>> for the department of justice there are a number of issues. the border patrol and the customs and the department of homeland security. they have the primary responsibility of the border. we have ane large number u.s. attorneys at the border to prosecute the cases that are brought to them with homeland security agents. so part of her budget request was money for that. we do manage the immigration ports with the office of immigration. that is the principal of the increase of money or asking for in this area. that is because the administration took over a million cases backlogged in that system. with additional immigration and part of this increase is to add the judges plus teams of support necessary to exonerate the hearings in those cases. >> okay. as it is noted, the immigration stands over 1.4 million cases. i think youio included that in 25 locations understand that individual waited three years for adjudication and in three locations they will wait overat four years. the previous administration had a case -based metrics as a cases for immigr

the justice department is rising from the ashes. it's very exciting for those of us who love the justice department. just to put a fine point on this wiretapping story, between april and july of 2017, the "washington post" was breaking stories about sessions lying, about his conversations with kislyak. there were discussions about jared kushner setting up a moscow separate connection. all kinds of things were happening then, which are not necessarily national security protection but are really donald trump protection. trump was demanding that there be some kind of leak investigation at the time. it doesn't surprise me that then barr, his enforcer, went and did this. what pleases me and what fits into really the theme of the justice department right now with rising from the ashes is that they have followed the rules, they are required under the law to notify the reporters. you'll notice the notification was signed by channing phillips, one of the great career prosecutors at the department of justice and who was a complete rule follower. he is the one who sent the l

department of justice mission encompasses the range of public and civic life, protecting the freedoms to vote, express ourselves, worship, study and work without fear, above all the department of justice ensures the rule of law is followed under the constitution. the attorney general, through his department, exercises many functions including employing expansive criminal and civil investigative enforcement rebut -- responsibilities, and serves as a watchdog for civil and human rights and plays a key role in the immigration system to determine benefits and citizenship, leading national efforts against traffic of human beings, illicit drugs and firearms, operating programs responsible for thousands of people who are awaiting trial or serving federal sentences, and through his grants and related service programs, improving access to and administration of justice at state, local and tribal levels. to carry out the department's missions, the so-called skinny budget that the office of management provided congress on april 9 proposes a pending level of $35.2 billion in 2022, a three point 5%

department of justice mission encompasses the range of public and civic life, protecting the freedoms to vote, express ourselves, worship, study and work without fear, above all the department of justice ensures the rule of law is followed under the constitution. the attorney general, through his department, exercises many functions including employing expansive criminal and civil investigative enforcement rebut -- responsibilities, and serves as a watchdog for civil and human rights and plays a key role in the immigration system to determine benefits and citizenship, leading national efforts against traffic of human beings, illicit drugs and firearms, operating programs responsible for thousands of people who are awaiting trial or serving federal sentences, and through his grants and related service programs, improving access to and administration of justice at state, local and tribal levels. to carry out the department's missions, the so-called skinny budget that the office of management provided congress on april 9 proposes a pending level of $35.2 billion in 2022, a three point 5%

i can see the justice department under bill barr, the trump era justice department, making these kinds of representations about themselves and their own bad behavior here. but why is the garland justice department trying to make this go away, trying to clean this up? we didn't really mean it. does it seem like we lied? we didn't mean to lie. we recognize it kind of looks like a lie, but look at us, we never lie. that's one thing to know about it. the other thing to know about it, the other thing to at least ask about all of this is however this resolves with the justice department and what gets released to the public and what doesn't, and this question of why the new attorney general is trying to paper over what barr did to protect trump and to try to occlude from view, even from the courts, the question of trump's potential liability. regardless of how that all resolves. the question that's now live and kind of red hot is whether or not president trump now is libel to federal prosecution for obstruction of justice by the justice department. right? whether or not he's libel for prosecutio

and department of justice are now cracking down on one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world by an ins as part of the inquiry the officials who probe money laundering and tax offenses have sought information from individuals with insight into buying its business this investigation comes after germany's red financial regulator last month warned that by nance risk being fined for offering its securities tracking digital tokens without publishing an investor prospectus joining us is the bus co-host and investigative journalist he is a crypto analyst at a good guy all around his name is ben swann ben i want to start with this investigation into the department of justice and the i.r.s. what can you tell us about this. yes so what it really comes down to is is the department of justice and i or as are looking at finance and they're trying to determine whether or not and these are the words that are used whether or not americans have been allowed to make illegal trades on the platform letting them buy derivatives that are linked to digital tokens essentially by nance's not allowed to a

it's an incredibly important part of the justice department. >> yeah, and you talk about consent decreesn and the leadership of the department of justice actively decided they were not going to pursue under barr. >> absolutely. and as early as jeff sessions' tenure, one of the policy changes that attorney general sessions made was to end the use essentially of these sorts of consent decrees. these are civil vehicles. this is not the criminal prosecution of an officer who engages in wrongdoing. this process is used for police departments that have a systemic history of excessively animated their police work. so it's an important tool that doj uses to force these departments to engage in constitutional policing. >> i want to ask you about the department of justice grounds for commencing or declining prosecution as it relates to these civil rights cases like in minneapolis. it says no prosecution should be initiated against any person unless the attorney for the government believes that the admissible evidence is sufficient to obtain and sustain a guilty verdict by an unbiased trier of fact

and department of justice are now cracking down on one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world by nantz as part of the inquiry the officials who probe money laundering and tax offenses have sought information from individuals with insight into buying its business this investigation comes after germany's red financial regulator last month warned that by nance risked being fined for offering its securities tracking digital tokens without publishing an investor prospectus joining. us cohost an investigative journalist and he is a crypto analyst at a good guy all around his name is ben swann ben i want to start with this investigation into the department of justice and the i.r.s. what can you tell us about this. yes so what it really comes down to is that are going to justice and i.r.s. are looking at finance and they're trying to determine whether or not and these are the words that are used whether or not american. have been allowed to make illegal trades on the platform letting them buy derivatives that are linked to digital tokens essentially by nance's not allowed to allow americ

for example, the department of justice will issue clear guidance for state, city, and tribal and law enforcement agencies on how to establish online reporting of hate crimes. it will work with the department of health and human services to raise public awareness of covid-19 hate crimes that occurred during the pandemic. also be a devoted official at the department of justice whose sole job is to expedite the review of hate crime reports. and thanks to two families here today who will help state and local governments ensure hate crime information is more accessible to the public. the family of heather heyer, a civil rights activist whose life was taken standing up to nazis marching from the shadows of vengeance in charlottesville. and the family of a proud son, khalid jabara, of a boy who was gunned down in front of his home here in america. the united states of america. by a neighbor fueled by hate. they were murdered on the same day one year apart. instead of sharing the dreams they had for their children, both families share profound grief. and they've shown incredible courage to tu

rosen, in your written testimony you say the department of justice did not act on election fraud claims because the department had not seen evidence of widespread fraud. and that you were committed to an orderly and peaceful transfer of power. is it correct the department also declined to appoint any special prosecutors file any lawsuits or public statements questioning the results of the 2020 election? mr. rosen: that's correct. mr. connolly: prior to january -- i think that's important for the record. these myths that are being perpetrated by some amongst us that there was widespread fraud is simply not borne out by the actions and decisions made by the department of justice in the trump administration itself. prior to january 6, were you instructed by president trump to take any action by the department on fraud claims or seek to overturn any part of the 2020 election results? mr. rosen: congressman, as i just alluded to in your prior question, i can tell you what the actions of the department were -- mr. connolly: no, sir. mr. rosen: can i not -- consistent with my obligations today

guy all around his name is ben swann ben i want to start with this investigation into the department of justice and the i.r.s. what can you tell us about this. yes so what it really comes down to is is that are going to justice and i.r.s. are looking at finance and they're trying to determine whether or not and these are the words that are used whether or not americans have been allowed to make illegal trades on the platform letting them buy derivatives that are linked to digital tokens essentially by nance's not allowed to allow americans to purchase those tokens or those derivatives that are based on digital tokens are not allowed to do that now by now for their part says we don't allow them to do that right we actually block someone who's a u.s. citizen from being able to do this and this goes back a couple years that this is been happening but the department of justice and the i.r.s. are saying we don't believe that you're doing that so we need to be able to see your books we need to know more about your customers and who's there to be honest with you i don't really believe that department

department of defense and then to those law enforcement agencies. quote unquote necessary to synchronize with different entities. with the metro police department. capital police, us department of homeland security. department of justice. us department of interior us marshals. federal protective services in us park police. and the department of defense is concerned with the apparent lack of coordination and information exchange with and between numerous domestic law enforcement organizations charged in the capital. what about in those days leading up to the insurrection? >> thank you for highlighting the human cost. i know that fear when you are being attacked i want to highlight that. because it is partisan rancor you guys were there god bless you. i don't know. but it has to be somebody. >> which federal agency or department didn't do more coordination? >> i felt we were very good getting the federal government piece together also many of the local law enforcement. but there wasn't one person or entity in charge. the lead agency to do a fine job. i want to be clear about that but it needs to be decided. yes ma'am. >> . >> you also testified at leisure responsibility to initiate to the federal planning efforts why do

interventions, we haven't seen this type of reaction from the justice department, so the floyd family is correct this is a rebirth, this is an opportunity for us to have the justice department review these type of police brutalities. i'm ecstatic about it. i think back to my own experience being able to use at the hands of the police department, and there was no justice department review. this is a good day. this is a new dawn. to the charges of justice department brought, they're spot on. this is exactly what i've been arcing before i decided to run for congress, that the ideal situation would be if a police officer sees another police officer of assaulting someone when the situation is calm, and you have whatever they were dealing with addressed, that also should turn to the person breaking the law in front of them and say you're under arrest. and i said this a million times, if they fail to do it, they're a conspirator to the crime or aiding and abetting at the very least. here the justice department just proved that very point with the indictment for failure to intervene. t

asset out in my written testimony, the department of justice prepared appropriately in the period before january 6th, and i'm proud of the department's response on january 6th when we urgently deployed more than 500 agents and officers from the fbi and u.s. marshals to assist in restoring order at the capitol. that included the number two officials from doj and fbi personally going to the rotunda while the intrusion was still under way. all of these outstanding men and women from doj moved with urgency to assist the capitol police in the midst of an unprecedent security breach, and they helped clear the hollowed center of our representative government. as to holding the wrong dore r -- and the d.c.u.s. attorney's office to investigate and, where appropriate, begin to prosecute those responsible for the disgraceful attack on the capitol. i appreciate the importance of today's hearing. i'm happy to share with you -- the justice department, of course, must always be guided by our constitution and the rule of law. that is what guided me. the department of justice acted with the utmost integr

in advance of the vote on kristin clark nomination to serve as the attorney general ofthe department of justice . she's confirmed kristin clark will be passed with overseeing the justice department's work to protect the civil rights of all americans. i have known kristin clark for years. i have worked with her. i know her and i can tell you that there can be no one better for this job. to say that kristin clark has an impressive resume is a gross understatement. she's parted her career at the justice and the civil rights division. the ac. she led the civil rights bureau for the state of new york attorney general's office and most recently, served as president and executive director of the lawyers committee for civil rights under law. no one could claim kristin clark after this entire career of service, all that she's given if she decided to take a step back and find a less demanding job, perhaps a former lucrative job but ms. clark has dedicated herself to the highest principles of our nation indeed the very finding ideals of this country . forms with the bill of rights . focusing on this idea

usat the present choice had a ky division and department of justice as assistant attorney general failed to even advance out of the committee, the democratic leader had reached into the judiciary and interesting the nomination of kristin clark, collings and the committee did not give her a favorable recommendation. that is because the long history of statements took place the nominee on the far left branch of the political spectrum. her democratic colleagues have their way, a couple of days from now the market people have assistant attorney general who argues publicly just last year that we must invest less and police. she was that exacthr phrase thre times in one essay. silent crimes shot dramatically in 2020 in one survey of 30 plus major american cities found that the murder rate jumped to 30 percent last year alone. other estimates found even larger increases and experts say the 2020 saw the largest one-year rise in homicides in america has ever seen. as far back as we have recorded these kinds of statistics in identity 2021 make even be worse. but apparently the presence response to

what's the department of justice doing to help remedy this problem in chicago? >> well, violent crime has been a priority of the justice department since i first entered the -- since i was last in the department. that may have been the first time the department actually created an anti-violent crime initiative which is now, over the years, has had different names. we are going to put a large amount of money into grants with respect to violent crimes, gang violence, bj, bureau of justice system grants. we spend $600 million on violent crime, both in prevention -- >> but what about chicago? >> on the specifics of chicago, i don't know what we will provide, the resources that the city needs to assist it in its efforts against violent crime. i don't know specifically, although having been born and raised in chicago, i'm at least as concerned as you are about violent crime in that city. >> so you're giving them money? >> we're giving them money and we have law enforcement. we have a united states attorney's office, we have the fbi, we have the dea, we have atf, we hav

that's what this action by the department of justice means. earkening back to the historical times when it was only the federal intervention that gave marginalized minorities, especially black people, protection that their constitutional rights would be respected. i know you all are going to have a lot of questions, but we're going to have individuals give remarks and then we'll talk about not only what these charges mean and your questions, but also the additional charge against derek chauvin for brutalizing that 14-year-old baby, what that means. but i think it's most appropriate that we hear from the representatives who represent houston in the great halls of the united states congress who have been directly responsible for getting the george floyd justice and policing act passed. you know, congresswoman sheila jackson-lee would not sleep until they got that passed. congressman al green was steadfast in commitment to say that we have to have meaningful legislation passed, because rodney's brother and brandon's uncle, blood is on that legisla

thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the department of justice. d it's nice to see you here, secretary mayorkas. combating domestic violent extremism and domestic terrorism has long been a core part of the justice department's mission. immediately upon its founding, more than 150 years ago, the department pursued white supremacists who had sought to deny newly freed slaves their rights under the constitution including the right to vote. members of the first incarnation of the ku klux klan attacked and murdered black people, assassinated black political leaders, drove black farmers off their land, and burned their houses and their churches. the department poured its resources into combating the klan, successfully prosecuting hundreds of klansmen. 26 years ago in 1995 the perpetrators of the bombing of the oklahoma building sought to spark a revolution that would topple the federal government. 168 people died including 19 children. hundreds of others were seriously injured. the efforts to successfully prosecute the perpetrators, which i supervise, re

again, it was done by the prior department of justice -- jen: again, it was done by the prior departmentd. go ahead. reporter: maricopa came out that they did not believe -- [indiscernible] earlier you talked about police reform and you mentioned building trust in communities, so what does that actually mean? jen: the reason i reference that is obviously because our view is passing the george floyd justice in policing act into law, ensuring there is more accountability, more requirements and restrictions in place for departments across the country, and it would be a contribution to rebuilding trust in communities. obviously there's more that needs to be done beyond that. that's not the only step, but our view and the president's view is signing this bill into law would make a contribution. reporter: the concerns about parents about potential term effects on children who have gotten the vaccine. what kind of surveillance outside the plan described by pfizer has the administration considered to help quell the concerns of parents? jen: you mean surveillance of the impacts on kids? first i w

guest: we sent a letter to the department of justice basically asking for them to vigorously enforce title vi to stop or pause any grants to police departments and really do a review of police departments to make sure they are not violating title vi which says recipients of federal funds cannot be engaged in discrimination. we think it is a powerful tool that is underutilized and we hope to see that change. the letter was asking for that, that there be a review of police departments, that there be a review. we are asking the department of justice to re-implement pattern investigations which have been largely absent the last four years. to really take on the role that was meant for the department of justice and protecting the civil rights of folks throughout the country and use every tool they have to make sure this behavior and practice and systemic problems does not continue with police departments across the country. host: time for a few more calls. nikki is in new york, independent. good morning. caller: can you hear me? host: yes, sir. caller: good morning, lisa and john, thank yo

the new department of justiceas to whether they might pursue those charges against trump now. the statute of limitations on the former presidents conduct has not run. and of course, in terms of the former attorney general himself, if as judge jackson's ruling implies, this document shows that former attorney general william barr may have lied, not just to the public about trump's alleged climbs, but lied under oath to congress, lied to it in official communications with the court about it. that itself is a whole platter of pooh-pooh plate. to figure out what they are going to do. figure out just how much of the cover-up from the last administration they are going to let slide, and how much they are going to pursue, potentially up to and including the immediate prior attorney general of the united states. so, we've been watching this closely, depending on what merrick garland and the justice department decides to do here, it is going to be a big deal. and it is going to arrive was right in the biden administration

rosen: the department of justice, the fbi and the u.s. attorney were in contact. mr. ller, were you in touch with capitol police before and during the events on generally six? mr. miller: i wasn't by the department of defense wasn't close contact. >> chief contee, same question to you, were you in contact with capitol police before, on or during january 6. >> all the witnesses today were in contact with capitol police before or after, yet capitol police is not here to talk about what they were doing on january 6. they were standing there frankly in front of members of congress, getting us out of harms way. but it is important if we are going to have a hearing that unveils all the issues that occurred in the ways this can never happen again, the need to come before this committee as well. mr. miller, you said earlier that you were in contact or you received a request from mayor bowser with respect to national guard troops. when did you receive that request from mayor bowser. >> december 31, 2020. we spent the week going over and finalizing a plan with the d.c. national

these look like terrible abuses of power by the justice department. o be looked into. i hope and believe that the new justice department leadership will take corrective action. >> i hope so too. a member of the steering committee for freedom of the press, a subject obviously very close to my heart. let's turn to the prospects of the new commission of inquiry to investigate the january 6th attack on the u.s. capital. senate republicans may filibuster in the coming days. is this commission dead on arrival? >> no. it isn't. but it's clear that mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy are going to try to kill it anyway they can. i have to say watching that clip of mitch mcconnell saying that after giving careful consideration, he's decided to oppose it. that careful consideration was no more than reading donald trump's statement saying you need to oppose this. it countldn't be more of a contradiction than what he said after the insurrection when he promised to get to the bottom of this. this was negotiated in a bipartisan fashion. it has five democrats and five

there is something deeply wrong with t america's department of justice. t live in a country with a dual justice system. we can't live in a country that does not have equal application of our laws. there is not equal justice under law. here to respond first, before we get to rudy, kayleigh mcenany is with us. t i have never understood the whole issue with president trump and ukraine was about one thing. okay, call president zelensky. there were 20 people on that phone call. we have a transcript of that phone call. an anonymous whistle-blower. that says something nefarious happen. then we have the transcript. there was no quid pro quo.st we have out of all of the witnesses who testified in that impeachment, they were either opinion witnesses or hearsay witnesses. and the only one fact witness in that case, he said i don't want anything. i don't want a quid pro quo. i just want them to be honest and do things the right way. so how does this get ignored? >> yeah of course it gets ignored because it is favorable to president trump and they wanted to impeach him

i'll tell you that the previous justice department, i didn't trust that justice department at all to render any type oftice in regards to police misconduct. i have a lot more confidence in this justice department under president biden, but i'll tell you that on the state level, we aren't taking this lightly. we had a police task force after this incident and the death of last summer. we have a bill right now that's moving through the legislature that would repeal qualified immunity. that's a huge step in the right direction. other troopers that are in that video have been arrested, have been suspended. it's not enough. i will admit that. and it's not just an issue of bad actors. there were systemic problems that state police. we have a new colonel. i like his leadership. i see what he is doing. so one of the things that i'm not going to allow to happen is to just say that we're sitting here, lightly, not taking decisive action in louisiana under this administration. it's way too slow. i think that what i saw should be seen by the entire general public, but we're making advances here, legislatively, to

of course, the department of justice can issue subpoenas. d for reporters, it's a little bit of a different process. there are stricter procedures in place, because of the importance and centrality of reporters' work to our democracy. those procedures are, actually, strengthened in 2015. but what they have to do is they have to go to a special unit, within doj, for the first step of approval. and they have to go 30 days in advance of when they want the records. then, the attorney general has to, personally, sign off on this request. on the subpoena. and that's to make sure that this is really important. this is only supposed to be done, in extraordinary cases. cases, involving things like national security. not just your run-of-the-mill, criminal matter. and then, as jessica said, if you want to refrain from notifying a reporter about this so that he or she could fight it in court, in advance. you have to get a whole-nother set of approvals and reviews. so, there are strict procedures in place. the problem is they're just regulations. they do

we would like to give special thanks to our partners and colleagues at the us department of justice former colleagues of berries there eli rosenbaum and susan masling in the us department of justice. what is now the human rights and special prosecution section, they helped us in preparing for this program and shared information. so, thank you eli and susan now barry those of us who follow these kind of prosecutions know that osi is probably the most effective of any law enforcement agency charged with investigating crimes of this type from the nazi era and it has won more cases. correct me if i'm wrong. it is one more cases over the past 40 years than have the government authorities all of the rest of the countries of the world combined. is that right? i believe that is right. yeah, and it's it's pretty amazing because when i was i was founded almost no one expected to last long or to have any success. so when i was hired in 1983, i was told that the office with last three to five years at most instead it lasted 31 years and then it's personnel and duties for transfer to the human rights a

about not prosecuting president trump for obstruction of justice, quote, in consultation with the office of legal counsel and other justice department lawyers. the oversight crew, citizens responsibility for ethics in washington, immeditely fired off a freedom of information request for any record related to the consultations. the justice department demurred, meaning rejected the request for release of documents. the judge continues, quote. what remains at issue today is a memo to the attorney general dated march 24th, 2019, that specifically addresses the subject matter of the letter transmitted to congress, the question of whether then president trump would be criminally prosecuted for obstruction of justice. what remains at issue today is that memo. the judge concludes, quote, it is time for the public to see that too. it was time for the puic to see the mueller report, rather than attorney general barr's misrepresentations about what was in it. it is now time for the public to see that advice to him on whether the president would be prosecuted. that supposed advice to him on whether president trump would be prosecuted. this is j

the case, why did every single democrat vote to confirm a nominee for the position of the department of justice who said last year in writing in the written testimony before the senate advocated abolishing the police and confirmed by one vote if every democrat was a necessary vote to confirm t a radical who advocatd abolishing the police and just this week we've taken another radical who last year has testimony before the senate advocated about the police, whyk do you keep voting for nominees that advocated abolishing the police? >> as you know, senator, that is

here you have a department of justice methodically building a case and the new department of justiceing let's have a special master look at this. why? >> a special master is getting an independent person to look at it and see what should be looked at by them or not. is it perfect? no. but they don't have the same prosecutorial abilities that the department of justice would. norm eisen, thank you very much. appreciate you. >>> all right, so now to another situation we're monitoring. the arizona fraud-it of the election. it's about to cost millions more for taxpayers. why? i'll tell you. and what have they gotten so far? conspiracies about ballots laced with bamboo, ballots fed to chickens, ballots tainted with cheese dust. i'm not making any of this up. what is the truth? we have one of the expert observers to exactly what's happening, next. ossible with a cfp® professional. a cfp® professional can help you build a complete financial plan. visit letsmakeaplan.org to find your cfp® professional. ♪ i'm not hungry! visit letsmakeaplan.org tyou're having one more bite!l. no! one more bite

think of that, what this administration and this department of justice is doing is shining a bright lightwhat i think is very mischievous behavior of the trump administration's department of justice. >> we're going to have a bit more on that in a moment. >>> but first, happening this hour, cities across the country rallying for voting rights in honor of the late john lewis. it comes as a growing number of states are advancing bills that would make it harder for people to vote, including in florida. last hour, florida congresswoman stephanie murphy telling me this move was shameful. >> if you have good ideas and good values to go to the public with, then you shouldn't be afraid of having all americans who are eligible vote, and what the florida governor is doing is trying to prohibit people from voting. they're trying to win by changing the rules as opposed to allowing american democracy to operate the way it should. >>> also new today, the divide in the republican party growing deeper. two of the most controversial republicans, marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz, bashing members of the

the department of justice prepared appropriately in the period before january 6th and i'm proud of thently deployed more than 500 agents and officers from the fbi, atf, and u.s. marshalls to assist in restoring order. that includes the fbi personally going to the rotunda while the intrusion was still under way. all of these outstanding men and women moved with urgency to assist the capital police in the midst of an unprecedented security breach to help clear and secure the hallowed epicenter of the golf. i'm proud of the swift action taken there after by doj personnel, the fbi, and the dc u.s. attorney's office to investigate and where appropriate, begin to prosecute those responsible for the disgraceful attack on the capital. i appreciate the importance of today's oversight hearing and i welcome the opportunity to share with you what i know about the january 6th events, of my prior role at the department of justice. the justice department must always be guided by our constitution and the rule of law. that is what guided me. the department of justice acted with the utmost integrity and