Putin.","Boyle that specifically deals with that question, where it would sort of defeat a purpose to allow the defendant to attack in court whether a document was properly labeled.","That Independent Review Commission will make recommendations concerning which offenders might be eligible for earned credits under this legislation and which programs will be approved.","It was a very, very long and difficult effort to arrive where we arrived.","My written testimony elaborates upon the statutory scheme in a bit more detail.","Because I have not voted.","But as you know, employees of the Justice Department now are either furloughed or they are working without pay.","Thank you for sharing that wonderful story.","OPENING STATEMENT OF HON.","However, at the State level, it is in total collapse.","And it was a lack of clear communication about exactly what the Secretary wanted disclosed.","It is the second component that you have written on.","Yet he was able to legally purchase one because of a loophole in the Federal law.","Let me switch gears and ask you about another topic that you mentioned a little bit earlier in the field when we were talking generally about antitrust.","This report declared that the problem with our criminal justice system was that we were incarcerating too few criminals.","There are our eyes and ears on the ground.","How do you see the situation at our southern border contributing to the prevalence of controlled substance use here in the United States?","And yesterday I asked Mr.","Kushner has been responsive to all requests.","It is certainly an issue also concerning not just the passing on of information but publishing.","Attorney General Mukasey said something that I agree with.","Pip Edwards appears a little downcast as she heads home from her early morning Pilates session in Sydney.","It seems truly bizarre.","Kushner has failed to disclose several documents, records and transcripts in response to multiple inquiries from committee investigators.","Well, I want to, again, thank you all for being here.","And I have had enough or your cute ass shit.","Not specifically with respect to North Carolina.","And, you know, in the current circumstance, I understand there is data to support what was done in First Step.","Well, a business relationship with a foreign interest is not ordinarily a counterintelligence concern.","The NAACP has been in the fight for social and racial justice for a very long time, and I do not know how we got here, but you do a scorecard every year.","White House and OLC to provide the necessary information to the investigators.","It stopped when the Clinton administration was elected.","It does not necessarily reflect the stuff that is getting across elsewhere that we are not catching.","You have certainly acquitted yourself well.","Department of Justice as you look at implementing first steps: addressing violent crime, dealing with opioids, dealing with online sex trafficking, the antitrust issues, the Mueller investigation, all the things we have talked about.","Maybe that is one of the answers that you can look into.","Julie Wheeler, MD; St.","And people have lost sight of the fact that it is really a question of who gets the relief in a case, and under the case or controversy, it should be limited to the parties.","Do you have any doubt that he will be able to stand up to the President?","So do you think that as to the last one, which has to do with consent decrees, that there is a role for the Department of Justice in addressing system police misconduct?","Barr, you cannot hold a job.","Write the cookie value document.","Our scorecard is not based on political parties.","Justice Department under the Obama administration was working to protect LGBTQ kids from discrimination.","And thank you very much to the panel, particularly Reverend Risher.","We have your written testimony, and we will certainly look at all of it.","Aleksander Torshin to meet with people associated with the campaign.","To me, the corollary is we have to really start thinking and using all our national forms of power in the sense of our diplomacy and our, you know, economic leverage and so forth to get better results overseas.","To all those who enforce the law, you can have any opinion of us that you like, but you are supposed to do your job without an agenda.","We provided the Judiciary Committee with all relevant documents that had to do with Mr.","Committee, as a part of its deliberations, its duty, and its responsibility, to reject Mr.","Eric Holder did his job.","The Times of Israel and its partners or ad sponsors.","Barr, that your family is showing a prodigious level of patience, indefatigable endurance, and that should be marked for the record.","What is your opinion of him?","You may have other things to look at.","And so you have it within your power to follow the ethics advice of your own Department, and you are telling us you are not going to.","Attorney General is to provide legal advice to the President and the Cabinet.","The point was I was pursuing a strong immigration policy, even when I was Deputy, long before the election was on the horizon.","Barr, my colleague Senator Ernst asked a question earlier which I am sure will be asked in virtually every State we represent: What we are doing to stop the flow of narcotics into the United States.","Barr would say yes.","If you are able to secure for the Committee copies of the transcripts from Mr.","And Edwin Mejia, her killer, is still at large, and both the last administration and this administration have not prioritized that enough in our understanding.","And I called up Bill Barr to ask whether he would join in that article.","And I hope that the President agrees with you and perhaps shares that view more publicly in the future.","Capitol Hill for further questioning.","It would have to be pretty grave and the public interest would essentially have to compel it, because I believe right now the overarching public interest is to allow him to finish.","Are you fundamentally opposed to what we are trying to do with the First Step Act?","Lowell does not address that request at all.","Reverend Risher, I just want to say something to you personally.","At the end of his decision in the Rosen case, Judge Ellis specifically suggested that the time was ripe for Congress to revisit the issue, and, Mr.","That is the issue.","We had a discussion about that in my office.","Meanwhile, HIV was an exclusion.","Eventually, we moved some of that to Guantanamo.","My question is, do you think this record low level of merger scrutiny is appropriate?","Senate Judiciary Committee should pay attention to and not create some sort of partisan gotcha game.","Is that something that you will help us fix?","Make it all stop.","He tends to take a robust view of Executive authority.","That leaves an opening at the DAG position whenever you work this out.","Vermont, and I watched with a great deal of interest the Elliot Richardson hearings.","And the good work that you all are doing there.","It is not my characterization.","And I am not in a position to make that judgment.","Barr is qualified, he is bright, he is capable.","Vladeck, you got close to this, I think, in one comment you made.","It is a privilege to come before you today, and I am honored that President Trump has nominated me for the position of Attorney General.","US economic sanctions on Russia in exchange for financial investments or other business deals.","So, if confirmed, I would ask that you take a look at the more recent perspective on the drug crisis that is afflicting our country, and then I will move on.","It is not, to me, not just a law enforcement problem.","Under the Trump administration, we have experienced the worst erosion in civil rights in modern history.","Melveny and Myers, Washington, DC.","The same thing if you are talking about a conflict of interest?","So I think he will faithfully implement the First Step Act, both in the spirit and literally.","Committee vote to be unanimous.","But let me ask some specific questions.","And if there is something lacking, I will get that.","Justice Department, and the witnesses today are going to speak to those key issues.","Sessions policy, namely the policy requiring prosecutors to charge the most significant readily provable offense?","Senator Hawley did a good thing by allowing Senator Ernst to go because no good deed goes unpunished around here, but you do have a credit with the Chairman, so I appreciate that.","Mueller would do that because it would be contrary to the regulations, but that is one of the reasons I want to talk to Mueller and Rosenstein and figure out, you know, what the lay of the land is.","FI functionality is disabled for this page view.","Whether they are more red or more blue, they always are in the top group for highest voter turnout.","But William Barr did not and does not recognize racially discriminatory impact of our criminal justice system policies.","But the matter will be decided by the Supreme Court.","We also informed the committee we will be open to responding to any additional requests and that we will continue to work with White House Counsel for any responsive documents from after the inauguration.","Lowell to so clearly make evidence the inadequacies of the other congressional investigations.","Graham, Chairman of the Committee, presiding.","Next, the Department will continue to prioritize enforcing and improving our immigration laws.","However, it is impossible to assess the significance of the email referenced without more information.","You do not what it says?","Restoring Public Confidence in the FBI.","Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed dolor.","That is one of the things I have a little bit of trouble accepting, you know.","Wayne Anderson RN; Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute, Springfield Or.","Barr would lead the Department of Justice in what is a very challenging time.","Indeed I think the best thing we could do for Christine and the family is to reincarcerate Bill on the fifth floor of Main Justice where he can talk about this all day long.","All the information is classified.","Circuit before heading to private practice.","And I guess, Senator, I would just say that is not an assumption I am necessarily comfortable making.","The reports that the FBI opened an investigation of the President for working with a foreign adversary, Russia.","The One Clear Takeaway from Presi.","So I spent my Saturday reading that memorandum.","And if confirmed, will you commit to providing this Committee with a list of any consent decrees that you withdraw during your tenure?","Again, this was not any contact, call or meeting in which Mr.","You have answered a few questions here today.","And it did in the one instance that I mentioned.","And I want to express my profound and sincere thanks to the nominee, Mr.","It may modify my views.","We reveal how you can cut your bills and the best deals on the market.","You know, we have testified for a number of nominees over the years.","Committee unanimously approved me for each of those offices.","You have said that you will allow Mueller to complete his work.","Yes, you have got to prosecute violent offenders, no doubt.","And I would just conclude to my Chairman and partner, thank you, sir, on this, because I am really grateful for this bipartisan group, the Heritage Foundation, I have spoken at the AEI Conference, just found such great partnership.","Madam Chair, I would like to ask Mr.","Right To Health, Inc.","The Charleston shooter had previously been arrested for drug possession, something that should have blocked him from obtaining a gun under our existing laws.","Well, the regulations and rules give you extraordinarily broad discretion.","And let me go to one other issue that is developing on this privacy front.","FBI or the Department of Justice?","So I think there was a slowing down of the processing, because people felt that the Clinton administration, which at the time was attacking these policies, was going to be more liberal.","It needs a makeover!","And there is a legal issue, which is the question of, what is the word, commandeering.","But I thought he chose wisely with Mr.","Look, we are in our golden years.","Vauxhall image blurred in the background.","As General Mukasey pointed out, there was the Talladega prison riots.","Department of Justice special counsel Robert Mueller is also looking into the meddling.","Senate impeachment trial Wednesday showing Pence, his Secret Service agents and a military officer carrying the briefcase with classified nuclear launch information running down a flight of stairs inside the Capitol to get to safety, the official said.","So the public commentary and media commentary was sort of dominated by discussion of obstruction of justice, and everyone was throwing out obstruction theories and so forth.","The Barr memo takes this on very directly.","Government and have this honest conversation.","But, in theory, if something happened that was good cause, for me it would actually take more than that.","And could you just talk about some of the steps that we are going to need to take, that the Attorney General will need to take, immediately to implement it?","Lowell chastised the senators for blindsiding him.","The Department of Justice is charged with defending the United States, but that does not mean that the Department of Justice always must argue for maximum Federal power.","He is a kind and decent man, a dedicated public servant, and one of the best bosses I have ever had.","Victoria shuts down over a dozen Covid cases but the Grand Slam will continue.","How would he be held accountable?","Consistent with regulations and the law, yes.","White House in Washington, DC.","The drug penalties, as I said, very high and Draconian, and in some cases that might have been necessary.","You mean that particular provision?","That has got to be implemented.","Morial to questions submitted by Senator Hirono.","Department that I hope will get your attention.","Kushner, an investor and land developer, worked on the presidential campaign as a liaison to foreign diplomats.","The shoe must go on!","Thank you, Senator Kennedy, for raising this issue.","Feinstein and Grassley stated that Kushner has until Nov.","You would seek the advice of career ethics officials in the Department of Justice for any recusal, and I appreciate that.","Chairman, I would just add to that.","So it was a very dangerous year in a lot of ways.","There was a series of questions a reporter was asking, and then the article sort of put them in a sequence that, you know, did not necessarily show my thoughts.","Well, I do not know what the communication is related to.","Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and can speak to the importance of enforcing common sense gun laws.","Let me just make sure I understand you.","Well, that is helpful, then.","So what did I say?","Finally, in a democracy like ours, the right to vote is paramount.","The President did not ask me my views about any aspect of the investigation, and he did not ask me about what I would do about anything in the investigation.","For chronic violent offenders and gun offenders.","If confirmed, you will be the chief protector of the rule of law, and I really appreciate your time, attention, and your patience.","The Kremlin has repeatedly denied the charges.","If so, return its value.","Leslie Poul Melman, Psy.","Deputy and what was the other one?","Why did the Justice Department, without any discussion with the Congress, without any discussion with the civil rights community, switch sides miraculously and immediately?","Okay, if you do not want to answer it, I will move on.","Haley Brunner, RDCS; Providence St.","And we were arriving in limos and going to be able to leave, and they could not.","Kushner wrote, according to Lowell.","But we do have to do a lot of reporting.","Woodrow Wilson fired Frank Myers, the Postmaster First Class in Portland, Oregon, while he was President.","The Case for More Incarceration.","President Mike Pence about a meeting with a Russian envoy.","You have given that courtesy to others.","His colleagues were warned.","That is his occupation and his preoccupation.","Senate at a time when we could have kept the Government open, at a time when it is hard to get something unanimous saying the sun would rise in the East.","Mueller report will be confidential?","Lawsuit Against Fox News Over Coronavirus Coverage: Can It Succeed?","Then I will make my second one later.","The Judiciary panel has also sought an interview with Kushner, but his lawyers offered to make the transcripts available from the other interviews instead, according to the letters.","Ellis was, maybe, involved in that case.","Tell me what the legal basis is for a universal injunction.","Such as whatever facts are relevant to the recusal.","If someone had tried to interfere with his investigation, based on your knowledge of Mr.","Federal prison population, overwhelmingly that was nonviolent drug offenders.","And I hope that we can move from there.","Sharon Washington Risher to questions submitted by Senator Leahy.","The other concern I have goes back to the exchange earlier when we oftentimes conflate civil rights issues, issues of democracy, with partisan considerations.","Are there any circumstances that would cause you to terminate the investigation or any component of it or significantly restrict its funding?","Do you think Mr.","In an interview with CNN last week, Lowell said his client is willing to cooperate if another interview is sought.","Mr Lowell said that was part of an email chain that included biographies of various individuals.","You do what you think the proper view is, and let me take care of the politics.","Well, I certainly would not be in favor of the latter.","All investigation and prosecution is done pursuant to laws enacted by Congress, and within that authority to enact those laws is the authority to establish the parameters on that power.","And there are reasons for these policies.","Thank you for visiting Spokesman.","And there are countless different, you know, permutations of facts that might justify a departure from it.","They can post their wedding pictures on their Facebook page and be fired the next day just because they are gay.","It was with the late great Jack Kemp, who was Secretary of HUD at the time.","Barr, that we appreciate you stepping up at a time when the country needs somebody of your background and your temperament to be in charge of the rule of law.","Supply Hacking Happen in New York City?","So our law enforcement component was a comprehensive reform of what was at that time a very broken New Orleans Police Department.","Forests the size of tennis courts.","We later discovered that a loophole in our gun laws allowed the shooter to obtain the gun used to murder my mother and my cousins and the six others in that church.","New York, New York, statement.","So my questions will be do you have that strength and commitment to be independent of the White House pressures you will undoubtedly face?","Anita Hill hearing on a television in the London airport with a lot of people gathered around.","And similarly, now we can find that in most of the communities afflicted by the opioid crisis, they are similarly, these community leaders, asking that it be addressed for the public health crisis that it is.","And I am out of time, but I wanted to thank you, Reverend, for coming forward.","SHAPIRO PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC INTEREST LAW, THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, DC Professor Turley.","We have to cover the waterfront.","Kinkopf appears as a submission for the record.","You have made people who we are trying to help wonder about us, and as they get bolder, the people we are trying to help are going to get more uncertain.","Senate Judiciary Committee investigators, according.","And you define waterboarding.","The benefits of incarceration would be enjoyed disproportionately by Black Americans living in inner cities.","It is special treatment because someone is in there exerting political influence.","Just to be clear, you would refuse to rescind them if the President asked, even if that meant you would have to resign?","So he was not there, of course, at the time, but I am just wondering how you think the Department of Justice responded, how they should have responded when they first heard from those State officials?","Few we are able to verify.","Your willingness to discuss the issues is a refreshing change in the confirmation process, and it would be wise of future nominees to follow Mr.","My name is Reverend Sharon Risher, and I live in Charlotte, North Carolina.","It could not be more important.","And he issued a memo making it harder for the Civil Rights Division to enter into consent decrees to address systemic police misconduct.","The floor is yours.","It is an issue that we typically are able to work around in espionage cases.","Deputy, chief of staff, and criminal chief.","And, you know, earlier you could have a court in one jurisdiction decide it, and that would be the rule in that jurisdiction.","Barr, I see you have staying power, and I see it runs in the family, and particularly your grandson.","Not necessarily, but experience in Government at a high level.","So, we should always be on guard about the politician interfering in an investigation, but we should also have oversight of how the Department works, and those with this tremendous power use that power.","Article II vests all Executive power in one person, in the President of the United States, why that is an important concept and important for the functioning of our constitutional system.","Is our work important to you?","Great to have your family here.","Was important to clarifying where the line is.","So, under this regulation, if Mr.","So, I do not know who is going to do better than him in terms of experience, judgment, and temperament.","Even if they are criminal offenses, it is something we just do not do here.","Nancy Glick MD; Mt.","And talk to you further about it once I get exposed to it, if I am confirmed.","But one thing I want to tell you is, that I support the idea that politicians, no matter of what Party, should not interfere with criminal investigations.","You have repeated that answer many, many times.","But how do you draw this line if you do not have in practice a procedure that Senator Kyl has talked about where the information is no longer classified as sensitive or classified?","And I thank you for the honor of being part of this.","Scalia dissent, and now has expanded significantly in terms of its adherence, what its real consequences might be.","Ensuring that individuals have access to the vote is not a partisan issue.","So there is a requirement that the Government, with some degree of burden, prove that the individual knew that national security could be harmed above and beyond the fact that he knew he was leaking classified information.","Would you go after them for deportation?","American Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored trips to Russia by US businessmen.","Mike Epps shares emotional tribute as he mourns the death of his father, Tommie Epps Sr.","They found that the system was underfunded, but then they took the position that, as the Supreme Court, they could not instruct the executive branch to adequately fund the Public Defender system.","Do you believe that sanctuary cities play a role in harboring some of those activities?","When he was Acting Attorney General, he supervised the liberation of hostages at a Federal prison in a way that prevented any casualties, and then follow that up by not taking any public credit for it.","We can act proactively to try to create privacy protection for the access of that information, how long that information can be stored, for what reasons it can be used.","And there you are a political subordinate of the President, and it is okay to propose policies that are politically advantageous.","Didomi API is ready.","Washington, of many law firms who are partnering pro bono with Public Defender services to try to get young people in court and get them great experience while also giving good representation to people who need it.","What does it do to the crime rate?","Previously: science at Inverse, genetics at NYU.","Chairman, let me just say I have got a lot of other questions.","He fired both the previous FBI Director and Attorney General for not handling the investigation as he pleased.","White House, and they backgrounded the press.","Madam Chairman, my time is up.","And if you are confirmed as Attorney General, what might you do to ensure that the Antitrust Division faithfully and vigorously enforces the law?","Would you give similar direction to Robert Mueller today?","Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, Iowa Republican, and ranking member Sen.","Thanks very much, Mr.","Irina Shayk models a Lucky You top.","PLIMPTON LLP, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Judge Mukasey.","But all I said is just colloquially, off the top of my head, that is what I always thought the word meant.","You folks prosecuted people.","Chairman Graham brought up.","Well, but, Senator, let me make my point because I want the Committee to be extremely clear on this, and I want to cite two examples.","Would you say you have a close relationship with Mr.","Thank you, Senator Durbin.","Would you allow Special Counsel Mueller to release information about declination memos in the Russia investigation as he sees fit?","Committee that you will not allow the President or his attorneys to edit or change the Special Counsel report before it is submitted to Congress or the public?","Can you briefly share your thoughts on the appropriate balance of respecting limitations on Federal power?","And the intellectual property violations.","You put technology at the ports of entry, they will shift somewhere else.","So is that what you are telling us?","Here is my question.","SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Chairman Graham.","Partner, Arnold and Porter, Washington, DC.","Do you think backup paper ballots are a good idea?","As I understand it, Mueller is looking into those allegations.","Now, that is an esoteric question, I understand, but I think it is along the line of your thinking.","Agencies should not feel that just because they seize money, they are going to get the money.","We write these memos so that we do not follow strangers on the street trying to talk about the unitary executive theory.","Let me ask you this.","And part of it is the Bill of Rights, that on certain topics it constrains the role of Federal Government, and those are all important checks on Federal power.","We appreciate your strong leadership.","Lopez Obrador administration, with whom I visited recently, are themselves quite concerned about these uncontrolled waves of migration from Guatemala, from Honduras, from El Salvador.","What I am saying is my objective and goal is to get as much as I can of the information to Congress and the public.","Lisa Lipson, MPH, Lic.","Friday, which was confirmed by CNN.","Kushner, you stated that you would authorize the Committee to have complete access to the transcripts from Mr.","Can you just kind of give us a summary of what you were talking about?","Kushner wrote that he feared people exaggerated their connections and could later brag about access to the Trump campaign, these people said.","II md; Stanford Univ.","And obviously with that will come the necessary appropriations and authorization to enforce.","All I said was, it is not per se improper for the President to call on the Department for doing something, especially if he has no personal or political interest in it.","What does get referred to the Justice Department is people who then leak around the edges of that and go further than the administration wanted.","It cannot be a Washington bureaucratic project.","Bill Barr continues to be held in high esteem by the career staff and the civil servants at the Department of Justice and why he was such a successful Attorney General.","That is your quote.","Barr to do to vigorously enforce the Voting Rights Act, as he testified yesterday?","It was not just law enforcement.","Members and try to respond to their questions and deal with their concerns and work with them on projects they are interested in.","Chairman, I think there are a number of investigations, as I understand it, going on in the Department.","And I hope you will seriously look at that because the last thing we should be doing is suppressing voting, and that is what we have been seeing under this current administration.","Yes, I completely agree with you.","Department and Attorney General Sessions have been focused on and have put in place various programs and entities within the Department to focus on it and work with State and local law enforcement on it.","Well, it is being litigated now, so I really would prefer not to comment on it.","So here is the question.","Now, given the circumstances that surround the Department, the willingness of an Attorney General to be independent where evidence leads to the White House is of, I think, particular moment.","He is obviously very smart.","Russia was hacking Democratic emails in an effort to help Trump and whether he tried to create a secret back channel between the Trump White House and the Kremlin, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.","First Step Act, and hopefully we can make sure the Department of Justice moves forward with that.","Well, President Trump has told us that that is exactly how he regards the Mueller investigation.","It was a stupid response as to the committees substantively, and there are competent people over at the Mueller shop slurping this up and laughing.","Why do you say it is a lot tougher?","So I hope that is something you will look into as well.","Attorneys General and if there is enforcement by the Antitrust Division and Consumer Protection Branch.","Eager for a stimulus check?","The President has made statements accusing the FBI of making politically motivated decisions.","As you know, we have a Sixth Amendment right to counsel in America.","The new President knows it is bogus, is being conducted by political opponents, and is damaging his ability to establish his new administration and to address urgent matters on behalf of the Nation.","Sheldon has been pushing.","And the Office on Violence Against Women is actually housed within the DOJ, as you are aware.","And he is not the only one.","Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida particularly hard and knocked out a tremendous amount of Federal law enforcement resources down there.","The report that goes public would be a report by the Attorney General.","NOT a fan of his eagle tattoo.","Leaks are a real problem, Mr.","The problem of leaks is a difficult one to address.","Let me explain how ridiculous it is to get somebody in this administration saying that they do not have to answer if you are not Chairman of a Committee.","And there are some times where those may conflict.","General, congratulations on your nomination, and thanks for your past service.","American economy and almost the world economy almost melted down.","But you intend to continue that policy?","Your comment is in moderation.","Attorneys General during the litigation leading up to the Clinton impeachment.","Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia.","Committee will start the confirmation process of a new Justice to the Supreme Court, and I think there will be consensus among all the members of this Committee that we believe that Congress is the entity to make our laws.","Have questions about coronavirus benefits or need additional help?","Customs officers at legal ports of entry seize the vast majority of lethal narcotics coming into this country.","The Federal agents did not even have to fire a single shot.","Do you think I made a good decision voting for them to be Attorney General?","We are all worried about social media platforms being hijacked by terrorists and bad actors throughout the international world.","Attorney General concluded that a proposed action by a Special Counsel was so inappropriate or unwarranted under established departmental practices that it should not be pursued.","Let me jump right in.","And, of course, he was Attorney General.","All three Hill panels still want to question Trump Jr.","So the other thing, then there were drug penalties.","Mueller investigation, do you believe that would be a concern, that there would be no one left to do the job?","The National Instant Criminal Background Check System was designed to keep guns out of the wrong hands, including criminals, domestic abusers, and unlawful users of controlled substances.","Mueller will write a report, submit it to you as Attorney General, and then you will write a report based on that report and release your report.","This includes blocking the view of people around you.","Attorney, Federal judges, or even in private practice.","The experts tell us that.","And I think the reason the crime rate is much lower today is because of those policies.","This really does touch on that, and it is right at the surface of a whole lot of constitutional rights.","And it creates a lot of unsafe conditions for many people.","This is going after criminals who the State and local law enforcement have in custody and not allowing us to take custody of them and get them out of the country.","Do you still believe it?","Will you commit that you will explain to us any changes or deletions that you make to the Special Counsel report that is submitted to you in whatever you present to us?","You said you recognize that violence based on sexual orientation is not acceptable and that you will work to combat that.","You also have not produced any phone records that we presume exist and would relate to Mr.","Ellis matters, I am told.","Silicon Valley, which you referenced earlier today, and I just want to ask you a little bit about that.","Thank you, sir, for listening.","As to the White House files, the White House refused to cooperate and refused to provide access to your OIG OPR investigators to close out their investigation.","So he says the diametrically opposed thing to what many people are saying about him.","While in office even if the trial has to be postponed.","Mueller could recommend indictment of the President and Mr.","According to a tweet by MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin, Feinstein has sent additional letters regarding the investigation with Russian contacts.","District Court Judges, and you can usually find one who somewhere in the country will agree with you, and so major democratic decisions can be held up by one judge nationwide.","Mr Lowell said in a statement.","The Judiciary Committee set a Nov.","Congress could also consider a number of amendments to the Classified Information Procedures Act to ensure better protection of classified and sensitive information in our criminal trials.","Jamie Moskowitz, MSN, RN, AGACNP Student; St.","That Wednesday was no different.","What is the rule of law?","Correct, which could be the situation with Edwin Mejia, who killed Sarah Root.","Questions submitted to Chuck Canterbury by Senator Hirono.","The President is over here, and I think of it as, there are two categories of potential communications.","Anna Schuettge, PNP; St.","Barr, the things that he said, things that he has done, and I gave a speech that people have heard a few times now, but they were startled the first time I gave it.","To the extent it is not pursuing these matters, the Department is abdicating its responsibility.","But he has said repeatedly in writing and before this Committee that he believes that a President can be charged for acts in office.","So we would love to see that young man brought to justice.","And you mentioned, as well, the situation on the border: where we do need barriers in place to control the influx of, whether it is drugs, human trafficking, gun trafficking, so forth.","And I think that this nominee should be asked whether he is going to restore that emphasis and that integrity to the enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.","Thank you for your testimony, and thank you for your touching words about that telephone call.","Is there a way that DOJ can be working with additional ideas, methodology with other departments that you might think would help?","The last time he came in front of this Committee, the Chairman of that Committee, one of your predecessors, praised Barr.","And in traveling around the country, visiting the border, paying a lot of visits to California, I saw how important the issue was, and I thought the administration has to be more responsive to it.","Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries.","The President has talked about red line around finances.","Yes, that is right.","The times in which we live are very difficult times.","We are starting to give to these men and some women a chance to start their lives again.","Therefore, the President does not have to ask Barr to do anything.","He has an open mind.","Kushner rejected the idea.","There are certain things that have to be protected by the Federal Government.","Federal system deliberately in an effort to circumvent State law.","The question comes we are at a time and a place where there are a lot of other subjects that are important.","Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer.","Barr yesterday and asked him to agree with me, and he would not.","Get it now on Libro.","It is other countries as well, and we have to focus on that.","As Professor Turley pointed out, in his testimony about the seal, the UK has a very different system.","Sarah Jessica Parker reveals Sex And The City reboot initially started as an idea for a podcast.","You honor us with your time and your testimony today.","Additionally, other parties also produced email communications with Sergei Millian, on which Kushner was copied.","We are about to vote.","So that is some of the things I hope to ask you about.","General Mukasey, just staying with that point, because I think this is interesting, and, again, as someone who has held this office and advised Presidents and enforced the law as you have, you are familiar with Mr.","The private person we might think about changing the standards because of these concerns.","Mueller would be involved in a witch hunt.","And I remember going to a press conference we were going to have in Richmond, I think.","Well, usually, you know, I guess usually investigations are started because there is some act that comes to the attention of the law enforcement agency that suggests someone is being disloyal to the United States.","Russia investigation as congressional committees try to determine whether any inappropriate meetings or contacts occurred between Russian officials and Trump associates during the campaign season.","My predecessor, Senator Biden, when he was Chairman Biden, although he was very complimentary of Mr.","Reverend Risher, I, too, have had the opportunity to meet with some of the survivors of that tragic day, and so thank you very much for your heartfelt reminder of the work that remains for us to do.","Reverend Risher, thank you for your coming up here and sharing your loss and your story and your hurt.","Yes, I will diligently enforce the False Claims Act.","In particular, because I will be Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, I am interested in making sure that companies in the drug and healthcare industries are playing by the rules.","Most of these cases, people are screaming before they act, and we are just not listening.","It would be neither corrupt nor a crime for the new President to terminate the matter.","Well, that came up in the context of wanting to change the rules so Mueller could be fired.","Pittsburgh and I sat down with some Public Defenders there.","For our patients, poverty, violence, and marginalization are not mere abstractions but instead harsh realities.","And the result of all of this is that somebody out there arranged to get over a million dollars to Mr.","The letter appears as a submission for the record.","Iraq, and I am now seeing it in Syria.","It is impossible to improve on that.","Anne James Boyd, MD; St.","Let me ask you the same question I asked Judge Mukasey, which is, in your professional and personal career and interactions with Mr.","Senator Blackburn wants to do something on social media.","Office to accept and follow the reasoning in your memo?","Russian efforts to interfere in the election, nor did it address other potential obstruction of justice theories or argue, that some have wrongly suggested, that a President can never obstruct justice.","First, I believe it is vitally important that the Special Counsel be allowed to complete his investigation.","Russian attempts to interfere in the election, and there were allegations made that some Americans were in cahoots with the Russians, and the word that is now being used is collusion.","We supported it early and continue to push for its improvement, but it is the First Step Act.","Committee to take a look at those and to work with the administration to try to implement some of those ideas which were designed to prevent unauthorized disclosures.","Steele while his wife worked with Fusion GPS?","As our colleague, the Senator for Louisiana, Senator Kennedy, likes to say, the Bill of Rights is not an a la carte menu.","Committee in Ohio and in Florida and asked them about ID cards and early voting and said, what is the incidence of voting abuse in your State that led you to make it harder to vote, there were none.","So it creates uncontrolled access to the country as a national security threat.","He is the chief law enforcement officer, and you could say, well, he has the power, but that would be a breach of his obligation under the Constitution to faithfully execute the laws.","So, my question is to you, are you concerned about this growing practice of nationwide injunctions by Federal District Courts?","Mike Gunner debuts his new girlfriend.","Can you understand why that is not terribly reassuring to us?","Impeachment goes to the President as an officeholder.","To our witnesses, thank you very much for sharing your testimony with the Committee.","And there has been a lot of speculation and innuendo.","Do you have regrets about it now, and am I correct in saying that when these asylum seekers first started coming to the United States, it was your position that they should be kept there indefinitely?","CONFIRMATION HEARING ON THE NOMINATION OF HON.","So I have no problem with the approach of reforming the sentencing structure, and I will faithfully enforce that law.","You know, actually, Mr.","And now to the Foreign Agents Registration Act.","No, no, no, sir.","Lowell asked for more details about precisely what the committee was seeking.","Kushner had turned over documents to special counsel Robert Mueller as investigators have expressed interest his role in the firing of James Comey as FBI director.","Well, thank you so much, Mr.","But in those days, I had some studies done, and I was trying within the budget to put as much as we could on barriers as we could.","United States to play in advocating for a public health response and not only a lock them up response?","Smith appears as a submission for the record.","NICS system is working as it should.","As we look at those entities.","Jonathan House, MD; Columbia Univ.","We have nine very distinguished people.","Please select the reason for reporting this comment.","Attorney General as an advocate of justice as opposed to an advocate for the queen or the President.","As we met with people in communities all over America, I saw that Bill was a good listener.","Kushner and his legal representation have replied to all the requests they have received and will continue to cooperation with the Senate Judiciary Committee.","Senator Blumenthal, and we are going to wrap it up.","Law, which is a bill that would require the detention of illegal aliens who have been charged with a crime that resulted in the death or serious injury, bodily injury, of another person.","Well, it was not tied just to narcotics, it was tied to overall border security.","The Honorable Larry Thompson, former United States Deputy Attorney General.","Grassley, Cornyn, Lee, Cruz, Sasse, Hawley, Tillis, Ernst, Crapo, Kennedy, Blackburn, Feinstein, Leahy, Durbin, Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Coons, Blumenthal, Hirono, Booker, and Harris.","The reason I am hesitating is because some of these texts that we have all read are so weird and beyond my experience with the FBI, I do not know what was going on.","My question was not well stated, but I think you got the gist of it.","Do you want to just expand on that?","However, you can change your cookie setting at any time by clicking on our Cookie Policy at any time.","He has denied being a Russian spy.","And we appreciate your time today, Mr.","The only reason the Kurds and the Arabs and the Christians were in that restaurant was because we gave them the space to be in that restaurant.","As you know, however, the Department of Justice has brought a number of strong traditional espionage cases over the years, but it has brought relatively few prosecutions for leaks to the media.","Pelham, who is a founding partner of a consulting firm.","Not an Irish Times subscriber?","CEO of the NAACP.","When Will Gender Reveal Parties Stop Happening?","District Court Judge somewhere can enjoin some action that has a bearing on the safety of the Nation, and then the judicial process can take years and years to get that up to the Supreme Court.","It determines where you go to school, you know, the safety and so forth.","Nation is all about.","You do that, and you do that validly and legitimately.","We have seen reversals and rollbacks of longstanding policies and positions that have enjoyed bipartisan support from their creation.","Attorney General of the United States.","This is a good example of a hearing that could actually produce something useful as opposed to much of what we do.","There is no new document concerning Mr.","Will you impose any restrictions on those prosecutors?","He does not say, by the way, that that same conduct cannot be another type of crime.","Would banning this type of equitable sharing in civil asset forfeiture be something that you would be willing to do as Attorney General?","Do you think he will do that?","On one occasion, Trump Jr.","Department, I will be able to discern whether or not that is a bona fide investigation, and if it is, I am not going to stop it.","Barr, good to see you again.","Liam, who will someday be in the Department of Justice.","That is something that you could usefully help us do, but it is that second category where we have some issues.","Barr was clear that he would notify Congress if he disagrees with Mr.","That would be my expectation.","And it has so far been a reliable constraint.","But that is what is being done today.","President cannot be indicted.","No, I cannot, Senator.","What do you have in mind?","We still claim him in Louisiana.","In The Mueller Case?","In such a situation, some would have sought political cover, not Bill.","Senator Klobuchar has got some ideas about how to make sure if you put an ad up on social media, you have to stand by it.","General Mukasey also to speak to it.","He headed that office.","Yes, Senator, there are.","The Senate and House intelligence committees are also probing the Russian meddling and both committees spoke to Kushner in July.","White House adviser Jared Kushner pushed back Friday after a Senate committee said he had not been fully forthcoming in its probe into Russian election interference.","We have been around a long time, and we knew him then.","His interest was the theory of prosecution being used against Senator Menendez, that he was concerned swept too broadly under the Criminal Code.","Take international news everywhere with you!","Like the travel ban.","Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.","The Eastern District of Virginia has an investigation that is relevant to the President.","Seen Violent Footage From The Capitol Is Horrify.","End of the scam refund lottery?","Callback for newsletter templates tp.","In the last election in Cincinnati, the FOP endorsed a member of the NAACP to be a city councilmember.","So what Attorney General Sessions had the Justice Department do is, switch in a Texas voter ID law after the judge had made a finding, a preliminary finding that the Texas voter ID law was discriminatory.","And so I would not stop a bona fide lawful investigation.","It is these leak cases that present the hardest questions.","He was Attorney General before.","Assuming it is a legitimate prosecutor.","Government still has such things.","It clearly will require us to look beyond just the espionage statute itself.","And if I wanted to ingratiate myself or signal things, there are a lot more direct ways of doing it than that.","But that would have been because Congress gave him that authority.","Bob, Bob Mueller, about it.","Dotti Snow, RN; Aging Safely, Inc.","Businsess Insider India website.","That is why he has been confirmed by the Senate unanimously three times.","Katie Augustyn, LCSW; Augustyn Family Services, Inc.","Grace Culley Adamson, JD.","But how about in a situation like Watergate?","Chairman, Ranking Member Feinstein as well, and Members of the Committee.","And my understanding is a majority of people do not qualify for asylum.","You know, I would have to look at the cases.","Jeff Sessions recused himself because of a different provision, which was the political conflict provision.","Barr directed and oversaw a similar transformation at the Justice Department by refocusing its resources by making crimes of violence, particularly gang violence, a top priority for law enforcement.","Regardless of who leads the Justice Department, if there is no outreach to State and local law enforcement, then it really does not transcend to the State and local level.","Would you have any problem in vigorously enforcing our voting rights laws that are on the books?","What about eminent domain?","Kelsey Leonardsmith, MD; Family Tree Clinic, St.","Questions and answers and submissions for the record follow.","Peter, got your text.","It certainly does, but we are really trying to concentrate here on people who specifically are giving information out to individuals more so than the news media issue.","And when the White House pushed back, it fulfilled the cognitive bias of the FBI that they are trying to hide something.","Just the administration of justice.","But I do think that that creates yet another ambiguity.","Department of Justice, I think he will understand their respect for these traditions.","Angela Kalisiak, MD; Compass Oncology, Portland, Or.","Presumably that happened, if the excuse is this was an authorized leak of classified information.","Ethel Lance; my two cousins, Mrs.","Well, you know, I do not see that at all, Senator.","Smith said, changing the definition is one I think we all would agree needs to be done.","So I would agree that William Barr is amply well qualified by virtue of experience, by virtue of intellect, by virtue of integrity.","So I would hope the President would look long and hard before he set it in Syria.","Those were fair questions about statutory interpretation.","And I thought that that would essentially paralyze the Government.","Barr wrote last summer, because, as you say, there is a range, and so the answer would be different, depending on where you are on the range.","We are both critics of aspects of the unitary executive theory, but we disagree on the Barr memo.","Yes, I will supplement my answer.","Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice.","Those who, without authority, leak to the media or others not authorized to have possession of classified information should similarly be prosecuted.","Good morning, Chairman Graham, Ranking Member Feinstein, Members of the Committee.","The FOP believes he is the right man for the job, again, today.","That was very efficient.","Sign up for our weekly newsletter.","Do you know a Lisa Page or Peter Strzok?","Bill Barr actually disagrees with the position of the Trump legal team.","Abbe Lowell, director, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr.","So just to give an example, you know, Eric Holder made some pardon recommendations during the Clinton administration which were controversial.","He has continued in that vein up until the last few years.","When asked about the letter, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders referred reporters to Lowell.","President would actually face a trial, let alone incarceration during that term.","Gee whillikers, I wonder why and when a county in Arizona was breached?","Yes, because in that case my concern was that they were basically taking activities that were not, you know, wrongful acts in themselves.","Ranking Member Feinstein also raised this in her comments.","There has to be a transparent process for declassifying that information if it is going to be made available to the public.","Form error message goes here.","Mueller investigation in private to me.","Mueller, which I am grateful for.","The message is clear: Stop playing word games and conduct a thorough and diligent search, or else a subpoena will be forthcoming.","Barr or how do you see him moving forward at DOJ to deal with big tech and these issues that they are really confronting consumers every day?","Could you be better off waiting until AFTER the end of the stamp duty holiday to move up the property ladder?","It is tied to that, and I was glad to see Heller come out and vindicate that initial view that I had.","That is called securities fraud.","He had the experience, the knowledge, and the ability to lead the Department then, and he certainly does now.","Lowell in the Thursday letter.","So here is my concern.","Thank you to the whole panel.","RXU IDYRULWH VWRULHV LQ RQH SODFH!","No, that is not at all what I am saying.","But my purpose is to get as much accurate information out as I can, consistent with the regulations.","Some comfort I hope is that Mr.","Congressional statutes that may chill constitutionally protected speech.","Christina Anstead cuts an edgy figure in ripped jeans as she returns to the set of her HGTV shows.","In fact, that is often one of the reasons why a case like this might not be pursued because of the concern that you have to disclose sensitive information in doing that.","Try to get the GA Cookie.","Our desire to enforce our border is not unique to us.","What I see with respect to your question, Senator, is that this is something, number one, that I really do not know a lot about this.","Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.","Yes, but go ahead.","Lowell as not material.","Congress, and we should be able to see the information that comes out.","Which did not necessarily make it right.","Leave a respectful comment.","Every administration in which I have served has suffered from leaks that have been truly harmful.","It is actually meant the way in which the influence or obstruction is committed.","There probably would be information shared with the Deputy Attorney General or the Attorney General.","So, you know, we have supported that bill in the past.","Do you solemnly affirm that the testimony you are about to give this Committee is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?","Well, if that employee does not use that process, then are these statutes adequate to deal with it?","So I am skeptical that that is commandeering.","The question is whether these laws are adequate the way that they were drafted, and today we have three witnesses who are really experts in this area.","Yes, we will work hard on that.","So if there was some reason to believe that the President tried to coach somebody not to testify or testify falsely, that could be obstruction of justice.","Federal prosecutors are more likely to charge Blacks with offenses that carry harsh mandatory minimum sentences than similarly situated for Whites.","And if you get confirmed, you will be their leader.","Legal immigration has historically been a huge benefit to this country.","Stories and views that matter to you.","Bill has a deep, deep respect for and fidelity to the Department of Justice.","Congress sent to the President and the President signed and implement the program.","That is the first I had ever heard.","In some ways it is a safety valve.","And so I freely weighed in at the Department, and I did so because I care about the rule of law.","Sometimes they repeated, and they went back to jail a second time.","Please enter a valid email.","If I can find a difference, I will vote no.","And if so, is that something that you will work to address within the Department of Justice, if you are confirmed?","DERRICK JOHNSON, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Mr.","Thank you, Senator Blumenthal.","President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, Nov.","But to say that it is still classified but the press gets it on background only, preventing the open discussion of it by those who have knowledge of its content is wrong.","They jumped the gun to make it a media event.","Thank you very much, sir.","Can you just say more?","We must have zero tolerance for such crimes, and I will make this a priority as Attorney General, if confirmed.","Because I think yesterday, he indicated that that would be an abuse of power, and that is something an Attorney General should resign if the Attorney General sees.","Reasonable, you do the same for the President.","Thank you, your subscription supports our local journalism.","Doug Ryan MSW, LSW, CADC; Mt.","But I certainly think it would be an abuse of his power.","FBI was looking at this early in the Trump administration, and we also have an insight of how the Trump administration was viewing what the FBI was doing.","Obviously, I am stepping down from that position if I am confirmed.","Yes, and there is nothing wrong with that.","He has great fidelity to the Department.","Alison K Wright, MD; American Health Network, INC.","Voter suppression won the poll of the American people overwhelmingly.","Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic.","So I will say that.","It involved discipline and firing and remaking of how we recruited, how we trained, how we paid, how we deployed, how we used technology.","Vladeck to questions submitted by Senator Cardin.","Do you believe there are currently laws on the books that target African Americans or have the effect of discouraging African Americans from voting in our country?","So that is very interesting as we sought to see the kind of reassurances that would enable us to feel that the Mueller investigation is, in fact, going to be able to proceed.","My friend, Abbe Lowell, was his Defense Counsel, and it was very much like a line of cases that I had been concerned about when I was AG.","SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA Senator Kyl.","Copyright The Closure Library Authors.","They are faithful to the Constitution.","Do you think that the speed trap mentality is a problem?","What is your understanding right now of who at the Department of Justice is authorized to have communications with the White House regarding investigations?","And I have had this job before.","Senator Sasse wants to make sure that we act ethically.","After the massacre in Charleston, I struggled to answer why my loved ones and so many others had been killed.","Federal Government should not have that power.","The idea that the FBI and the Department of Justice would become so tangled up in an election and potentially influence an election is really unprecedented in our country and very dangerous, from my perspective.","Bill let his conscience and his integrity guide his decision.","The Name of Page tp.","President Trump issued three Executive orders on law enforcement and public safety, the first directed to the Federal Government to develop strategies to enhance the protection and safety of our officers on the beat.","Well, thank you, Senator Kyl.","To make sure that we get the full positive effect that we will get out of the First Step Act.","And you know, you can win that place in the marketplace without violating the antitrust laws, but I want to find out more about that dynamic.","While I do not see one sort of legislative silver bullet that will overcome all these obstacles, I do see a few areas of legislative initiative the Committee might want to consider.","The committee has possession of the underlying email, but what Kushner did with it could reveal significant evidence that might not have been in the possession of the person who produced it.","So, first, I am going to familiarize myself with the Office; its work; its programs; and, you know, strongly support that.","He has stated that his memo was narrowly focused.","So that is the bottom line.","And thank you, Senator Blumenthal.","His vast experience, renowned judgment, and reputation as an ardent defender of the rule of law make him a nominee that the American people, the President, and the Senate should all be proud of.","But in this case, the FBI moved early on with an investigation that the White House was aware of.","Senator, the enforcement of the law does not.","Democracy and voting is at the foundation of our system.","Responses of Chuck Canterbury to questions submitted by Senator Hirono.","In public today, I think you have already done that.","The one thing I am stuck on, and many are, is this report that you gave to this administration in June of last year about the investigation of the President.","And you know, it is not an area that I have studied closely or become an expert in, but I think it is important for the Department to get more involved in these questions.","So that is all I am asking.","In that, the role of the Attorney General is to keep the enforcement process sacrosanct from political influence.","Let us do one more.","Well, for a Deputy, I would like someone who is a really good manager and who has good management experience running Government programs.","Political Editor For Dailymail.","According to two people familiar with the exchanges, in one of the disputed emails Rick Clay, a conservative Iraq War contractor, passed on a request for Kushner or other campaign officials to meet with people connected to Russian President Vladimir Putin.","Congress passes the law.","To be sure, the Federal whistleblower statute, the intelligence community whistleblower statute, and the military whistleblower statute all authorize cleared Government personnel in national security cases to receive information from the putative whistleblower.","Kentucky NRA event during the campaign.","Chairman, because an Attorney General must understand the importance of this to the Nation as a whole, to us as a Congress, as well as to every American.","It is important because it assures that there is going to be political responsibility lodged someplace.","And this concludes the hearing to consider William Barr as Attorney General.","Could it pay to live with granny?","The subpoena caught the campaign by surprise, the person said.","Are you one of them?","Would that sort of conduct require a response from the Department?","We also informed the committee we will be open to responding to any additional requests and that we will continue to work with White House counsel for any responsive documents from after the inauguration.","Russians are a potent rival of our country, and his foreign policy objectives are usually directly contrary to our goals.","Senator Blackburn on her rapid ascension to the Chairman of the Committee.","FBI, that their leadership is taking aggressive action to stop the leaks.","Senator Whitehouse when we come back.","And you have not undertaken to run him out in any way.","Kushner or his counsel retained copies of the forms, you should produce them.","Thank you, Members of the Committee.","It is a terrific story.","Black community, the incarceration rates have harmed the Black community.","Is the False Claims Act unconstitutional?","This is YOUR comments community.","President of the United States, a single President of the United States, does that mean that this individual, the President of the United States, has illimitable power or is able to do whatever he or she may please?","President runs the political risk of having that happen every time he does something that comes close to the line or goes over the line.","We saw the way he administered the Department of Justice, the way he worked with State and local law enforcement.","Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, Nov.","Does that not give you some pause as you embark on this journey?","Do any of you want to comment about the challenges to a prosecutor under the Garrity case where, if the information is required to be disclosed by your employer, it can compromise the ability of a prosecutor to bring that case?","As you know, when there is a change of Attorney General in the Justice Department, there is often a change of priorities from the previous AG.","And individuals who run under party labels, they decide based on the platform that they believe which party label they run under.","As you know, and as several of my colleagues have mentioned, President Trump signed into law the First Step Act about a month ago.","And yet we see some people violently attacking others simply because of their differences.","But I am concerned that the fixation on Russia not obscure the danger from China.","You know, I think, Mr.","But that is not the nature of incarceration in this country.","This care must include safe and effective contraception and abortion as essential preventive health services.","And what is so alarming about the Barr memo is that it reads the Constitution in a way that frees the President from those constraints.","As a criminal defense attorney, I can tell you that the Public Defender system is an utter wreck.","And he was there, the Ambassador was there, sat through the meeting.","Kinkopf by Senator Hirono.","Just my personal and my professional obligations are such that I am unable to do it.","So in the minute that I have, I would just like to go over some of the policies that Jeff Sessions has followed.","Is set by his charter and by the regulations, and I will ensure that those are maintained.","Thank you for reading!","That confirmation took place in the context of a similarly divided period in American history where there was great concern over the, at that point, ongoing Watergate investigation.","Gates and was previously Associate Professor at Savannah Law School, where he taught constitutional law, criminal law, criminal procedure, presidential powers, and federal criminal law.","Senator, I am the daughter of a criminal defense lawyer.","Sharon Washington Risher to questions submitted by Senator Klobuchar.","Well, I authorize the Deputy Secretary of State to disclose this kind of information.","Onto your view of, let us say, the First Step Act than what we are trying to do today.","In this Friday, Aug.","And I am not going to make the pledge to anyone on this Committee that I am going to exercise it in a particular way or surrender it.","Very articulately described as the potential threat to the national security of the United States from Russian interference in our election?","However, if we want a Federal approach, if we want States to have their own laws, then let us get there and let us get there the right way.","That should not have anything to do with who wins an election.","How one does that realistically would be difficult.","Mr Lowell replied that Mr Kushner had provided the Judiciary panel with the same documents he had provided the intelligence panels, believing that would be enough to satisfy the Judiciary request.","We have a chance to fill that vacancy.","The start of wisdom is to call things by their proper names.","And what do you think the rule is now in the Department?","Thank you for listening, and I will answer any questions that you have.","Yesterday, I thought it was a very good hearing, asked a lot of good, tough questions that were appropriate.","This article has been made free for everyone, thanks to Medium Members.","And let me just reaffirm my thanks to you and every Member of the Committee who supported that.","He led the Department of Justice as Attorney General with an unbending respect for the rule of law.","We have Republicans among our membership, on our national board.","Is there any point, do you think, at which political bias could require response?","And we must ensure that our laws allow us to process, hold, and remove those who unlawfully enter.","Well, thank you all for coming and sharing your views.","And there have been times throughout our history, including during Watergate, when the personal interests of the President do not align with the interests of the country.","And once I have a chance to review it, I would be glad to come up and talk to you about that.","Earlier today, Senator Leahy asked whether you would follow the recommendation of career Department of Justice ethics officials on whether you should recuse yourself from the Mueller investigation.","Barr has a distinguished academic background, an impressive experience in the private sector, as well as in public service.","Turley appears as a submission for the record.","Public Defender system in America and whether you think it comports with the requirements of the Sixth Amendment, the right to counsel.","But there are circumstances where those three roles could come into some internal conflict, or you could be asked to do things that do not align with them.","Psychologicla Services, University of St.","Attorney General and the Secretary of HUD, into this public housing project that we were going to talk about how to make public housing projects more safe, right before we got there, there was some sort of gang violence.","There was a law enforcement component to it, but there was also a human services and youth development component to it.","Do you believe Mr.","The First Step Act was signed by President Trump.","Lowell has suggested the Judiciary Committee obtain the transcripts before deciding if Mr.","Kushner failed to turn over all pertinent emails.","Well, I think they are the paramount economic and military rival in the world.","We are with you and Senator Toomey on that.","Let me ask your opinion on something else.","In fact, even in my old Verizon days, we understood the danger and would not use that kind of equipment, even though it would be economically attractive.","And then the third role is, the policy role, which is law enforcement policy, which includes immigration policy.","Congress to address the whole issue of our immigration laws.","The intelligence committees use their jurisdictional provisions to safeguard their access to the intelligence community but also to protect their turf from other perceived encroachments by other committees.","And if there was a lawful bona fide investigation that someone was trying to squelch, I would not tolerate that.","And the current leadership of the Department is following suit.","Committee with all the things he has done.","And as much of a law nerd as he is, this was a very compassionate side of him.","Thursday also requested that Kushner fulfill requests for his security clearance application documents, which he has amended multiple times to reflect previously undisclosed meetings with Russian nationals, as well as documents concerning his communications with ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.","And the First Step Act signed by the President around Christmas, I think, is a significant departure.","You know, a good prosecutor can leave their politics at the door and go in and do the job.","Special Counsel Robert Mueller is heading a criminal probe.","Thank you very much for your time today, and I look forward to answering your questions.","Do you want Special Counsel Mueller to shield no one and prosecute the case regardless of who is affected?","Welcome to all the new Members of the Committee.","And so you would have to call that the syphilitic prerogative if you did it, Mr.","And for the NAACP, we are very clear.","Now that is different from saying the President can be charged with obstruction of justice, and in fact, Mr.","So I do not think it is appropriate to upset those interests.","As you know, there is no executive privilege issue as between the Department of Justice and the White House.","We have Stephen Vladeck, who is a Professor of Law at American University School of Law.","She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.","Your comment was approved.","You are a very lucky man.","It will be a breakthrough moment.","We hit every bar in Amsterdam!","He said he would.","Well, I did say let us assume that, in fact, obstruction of justice is part of the Mueller investigation.","It symobilizes a website link url.","The issue is, is for the Attorney General and the many competent lawyers in the Civil Rights Division at Justice to do their job without political interference, to make recommendations to him on what steps should be taken.","West Hollywood errand run.","It indicates the ability to send an email.","My recollection is that the investigation did not lead to the gates of the White House.","Audits, along the lines of voting, State election officials in North Carolina, as you know, contacted the Justice Department about the integrity of their elections.","Half of your comments are, by your own admission, OT.","If you do not mind, I will mention who is here, then turn it over to you.","Now, that sounds pretty common sense, but I will give you a little background.","That is why I am here today.","Subcommittee with regard to how the Espionage Act might be updated, it does seem clear that the current state of the law is counterproductive regardless of the specific policy goals one might seek to pursue.","Not to the FBI Director to make that decision.","Department of Justice to recuse yourself from the Mueller investigation?","Well, remember I said that there are like three different functions generally that the Attorney General performs?","So talk to me for just a minute about what your connection will be between dealing with the sanctuary cities and then dealing with some of these problems at the source.","First Amendment or to prevent large companies from becoming too big or to shape labor markets or conform industries to a particular aesthetic or achieve some other broadly defined social interest.","Heroin, fentanyl, all the serious drugs are coming across that border.","United States of America in the majority of our States, someone can be fired.","And I want you to know I really look forward to working with you.","And I get to chair.","It is just a matter of time before we are hit and hit hard if somebody does not step up to the plate with some solutions.","Oh, you know Bob Mueller.","The border is the major avenue, but your answer was, we need barriers on the border.","Mr Kushner responded that no emails had been found in which those individuals were sent emails, received emails, or were copied on them.","What are the new Covid travel rules and how will they work?","Well, as I understand it, I have been told that there is a lot of data to support the First Step Act.","In the Charleston community which I was raised, when the doors of the church was open, my family was in the pews.","In other circumstances, consolidation can bring about lower prices and increase competition.","So, if this guy does not cut it, I am at a loss of who we can pick.","And that is why we were trying to work on that comprehensive reform.","Off the top of my head I would have said, well, emoluments are essentially a stipend attached to some office, but I do not know if that is correct or not.","Clinton Campaign to do opposition research against Candidate Trump and maybe other candidates, but we now know that they hired Fusion GPS, Michael Steele, who is a former British agent, to do opposition research and produce the famous dossier.","But I do not want to overstate the degree to which his experience prepares him.","So, most famously, when directed by President Nixon to fire the Special Counsel, the Prosecutor investigating Watergate, Richardson, refused and resigned instead, as we all well know.","United States and coming up hundreds of miles through Mexico and so forth.","People are allowed to speak their mind and persuade their neighbors of their position, and I think that performs a very important function in keeping the peace within a community.","You are not going to have the problem some other nominees have had.","And with exception of very real national security concerns, I do not even believe there should be very much redaction.","We have both had experience in law enforcement, you at the national level, me at the State level.","Government employee or the contractor who should simply by virtue of his office know and be required to hold onto this information.","It is our constitutional responsibility.","Mueller with the resources, funds, and time needed to complete his investigation?","Senator Tillis and Senator Coons have some ideas that I look forward to hearing about.","And do you think it is fair to say, would you agree that the historic levels of concentration that we are seeing in many parts of the economy, technology in particular, is potentially detrimental to competition?","Has anybody in the Western Hemisphere made that suggestion to you.","Hart Senate Office Building, Hon.","Reverend Sharon Washington Risher from Charleston, South Carolina, Mother Emanuel.","The Type of Page tp.","Can you do without the best reporting and sporting debate?","And what do you think ought to be done about it?","Barr said, if he is the Attorney General, he will pursue red flag legislation that I am working on with Mr.","It was to get at voter fraud, which, according to the President, is going on in a massive way, which it is not.","There is no real debate over whether real spies, the Aldrich Ameses, the Robert Hanssens, the John Walkers, and the Colonel Abels of this world should be prosecuted.","Would that be the kind of determination he, the Special Prosecutor, could make?","Kirti Joseph MD; St.","In this new and uncertain time in American history, we healthcare professionals feel a special responsibility.","Senator, I am particularly thankful for you to raise this issue.","You are not familiar at all with it?","And one of the reasons I ask is, because I would love to have you say in public some of what you said to me, about at the end of this investigation, what happens next.","While there, he went to law school part time at George Washington University.","Do you agree with those statements?","White man entered the church at the beginning of the Bible study.","That neither are physical, technological or otherwise?","And we have a lot to be grateful and thankful for here.","However, more difficult questions are presented as we seek to prosecute those who leak properly classified information to the press.","Lambda Legal, New York, New York, et al.","Incidentally, I supported Eric Holder for his position.","There have been, as you know, votes and other issues happening in other settings.","You can leave your shirt off!","And I am interested in State experience.","He raises it from the Article II standpoint.","Claire Danes takes over for Keira Knightley as the lead in upcoming series The Essex Serpent.","Let me go back even before that.","Muller recommends a course of action and Mr.","It would be nice to get that done.","We need a barrier system on the border to get control over the border.","DREAMers to stay legally that also had money for border security?","And I think he will be a terrific leader of the Department of Justice, and I have no doubt about that.","Would a General Barr change that position?","You do not need to be performing that bad act if you are a Government official.","Simply because they are family members?","Let me turn to the issue of those who leak classified information.","Why do we not do that?","That, at the end of the day, is what keeps us all free.","Hannah Biederman, MD; Mt.","States that have legalized marijuana either for medicinal purposes or recreational purposes, I think what you were trying to say in a very, very respectful way is, it is not your job to do our job.","Across the Mexican border.","Trump messages in front of the Capitol.","We will go ahead and reconvene the hearing.","He was also supportive of diversity in the legal profession.","Kate Marshall, MD; Providence St.","Is your hair going gray?","But I wanted to start, if I could, by asking both you and Mr.","So do many officials in the executive branch.","Well, it was informed to the extent that I thought that that was one of the theories being considered.","But if they did not, let us stop the innuendo and the rumors and the leaking and let us move on.","The tens of millions of Americans who gained insurance coverage under the ACA are understandably frightened by calls for this legislation to be taken down in whole or in part.","And then the question is, would the gun laws apply?","And will you commit that you will come to Congress and explain any deletions or changes that are made to that report before it is issued?","And I think we saw this in the Rosen case.","But in addition to some of the sort of sterile constitutional questions that we have been discussing this morning, important but still sterile in my view, he understands the traditions of the Department of Justice.","He created opportunities for everyone he oversaw to develop and grow in their careers, including many female lawyers and lawyers of color.","And I do not mean to cast aspersions on any particular company or executive.","They said the documents include some related to his security clearance and his communications with former national security adviser Michael Flynn.","Creative Commons license, except where noted.","The Context Type tp.","Yes, and he said that, and I could add one thing to this, Mr.","America, frankly, has a crisis of addiction, and that putting the limited resources of our Federal Government into locking up people who suffer from a public health crisis is probably not the smartest use of taxpayer dollars.","In the area of enforcement, I think the rule of law is that when you apply a rule to A, it has to be the rule and approach you apply to B, C, D, and E, and so forth.","And I think it is working well.","Just a tip that may help you through your job, if you get it.","Inspector General or oversight officer the existence of information that was wrongfully classified; and cases in which a private citizen comes into the possession of classified information with no desire to harm our National security.","You are precisely correct, and nobody really seeks to prosecute those cases because nobody refers them to the Justice Department.","Trump went nuclear at precisely the moment when it no longer made any sense.","We miss him in Louisiana, too.","And then some of those same bankers and other bankers took those garbage loans, and they packaged them together, packaged them together into security.","So I do think there is some of that cognitive bias going on here, and we need to identify it and maybe step back from it and learn from it.","As you will note, after I spoke to your staff, I wrote a cover letter with our production.","That is his really principal obligation.","Am I right about that?","American pastors, and I asked them, I said, What is the biggest problem in your congregation?","The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore.","The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday requested a treasure trove of documents from Jared Kushner that they said he has not been forthcoming about.","And barriers are part of the answer.","The thread which included Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, Mr.","MORIAL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Mr.","The other Lindsey Graham, we shall see, as you, yourself, have acknowledged.","So, I am very hopeful.","But the basic principle is that the integrity of an investigation has to be protected.","And there has certainly at least been some suggestions by commentators and critics that the law actually does not necessarily allow especially the Intelligence Committees to take necessary steps beyond that.","Expand each company list item to see what purposes they use data for to help make your choices.","So the only thing a nominee can say is that he is going to err on the side of transparency and try to get as much of the report to Congress as possible.","An image of a chain link.","Let me tell you what I am getting at.","So here, the problem is, under the Constitution, there are powers, but you can abuse a power.","White House senior adviser Jared Kushner remains a person of interest to investigations related to Russia links by special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional committees, according to a source with knowledge of the inquiries.","They also felt that they did not want to officially acknowledge that, let us say, the Deputy Secretary of State spoke on the record about this.","He has been the senior vice president and general counsel of GTE.","Kushner received and forwarded from Donald Trump Jr.","So I think for the Attorney General, knowing the position is really very important, maybe you could concisely state your position on torture.","We worked well together when you were Chairman of the Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee, and I hope that that will continue here.","Barr be able to do that?","And the law enforcement had come in and arrested a whole bunch of people.","When would you pick up and leave?","Third, I would like to briefly address the memorandum that I wrote last June.","Thank you, Senator Hirono.","Offices relating to the activities of Donald Trump, his campaign, his inauguration, his foundation, his businesses, his family, his associates.","Responses of Derrick Johnson to questions submitted by Senator Hirono.","This is sometimes where we see it abused.","And I still have that confidence today.","Not because he has it automatically.","And if he wants to go beyond that charter, I assume he would come back and talk to whoever the Attorney General is about that.","Barr testified to this Committee of his intent to implement the First Step Act.","The investigation led both into White House files and into Office of Legal Counsel files.","It is very clear that the President does not want an Attorney General who will recuse himself from the Mueller investigation.","Well, the public information that a lot of opinions are being formed.","And thank you for your support and work on that.","And that is something that I want to return to.","So we need a Justice Department that can rise above partisanship and to appreciate that in order for our democracy to truly work, all citizens should be afforded free and unfettered access to the ballot box.","So this Committee has within it the ability to do big things long overdue.","As I said, it has been objectively verified that he lies on a regular basis.","President exercises a legitimate Executive power, that that cannot provide the basis for an obstruction of justice charge.","If I disagreed with them.","William Pelham Barr to questions submitted by: Senator Blumenthal.","And you have been very forthcoming about wanting to protect it.","Justice Department, Merrick Garland.","Barr intends to follow Mr.","You spoke last December at the Press Club about privacy rights and security in a world with changing technology and the rising use of artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology.","Neil was talking about other than to say this.","He made sure politics never entered into it.","Or in a position to make decisions that are biased or influenced by those business relationships.","The Cuban inmates demanded that they be allowed to stay in this country and released one of the hostages.","States, including those that were covered by the Voting Rights Act because of their history of discrimination and use the resources of the Department of Justice to ensure that there is not voter suppression happening in our country?","CIA in its mission?","And I think he understands that if he ever so behaved, he would come back to the Department to find a mound of resignations on his desk.","And I am so happy.","Anything I wanted to do on the Deputy was fine.","And if Senator Blackburn would be kind enough to chair the hearing until we are finished, I would appreciate it.","But do you know them personally?","Thank you for your prompt attention to this important matter.","Now, the Department of Justice prosecuted virtually no one, no banking executives over this.","And so the Attorney General is a crucially important figure from that standpoint for issues we cannot even begin to contemplate and we may never know about it.","Millian, who met Trump on at least one occasion, has boasted of his ties to the former New York real estate developer and reality television star.","Can you just elaborate for us what the most important issues were for your members that led your group to support former Attorney General Barr, hopefully future Attorney General Barr, for this nomination?","Thanks again, to you, Mr.","Daniel Rusinow II, MD; St.","He had been nominated to be Attorney General, and it was in the midst of Watergate.","Well, Mary Kate, you take mine.","That is my understanding.","From our experience, the Public Defender system is in dire need of assistance.","President will look long and hard about what we are doing in Syria.","Neil, even though I found many of the things he said very compelling.","In response to a question that Senator Ernst asked, you mentioned that we need barriers across the border to deal with drug trafficking.","They just need our help.","SHARON WASHINGTON RISHER, ORDAINED PASTOR, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA Reverend Risher.","Senator from the State of Maryland.","Will you allow the Special Counsel to exercise his judgment as to what resources are necessary?","Senator Klobuchar, then we will take a break.","This uncooperative behavior needs to change.","If the content is native advertising tp.","In the absence of that, you know, then he would be accountable politically.","And I would hope that the SG would make whatever arguments are necessary to address that.","However, this, too, is qualified.","Senator Sasse said about the Epstein case and the problem in general, to the extent you can help us figure this out, please.","And I guess what I am more concerned about is do you believe that laws designed to protect LGBTQ individuals from discrimination contribute to what you had described as a breakdown in traditional morality.","Margarita Loeza, MD; DGSOM UCLA, CDU!","In the context of all of the things that you have done, basically to get the attention of President Trump to nominate you, I would say that there is a political context to what your decision should be also.","Not your average home office!","Unlimited access to Newsweek.","Who gets to decide what is classified and what is not?","Senator Grassley made, he talked about how much the Mueller investigation was costing.","Attorney General again, there are things you would do differently, knowing the job as you do now.","Johnson, we are looking back on the history of Mr.","Is that something we need to deal with?","And I might add, we embarked on a plan that was comprehensive in nature.","But he ought to consider, at least, for some balance, being a Public Defender.","Michael Brown case, for example.","Let me tell you why.","Toni Marie Ramirez, MD; Santa Rosa Community Health Centers.","Chuck Canterbury, the national president, Fraternal Order of the Police.","This is not speculation or inference drawn from the Barr memo.","We have got two bulletproof vests for the two of you.","The reports of the investigation of the President.","In a nutshell, the processing we started actually giving them, you know, abbreviated asylum, hearings, on the ships.","You were asked by Senator Leahy about your statement that the Uranium One deal was more deserving of investigation than collusion with Russia.","So I think it is important to understand that Justice has law enforcement responsibilities, but also Justice has responsibilities with respect to investing in a community, investing in youth.","Also allow me to thank Chairman Graham, Ranking Member Feinstein, and all the Members of the Committee for the honor of speaking to you today.","Your web browser is not fully supported by CBSN and CBSNews.","We vow to fight for the provisions of the ACA that have enabled us to achieve these gains in access and quality of care, while continuing to push healthcare reform toward our goal of access to care for all.","Thank you very much.","This is my first Committee hearing.","Barr to you for confirmation.","Trump campaign was involved.","First, I wish to highlight two implications for the Mueller investigation.","Thank you for your testimony today.","You might overrule it.","So would what I am proposing really be a change from the law, at least as it pertains to going behind the classification?","You mean my memo?","And it is my view that, at least, in that circumstance where it is prohibited by State law, State law enforcement agencies should not be able to make themselves.","We also deployed and made full utilization of all of those initiatives, too, to invest in youth development, to expand recreation, to expand after school programs, to expand youth summer jobs.","Iraq and other places where we are trying to help people.","And so the President decided not to assert the power.","That takes care of my first question.","Do not count this against her time.","Do you see a case where the President could claim executive privilege and say that parts of the report could not be released?","No, that was not included in my description of the role of the Attorney General.","Elliot Richardson reassured the country by making some important commitments during his confirmation hearing before this Committee.","Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.","He maintained his focus on the safety of the men and women held hostage by the prisoners.","It is important and difficult work.","Yes, I think constant vigilance is necessary because, you know, there are incentives there that should be of concern in administering the law.","Jack, did Spiderman at his announcement, and then, he, too, had a moment of glory.","The year you made this comment, I introduced a Federal assault weapons ban, and the President signed it into law.","Could you just explain that just a little bit more?","And it is certainly not right then to sort of threaten prosecution to somebody, particularly a Member of Congress, who chooses to say something to the press that is counter to what the administration has put out.","Do you believe birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment?","Well, he could remove Mueller.","And, you know, there were a number of things being lumped together.","So I will look forward to this hearing.","It is more it has to do about liberal and conservative.","Nonetheless, older people have a better recollection of the distant past sometimes than they do of the recent past, so I do remember it to some extent.","Please be mindful of these rules as we conduct this hearing.","AG and the Deputy.","Well, it does not mean that Mr.","Comey in and of itself would be obstruction.","The email is not about any contacts Mr.","So, within weeks of that ruling, you are probably aware that legislators in North Carolina rushed through a laundry list of voting requirements.","Therefore, we all know that, and we can comment on it.","What are the circumstances that would allow a Special Counsel to be appointed, generally speaking?","Yes, the classification helps, but you have to put on additional evidence, typically, and that is what happens.","That is number one.","Moorman, LCSW; Counseling Center at St.","President just build a wall along our southern border because he wanted to and just take the money, whether appropriated or not?","So, if the President orders the Attorney General to halt a criminal investigation for personal reasons, would that be prohibited under your theory?","United States and having that be the motivation for why you are disclosing it.","Miller MD; Kaiser Permanente Colorado.","Are you advocating a wall?","Paul Manafort, and an associate were also placed under house arrest on charges of money laundering as a result of the Mueller inquiry, but the charges do not relate to the election.","Are there rules about how you can do counterintelligence investigations?","Well, let us start with the President.","Would it concern you as Attorney General if FBI agents were making decisions about when and how to launch an investigation of an elected official if it was in order to avoid being supervised or directed by their agency leadership?","Well, they are in Vermont.","Senate Judiciary Committee is escalating its pressure.","This was before any contact with any Russian became radioactive for Trump people.","As a former Attorney General yourself, of course, you know the office firsthand.","And over time and now the same leaders are saying to us this has been devastating.","Some are mandated, for example, if you have a financial interest, but there are others that are judgment calls.","The prepared statement of General Barr appears as a submission for the record.","But there is something else going on in the name of voter integrity, and that is obstacles to voting that are totally unnecessary and really discourage people from using this right which is fundamental to a democracy.","FTC across this range of issues, and while I am hopeful that Chairman Simons will right the course here, the FTC has perhaps too often allowed these companies, in my view, to violate privacy and maybe antitrust laws without meaningful consequences.","There are some conclusions in there about interfering.","Also I think somebody tried to characterize you as having somehow been opposed to any sort of Russia probe or Russia investigations.","Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Democratic Sen.","Emanuel AME Methodist Church with the Faith and Politics Institute.","And the Emanuel Nine will be something that I will continue to talk about their lives to let other people know that they did not die in vain, and I thank you for your comments.","You see overstigmatized mentally ill people clogging our system.","But I think Justice can play a big role in pushing for partners like the State Department, Defense Department, the intelligence agencies, and so forth to help deal with this.","Sergei Millian, copied to Kushner.","Millian and a news reporter was copied to Mr.","Sexual orientation or whatever.","Do you consider the False Claims Act to be an abomination?","Barr, and you have built a long and distinguished career of public service.","And this market has progressed to the point that you are not going to get that cat to walk backward.","Advocates for Youth, Washington, DC, et al.","Would you look in to see whether or not that was an accurate statement and hold people accountable if it was not?","While I might have career advice, I will not do it on camera.","And these dollars do go toward programs that are in dire need, especially in rural areas like mine.","Why Are We Still Trying To Rationalize Domestic Terrorists Stormi.","Tamara G Wyzanski, MPH; Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.","So now we look at Mr.","How many times has this bunch ever gotten together?","But there has always been a certain level of tension between and among the branches.","During the process of obtaining a warrant, is there a certification made by the Department of Justice to the court that the information being provided is reliable?","As I said, I will carry out my responsibilities under the regulations.","Chairman would like to finish today, and I think your time has expired.","There was competition to get those jobs, and they were highly valued.","But I supported revisiting the penalty structure.","Thursday to his attorney, Abbe Lowell.","Indeed, in his ruling in the Rosen case, Judge Ellis specifically said that the language of the statute leaves open the possibility that defendants could be convicted for these acts, despite some salutary motive, which Senator Kyl already mentioned.","Well, the Attorney General does not have an option to pick or choose which laws they want to enforce.","Yes, it would have made a difference.","What gives me pause and sort of led me to this line of questioning, Mr.","Now, I said there were four significant problems with the Espionage Act.","Thank you for being here.","Please get to the bottom of it.","And I think there are concerns with applying it so broadly when the language seems to contemplate chains of command that you might not see in the private workplace.","Well, this Committee, in particular, I think you will find no criticism for being a law nerd.","That would be a crime.","The Committee will return to order.","Do you believe that ICE should be abolished, as some of my colleagues do?","Finally, Members of the Committee, I think the most important point I can share with you is that Bill Barr is a person of very high integrity.","ERPOs so that we have these red flag laws to supplement the use of the background check to find out if someone has some mental disturbance.","So what I would like to know from you, sir, is how you will work to further this engagement and to address violence against women and families through VAWA or through the Office that is located within DOJ.","There is probably existing thinking in the Department as to how to handle this.","EU trade deal on the airwaves and social media than in the D\u00e1il.","Attorney General, that is not an unequivocal commitment because there may be some things that the administration wants you to do that you cannot do consistent with the rule of law.","Flynn and former FBI Director James Comey.","James and after he had been the devil, I guess, previously when he was investigating Ms.","Lawyers in the Justice Department, earnestly believing in it, applied it in the torture memo, most infamously.","We have bars on our house and so forth.","Bruce L Henschen Jr.","And I think things would have been different if those things were in place at the time he bought the gun.","Should people cash in bitcoin profits or wait for the moon?","This hearing is adjourned.","What if the President asked you to rescind or change those Special Counsel regulations?","The schedule and structure have been set, and the whole thing could be over in less than a week.","You also said at that hearing that Robert Mueller and that investigation had full cooperation, full support, and carte blanche.","Well, I am not in a position to say because I do not have access to the documents, and I do not know what it entails.","Yes, I think at that time there was a lot of articles appearing about it.","Get back with us on that.","If Drew Brees or Tom Brady, after leading his team to a lead, went in at halftime and came out with the jersey of the other team on.","Witnesses are sworn in.","Do you think the Department of Justice has authority under the antitrust laws or consumer protection laws or other laws to address bias by dominant online platforms?","So then the President, in effect, or his agents have determined that fact by classifying the information at a certain level.","It was a blessing to get to meet you today, and I look forward to your upcoming writing, For Such a Time as This, and talking about reconciliation work together.","No good cause, correct.","But we had a hearing on it before the Committee, and I think it proves that we should see more transparency and more enforcement against bad actors, not less.","HAVE YOU TRIED YOUR BRIEFCASE?","Federal laws off the books, should probably file a bill and try and get it done.","Well, definitely obstruction of justice.","And I do not know how many billions of dollars of this bad paper was sold, but I know a lot of people in the banking industry got rich doing it.","But if you give them the facts, they will figure it out, and they will draw their own conclusions.","That is my recollection.","Yes, I think it is called freedom of religion, as I recall.","Barr testified that he would implement the First Step Act and had no problem with the False Claims Act.","Congress if there is a disagreement.","There are no ifs, ands, or buts about that.","Well, you know, you would have to show me what statute is being invoked and also what appropriation is being used.","And when we see the courts modify our statutes, it reflects either action on the courts that we find inappropriate philosophically, or a failure of Congress to deal with current needs, that needs to be addressed.","We have to get the system working.","Whereupon the Committee was recessed and reconvened.","The Department ought to answer for what the Attorney Inspector General has found.","Their courage, when they have it, and most of them do have great courage or they would not come forward to expose Government malfeasance, that is how important they are.","And I do not want to give your grandson any career advice.","And that as Attorney General, you will help us implement the First Step Act and design the second step?","Senator Feinstein, thank you.","Are you comfortable with that commitment?","That is right, Mr.","We tend to attract more than a few of them.","Special Counsel regulations should stay in place for the duration of this investigation, and we can do a postmortem then.","While the regs refer to a confidential report to be provided to the Attorney General, the regs do not say that confidentiality means the report cannot be provided to Congress.","What was the basis of your claim that the foundation was more deserving of investigation than Russian collusion?","SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF UTAH Senator Hatch.","Well, I think the answer is what Senator Kyl is suggesting.","But making sure that the Bureau is playing, you know, a central role in combating, you know, efforts by foreign countries to engage in those kinds of hostile intelligence activities.","Even the Fifth Circuit of Appeal, one of the more conservative Circuits, ruled that the Texas law discriminated against minority voters.","Well, I will just tell you, backup paper ballots is a good idea.","At the same time, you know, I think it is a valuable tool in law enforcement and the State and local law enforcement officer, our partners, it is very important to them.","Annameika Goldring, MD, MPH; Legacy Mt.","Do you mind if I just follow up?","Three strikes and you were out for life, and we hit them hard, and we watched our prison population explode, primarily with African Americans.","And what came before that?","Please register to access this content.","Mueller, but no discussion about the Special Counsel investigation and your opinions on it with respect to any discussions you have had with the President?","That is the kind of issue I would ask OLC to advise me on, as to whether it is something that is appropriate for legislation.","Can you just speak more to that?","This is the problem with litigation in the press.","One of the things you testified about was Mr.","And I think that is what Justice Department prosecutors do in general.","This is not chasing after, you know, families or anything like that.","Bipartisan Show of Force.","But that issue is one that I plan to take up with him.","We have got to be careful of that.","As I have already said, I personally, as a matter of, you know, my own personal feelings, think that there should be laws that prohibit discrimination against gay people.","We have now passed the First Step Act.","Bill served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, then as Deputy Attorney General, and finally, as Attorney General of the United States.","So then I said low participation has been a problem from the very beginning.","But my understanding is that DHS makes the decision as to who they are going to apprehend and hold.","Twitter messages during the campaign.","It is true that the President and the administration abandoned the policy after there was a public reaction to the separation of these children.","Of course, the Government can dismiss, obviously, meritless cases.","You can set your consent preferences and determine how you want your data to be used based on the purposes below.","Well, as you say, the Constitution has many different forms of restraint on Federal power.","This Nation needs an Attorney General who will dramatically change course and enforce civil rights laws with vigor and independence.","Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, two former Trump campaign aides, and a guilty plea by a third, George Papadopoulos, in October.","And so I have sat with many of my colleagues and many conservatives who readily admit what the data shows.","Your colleagues have to vote for you.","Would you do it again in exactly the same way, if you had it to do again?","Never miss a business story again.","You have done it at a time of great national security peril for this country.","Mikhail MD FACEP; St.","Cary, you have worked with Mr.","He welcomed input, dialogue, and discussion.","In addition, there are several documents that are known to exist but were not included in your production.","That presupposes that you have a superior officer.","That was the first meeting I had with the President, and then in November I met with him about the Attorney General job.","And it might give the Executive too much leeway to maybe classify information that really is more embarrassing and less actually a matter of national security.","We believe that torture and human rights violations have no place in American society.","President Trump has made it clear he views the Justice Department as an extension of his political power.","It will be a very simple decision.","That is pretty amazing.","Attorneys in the Clinton administration after the Bush administration was out.","Well you are certainly coming to his defense.","Oh, I was really happy about that.","They will figure it out for themselves.","You also said in response to my first round of questions that the Special Counsel regulations should not be rescinded during this investigation.","What is the principled difference between barring communists and barring conservatives?","Your right not to be fired?","And I thought it would have a chilling effect going forward over time.","ONE PERSON OF INTEREST Kushner remains one person of interest to the investigations by Mueller and congressional committees, according to a source with knowledge of the probes.","Could he expect a similar level of support from you as Attorney General?","Jewish woman who owned a Tx.","We will start down here and just go down there, if that is okay.","So, I hope I can have you have a favorable view toward the opportunity to listen to the whistleblowers, protect them from retaliation, and promote a culture that values the important contribution from those patriotic people.","Fraternal Order of Police worked so hard to get passed?","Counterintelligence and treason are not the same thing, are they?","Civil Division that did that.","Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.","PETER WALKER: Are slim people ALWAYS fitter than fatties?","Yes, he was a tremendous father, as we saw yesterday, and a grandfather.","Emily Hall, DO; Providence Health St.","Are you aware that most of the drugs coming into the United States, and particularly through Mexico, are entering through ports of entry?","So just know that.","If that is ever abandoned, if it is deviated from, if it is ever perceived to be deviated from, then we are lost.","Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs.","We provided the judiciary committee with all relevant documents that had to do with Mr.","That somehow that is immoral behavior.","And when he was named Special Counsel, I said his selection was good news and that, knowing him, I had confidence he would handle the matter properly.","Mueller should not be permitted to demand that the President submit to interrogation about alleged obstruction.","The senators also pressed Kushner to do a better search of his emails.","He does not have to contemplate from ground zero the powers and the authority of each of the offices under him.","They committed to that, and they demonstrated that while they were in office.","Attorney General Sessions put out some guidelines that were supposed to address that.","Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission carefully scrutinize mergers, as well as looking out for anticompetitive behaviors and predatory practices in certain sectors of the economy, and particularly in my State of Iowa, the agricultural industry.","It keeps coming back.","President was acting with corrupt intent.","Well, I am just saying just the facts that you have said, you know, does not necessarily mean there was anything wrong done.","Mueller investigation, that we view this as a bigger problem of foreign interference in our elections, which is why I said it was one of my priorities, and it is not just the Russians.","That does not mean that a President is going to stand trial during a term, as you have noted ably.","From my perspective, the very draconian penalties on crack were put into place initially because when the crack epidemic first hit, it was like nuclear weapons going off in the inner city.","Jared Kushner is guilty af.","Therefore, all Americans should have access to essential, effective healthcare regardless of their ability to pay.","Assistant Counsel to Vice President Al Gore in the Clinton White House, where he managed responses to investigations conducted by Congress, the Department of Justice, and the Office of the Independent Counsel.","Justice Department looking at reports and studies, learning about different things in the country.","That is the only time I met him before I talked to him about the job of Attorney General, which obviously is not the same as representing him.","It could be accounted for selective prosecution.","So you would make a report to Congress?","And they also often have their own biasses and interests to do so.","We obviously have the tragic case of a journalist who worked right here at The Washington Post, Jamal Khashoggi, and it is a particular concern.","In a statement to Congress in July, Kushner downplayed the significance of those meetings, saying they occurred during the normal course of a campaign and transition period.","Constitution and deeply dangerous for our Nation.","My approach to this would be not to upset settled expectations and the reliance interests that have arisen as a result of the Cole Memoranda, and investments have been made and so there has been reliance on it.","Fox News, who debunked it.","You know, as we say in Louisiana, you were mean as a mama wasp.","Where Bill Barr falls in this, I really do not know.","Businsess Insider India has updated its Privacy and Cookie policy.","We do know that.","Invalid email or password.","If it is okay, lead us off.","And thank you very much, Mr.","Department of Justice tools to go after bad actors, which are China, Russia, India, a number of other countries, Brazil, that are stealing our intellectual property.","With any investigation in the Department.","Rumi Ito, RN; Health Innovations Inc.","We could have a very long conversation about this, but I am just going to ask a focused question.","So if there is some evidence that the President tried to conceal evidence, that would be obstruction of justice potentially, right?","FBI may very well turn out to be warranted.","Well, no, some conflicts, as you know, are mandatory.","Department at that time had gone under a consent decree.","And I set aside the debate between the two and said that we needed to do both.","Attorney General when we were moving First Step, which I supported.","James Clapper, said that yesterday he went as far as he could go as Attorney General giving assurances.","They can do that on their own.","Are you asking me if I would change that policy?","But my understanding is they need all the help they can get, and maybe young people can help.","And the other thing is, that the statistics on the port of entry were the interdictions.","The letter to Lowell said the committee requested the documents on Oct.","Well, you know, that is ludicrous.","And if so, what is your basis for this conclusion?","And they certainly do not work particularly for the user class.","But the Justice Department did not appear to take any action, and now that congressional race is still being decided.","But let me go on.","Will you commit to making any report on the obstruction of justice public?","When I was Chairman of the Committee, I helped steer the FOIA Improvement Act into law, which creates a presumption of openness, and that presumption of openness is a very important standard.","Chairman, and I would like to remark, Mr.","Special Counsel investigation and to give us a clear exposition of how that memo came to be: who you talked to, when, who was involved in it.","And Senator Grassley, I want to thank you for the time we worked together.","And I hope you will make that clear today.","He understands this, and I think this makes him superbly qualified to be, again, the Attorney General of the United States.","When asked what his most important accomplishment was as Attorney General, Bill does not point to one of his many policy successes.","Would it strike you as obstruction of justice for him to exercise his presidential pardon power for the purpose of preventing testimony?","There are few nominees in history, as General Mukasey said, who has the resume that Bill Barr has.","We do not determine how many members are Republicans.","He said it was the right thing to do, it was the correct thing to do, and he was glad he had done it.","The prepared statement of Judge Mukasey appears as a submission for the record.","Suppose the President decides he wants to tell the Federal Reserve how to run monetary policy.","Under the regulations, Bob Mueller could only be terminated for good cause, and, frankly, it is unimaginable to me that Bob would ever do anything that gave rise to good cause.","Many of you know him as the president and chief executive officer of the Urban League.","Lori Loughlin requests the return of her passport.","Thanks to all of you.","They would love to have the opportunity that we have, to fix their problems without the force of violence.","Bob Mueller is writing.","And you have been described as an institutionalist: someone who cares about the Department of Justice and the Government.","Our prosecutors do not have to wait for an invitation to investigate.","Can you share with the Committee what in your professional or personal experience gives you confidence that Mr.","The Public Defenders in Pittsburgh who I had dinner with are all moonlighting as bartenders and waiters to try to continue to be Public Defenders and feed their families.","Criminal justice reform was a very big deal, and this Committee delivered for the country.","Orin Nisenson RN; Self employed, Pelham, Mass.","RPh, Director of Pharmacy.","Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday requested a trove of documents from White House senior adviser Jared Kushner that they said he has not been forthcoming about.","Bill believes that every citizen, no matter where he or she lives, deserves the full protection of the law.","Well, I think it is a different question.","For ALL the showbiz news on the internet, go to Newzit.","We live in a time when the country is deeply divided.","There has been concern about his opposition to efforts to lower mandatory minimums.","General Barr yesterday was pointing out that the violent crime rate had quintupled over the previous three decades.","So perhaps we need to have a statute with different types of action, different intents, and different punishments, depending on the actor and the intent.","We vow to defend the pursuit of scientific truth and free inquiry in America.","But you have also got to ensure that there are reentry programs so that when people come out of jail, they are not apt to repeat.","At that time, when President Bush chose me, he sought no promises and asked only that his Attorney General act with professionalism and integrity.","You have asked for further limiting terms in order to search for communications involving your client and Lt.","Grassley and Feinstein wrote.","And I told him how well I knew Bob Mueller and how, you know, the Barrs and Muellers were good friends and would be good friends when this is all over and so forth.","In his home State, because the State police conduct that NICS notification, they know that they can now go have a conversation with you about for what purpose were you purchasing this weapon.","Through our ports and through that open southern border that we have to secure.","As someone who served on the board, at one time, of the Atlanta Federal Defender Program, I think that the Public Defender program, definitely at the Federal level, needs strengthening.","And one of my concerns, frankly, is, you know, politics degenerating into, you know, this kind of thing about should we investigate this, investigate that, about political opponents, and that concerns me.","Thank you to every one of you, and thank you for all of your written testimony which I will review.","Already have an account?","You are not going to get a good shot of me.","General, I would like to return to the disturbing topics of human trafficking and sex trafficking.","Do you think that they are inconsistent with the Constitution?","In two instances, Attorney General Sessions, in his first days and months in office, had the Justice Department change sides in the middle of an important civil rights case.","Barr that he would not interfere with the Mueller investigation in any way, shape, or form.","The President criticizes the FBI nonstop.","Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley fans wonder if Jodie Foster set them up.","Canterbury, with whom I have had the honor of working on other issues, about background checks in particular.","But obviously people would like to see the shutdown ended, and that is why people want to see some kind of compromise.","Russia called Rossotrudnichestvo, FBI agents questioned participants about whether Russian spies had approached them during the visit, one of the travellers said.","The second concern I have is that the sanctuary city problem is a criminal alien problem.","So, even if, ultimately, the Supreme Court vindicates the proper view of the Constitution, we have potential for enormous chaos in the markets.","Would you give a similar answer?","It has been upheld by the Supreme Court.","Who produced it to the committee?","That is not true.","Can I ask you one question?","Barr, thank you for being with us.","Bill Barr understands that distinction.","That is your characterization of it.","Kylie Minogue reunites with her sister Dannii for a super rare shopping trip at Louis Vuitton in Melbourne.","Kushner to provide the documents the committee requested.","The price of the drugs went down.","It is both to protect against interference, but it is also to provide oversight to make sure that in each individual case, the same rule that would be applied broadly is being applied to the individual.","We will see how much money is saved and what it can be directed toward by way of prevention, and hopefully, our situation will improve.","And so there is no question under Heller that the right to have weapons, firearms is protected under the Second Amendment and is a personal right.","My daughter Margaret, who we call Meg, she was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia, but now has moved up to Capitol Hill and works for Senator Braun.","Lowell to secure that access.","Shay Mitchell looks toned in a crop top and matching joggers during Santa Monica photoshoot.","Are you saying, for example, that if information is deleted that would be like, for classification purposes, I would identify that and things like that?","In recent years, gender reveal parties have ended in wildfires, plane crashes, possible animal abuse, and even death.","Senator Grassley, thank you very much.","Do you all agree with that?","Barr is going to have to address these issues because it is going to require greater enforcement from the Attorney General.","American alliances in Europe, and he also wants to become a player in the Middle East, more of a player in the Middle East.","Let me say this.","Senator, and let me say, you know, earlier I misspoke, because the Acting Attorney General is Matt Whitaker, and I referred to Rod as the Acting Attorney General.","Congress could consider putting Government contractors and employees on the same footing in that provision.","Chairman, I yield back.","If the walls could talk!","Digital access or digital and print delivery.","Is this time next year good for you?","Also, do you, Mr.","So, it is kind of the same question to both of you.","So it is an issue that I agree with my colleague, Marc Morial, that this could be a bipartisan issue we could work on because the need is definitely there.","President is the executive branch and that, therefore, all Executive power is vested in the President personally, that the President can personally exercise that power.","This is a very important issue.","For instance, in Cincinnati, when the administration entered a collaborative agreement and all parties were at the table, we came out with a plan to help bring that city back together.","Would you tell this Committee, in your judgment, why the rule of law matters?","Bill also understands that Federal law enforcement cannot do the job alone.","Hillary Clinton and others who disagree with him.","That is an adverbial function in the statute.","Americans, to serve as an essential independent check on the excesses of an administration.","That is why I have quoted it.","Kushner forwarded that email to White House communications director Hope Hicks, then a spokesperson for the campaign.","Twitter and Facebook and some of these edge providers in the technology space.","President to carry California, a key State in the election.","And so it just seems obvious that you have to have a system of rationing.","Day WITHOUT her ring.","Justice Department and the President regarding the Special Counsel investigation and other investigations?","The point I was trying to make there was that whatever the standard is for launching an investigation, it should be dealt with evenhandedly, whatever that trigger is, should be applied to all.","And as I said in my testimony, the fact that all three of his daughters went into the law is huge.","And in your testimony, each of you in some way or other dealt with these problems.","We all know that the Attorney General of the United States has a duty to enforce the laws in a fair and even manner, and, of course, without personal bias.","Senator Grassley, Senator Durbin, Senator Booker, and others to work on that over the course of many years.","Why is that important?","Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act provides a mechanism where a Government employee who wishes to blow the whistle can actually take that information, that sensitive information, in a protected way to the Intelligence Committees up in Congress.","Barr about his legal memo, and that was allowing the Special Counsel to complete his work unimpeded and making the report at the end of the investigation public.","Is MTV about to bring back The Real World Cast?","Republican chairman and top Democrat, listed the documents and emails among materials Mr Lowell has failed to produce.","Barr to serve as Attorney General, does it?","We have got to do away with those excuses.","An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.","And I think we can work productively together.","Canterbury, I want to ask you, you lead the Fraternal Order of Police.","In addition, the Attorney General is responsible for notifying and reporting certain information upon the conclusion of the investigation.","Special Counsel Mueller to discharge his responsibilities as a Federal prosecutor and exercise the judgment that he is expected to exercise under the rules and finish his job.","Let me briefly describe what I say as the other three key defects, obviously, upon which I would be happy to elaborate.","So I am hopeful that that report will be made public, and my vote depends on that, Mr.","We were determined to stop this new narcotic in its tracks.","You must subscribe to access this content.","He is an honorable, decent, smart man, and I think he will make a superb Attorney General.","Department, and a good step for strengthening the Department.","The hearing, scheduled for Feb.","ANSWERS Responses of Hon.","But as significant as the Espionage Act is, and has been, I think it is fair to say it is also marked by profound and frustrating ambiguities and internal inconsistencies.","Senator Kennedy followed up by asking Richardson if the Special Prosecutor would have the complete authority and responsibility for determining whom he prosecuted and at what location.","The prepared statement of Ms.","And any time we have a nominee come before this Committee who truly do not appreciate the disparities in the criminal justice system, as he stated yesterday, that goes beyond policy disagreement.","And the point there was, you were using every device possible to get them behind bars and off the streets so that you could make those communities safe.","So the law has definitively dealt with that.","That said, my experience with Federal defenders in the Southern District of New York was that they were people of unparalleled skill.","But let us talk stats; let us not talk our personal experiences.","We have had a lot of individuals who have made a mistake who should have been exonerated or not prosecuted to the extent they were.","President and Chief Executive Officer, National Urban League, New York, New York.","Times of Israel Community members.","Name one Republican that you would support.","It is not currently the law of the land.","LGBT individuals the most frequent target of hate crimes in America, they also face widespread challenges in accessing culturally competent and comprehensive medical care.","He was with the CIA.","Will you commit to providing Mr.","Aiden and Maddie, because I think that they really should be here.","To me, if you intentionally give our information that is sensitive, there is vulnerability.","You seem to know more than I do about what is under investigation.","Barr to be the next Attorney General of the United States.","Senator, in my experience, I think it is probably more limited than virtually the experience of all of the other panelists because my experience is largely confined to one district in the United States.","Kim flexes her hometown pride as she poses courtside in a plunging Brooklyn Nets ensemble.","You know, I am not really sure about how that is currently being handled.","We need this nominee to indicate that he is going to be committed to constitutional policing, committed to public safety.","And I just wanted you to commit today to me in the office that you would recuse yourself from any matters regarding that appeal.","And it had to be done with the leadership of the community, and that was this idea of the partnership.","Are you suggesting that the President go through a background investigation by the FBI?","We talked previously about the ways in which the NICS System does not currently fully work to deny access to weapons to those who should under the law be denied access to weapons.","White House, it was okay for the White House to say, no, we are not cooperating, and for the Department of Justice to stand down, because I think that would be a lousy precedent for now.","Is the United States Heading for a Rural Insurgency?","QRW D UHDO HPDLO DGGUHVV.","But they are not a fourth or fifth or sixth branch of Government.","Barr will not be committed to that?","And I think he will be a vigorous defender of it.","Please be sure to submit some text with your comment.","Nine lives were cut short in Charleston.","Could not have said it better.","The person that killed my family members should have not been able to buy that gun.","But is he really?","It is not a partisan issue.","Well, I did not hear from him until, you know, later, but about something different, which was the Attorney General position.","Give a guy a little power as the Chairman, and he starts to push you around.","Those do not happen all that often in the Department, but this was a joint effort between the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General and the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility.","And then the appeals process takes a long time.","Sir, but I would remind you what you said because I agree with it.","But no matter what you call it, is it not a fact that this does have an effect on law enforcement?","Americans distrust one another?","There is no reason to imagine, since he is the person who would know the facts, that he would not be acting in an inappropriate way.","This question of election integrity has become a code word.","Along with Senator Klobuchar, I chair the Antitrust Subcommittee.","Any individual who serves as AG should have a primary consideration, the protection of the rights to vote of all citizens.","We can close the offer now.","General Mukasey, in your opinion, will Mr.","Dre enjoys dinner date in LA with a mystery woman rocking a sheer lace bra.","Expertise: National Security Law, Congressional Oversight, Executive Privilege, Presidential Powers, Government Integrity, Separation of Powers.","It was also specific on appropriations on Agriculture or on Finance.","Trump campaign for more documents, by keyword.","The Wirtz case, is that right?","Judiciary Committee with all relevant documents.","Chairman, Ranking Member Feinstein, and Members of the Committee.","In your memo, you talked about the Comey decision, and you talked about obstruction of justice, and you already went over that, which I appreciate.","Very important, very important matters.","And the interests that they advocate for.","AG is also concerning.","United States when it comes to constitutional history and theory.","There has not been a Special Counsel removed since Archibald Cox, and that did not work out very well.","In terms of my Chairmanship, if I can do what you and Senator Grassley were able to do during your time, I will have done the Committee a good service.","But now it is potentially an imminent, indeed, immediate possibility, and I am asking you for your opinion now, if possible, but if not now, perhaps, at some point.","So let me just ask you the question.","Bob is a straight shooter and should be dealt with as such.","The New York Times article was actually not the point of the article, which was that the President may have been investigated under the suspicion that he could be an agent of a foreign power.","Kushner did not respond.","Unfortunately, I believe some American advisors were killed there by ISIS.","These are not normal times.","In addition to the emails and records that Grassley and Feinstein noted as missing, the Judiciary Committee is waiting for Kushner to turn over promised transcripts from his interview with other committees.","The system had broken down.","Clinton, Guccifer, Wikileaks, Turkey, Ukraine and Gazprom.","Dara Burleson, MSW; Forsyth County Dept.","And then the Voting Rights Act, you are familiar, of course, with that, I am going to assume, yes?","He knows the impact that his decisions will have on the men and women who are in the Department, who are in the investigative agencies.","We prosecuted a lot of people and very quickly, and we cleaned it up very quickly.","And if I may, I come at this from a slightly different perspective, from the sort of academic long view.","And so I have a whole bunch of reports which I will enter into the record from nonpartisan, bipartisan groups, even conservative leaders, talking about the rife nature of racial bias within the system.","Some ran, some hid under tables, but they were gunned down.","Marilyn Minoff; University of Mo.","We disagree on both what General Barr has said and also the implications of his views.","You can think what you want to about those people over there, but they have had enough of killing.","Members of our Committee that have joined us.","And you stated earlier that really, the head of the snake lies outside of the United States.","It is an area that I am going to have to study when I get into the Department and see what are the factors contributing to it.","They are not missing at all.","Grassley and Feinstein write.","Part of the reason is that the Fourth Amendment controls the Government.","Agency as to my own recusal.","The refusal to share the transcript between committees also points to another lingering issue on Capitol Hill: That the committees often butt heads as they compete for witnesses and information as part of the three separate Hill investigations into Russia meddling.","Reverend Risher, thank you.","Thompson, I think I will kind of answer my first question.","What do you think?","One of our prime missions is to ensure that each of these laws is aggressively, faithfully, and consistently executed and enforced by every President, every Congress, and every Attorney General.","And, unfortunately, the reality is that that information is compromised all too frequently.","And we actually had a hearing.","State law, will go to Federal law enforcement and agree to make the civil asset forfeiture that they want with Federal such that it is no longer governed by State law.","Well, I do not know what the predicate for looking into that is.","Would you take a minute to sort of explain the thesis of your article and the views you express there?","Giuliani, said the President should be able to correct the Mueller report before any public release.","And making clear that what I am saying now has no application to, you know, the transaction we just talked about and talking about the other companies, yes.","And you gestured toward this earlier in your testimony.","Will you support the use of drug courts, something my county when I was prosecutor was one of the first to do that in a big way?","Before I ask my sole question, which I will direct to each of you to comment briefly, if you could, I want to do a couple of things.","In my previous appearances before this Committee, I have been proud to offer the FOP support for a number of nominees with the expectation that they would be good leaders, that they would serve our country honorably and effectively.","That would be my intent.","You have reached your article limit for this month.","But generally speaking, generally speaking, do you see similar concerns regarding how dominant Silicon Valley firms could use their market power in social media or search to discriminate against rival products or services or viewpoints?","They have been stealing our technology, and they have been gradually building up their military power and investing in new technologies.","Constitutionally, it is wrong to conceive of the President as simply the highest officer in the executive branch.","That is what comes to my mind all the time when I hear stories like yours.","It is the work of a law nerd, and that is what he is.","Grassley and Feinstein are also asking Kushner for correspondence with former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who is a subject of an investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.","Kinkopf, if I may, Mr.","The American people do not read Aristotle every day."]