we have seen documents showing that germany's federal office of criminal investigation has investigated on more or its suspected involvement with the syrian secret service we have asked the syrian embassy in berlin for a statement it refused to comment. it could be that the prosecution of syrian torturers seems to be gathering momentum in europe. where at the secret investigative bureau somewhere in europe where bill wiley of the commission of international justice and accountability is working hard to catch syrian criminals . he used to hunt war criminals as a un prosecutor now he has access to a vast archive of syrian state documents that could prove crucial in catching assad's henchmen basically. what you have in this room are materials generated by the security intelligence structures of syria the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level and the government levels here they are the files documenting the crimes of the syrian regime they have been meticulously cleaned scanned and logged and carefully analyzed by several dozen investig

we have seen documents showing that germany's federal office of criminal investigation has investigated on more or its suspected involvement with the syrian secret service we have asked the syrian embassy in berlin for a statement it refused to comment. it could be that the prosecution of syrian torturers seems to be gathering momentum in europe. where at the secret investigative bureau somewhere in europe where bill wiley of the commission of international justice and accountability is working hard to catch syrian criminals . used to hunt war criminals as a un prosecutor now he has access to a vast archive of syrian state documents that could prove crucial in catching assad's henchmen basically. what you have in this room are materials generated by the security intelligence structures of syria the military structures of syria and the bath party or political structures of syria at the top level and the government levels here they are the files documenting the crimes of the syrian regime they have been meticulously cleaned scanned and logged and carefully analyzed by several dozen invest

we have seen documents showing that germany's federal office of criminal investigation has investigated on more hours suspected involvement with the syrian secret service we have asked the syrian embassy in berlin for a statement it refused to comment. it could be that the prosecution of syrian torturer seems to be gathering momentum in europe. where at the secret investigative bureau somewhere in europe where bill wiley of the commission of international justice and accountability is working hard to catch syrian criminals . used to hunt war criminals as u.n. prosecutor now he has access to a vast archive of syrian state documents that could prove crucial in catching assad's henchmen basically. what you have in this room are materials generated by the security intelligence structures of sure the military structures of syria and. party or political structures of syria at the top level and the governor levels here they are the files documenting the crimes of the syrian regime they have been meticulously cleaned scanned and logged and carefully analyzed by several dozen investigators. to h

we have seen documents showing that germany's federal office of criminal investigation has investigated on more or its suspected involvement with the syrian secret service we have asked the syrian embassy in berlin for a statement it refused to comment. it could be that the prosecution of syrian torturers seems to be gathering momentum in europe. where at the secret investigative bureau somewhere in europe where bill wiley of the commission of international justice and accountability is working hard to catch syrian criminals . used to hunt war criminals as a un prosecutor now he has access to a vast archive of syrian state documents that could prove crucial in catching assad's henchmen basically. what you have in this room are materials generated by the security intelligence structures of shared the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level and that the government levels here they are the files documenting the crimes of the syrian regime they have been meticulously cleaned scanned and logged and carefully analyzed by several dozen inves

office people connected to the trump administration and congress contacted him about his cooperation with the investigation. a federal judge has ordered portions of robert mueller's report to be unredacted and made public in the criminal case against flynn. flynn is awaiting sentencing after admitting he lied to the f.b.i. about conversations with the russian ambassador to the united states. >>> another good reason to fill your plate with produce. the first of its kind study on processed foods and how they could be causing you to gain weight. >>> friday a little grumpier. the world says goodbye to the feline whose name his famous frown made a lot of people smile. >>> coming up alameda county renters fight back against eviction and win. they still have to move but they will be leaving with a six- figure settlement. all right boys, time for bed. listen to your mom, knuckleheads. hand em over. hand what over? video games, whatever you got. let's go. you can watch videos of people playing video games in the morning. is that everything? i can see who's online. i'm gonna sweep the sofa fort. well, look what i found. take control of your wifi with xfinity xfi. let's roll! now that's simple, easy, awesome. get started with xf

investigation did not establish that the context described in volume 1 amounted to an remit to commit any substantive violation of federal criminal law, including foreign influencing campaign finance law. the office therefore did not charge any individual associated with the trump campaign with conspiracy to commit a federal offense arising from russian contact the even under a specific statute or under section 371 offenses clause. the office did also not charge any campaign official or associate with conspiracy under section 371 defraud clause. that clause criminalizes participating in an agreement to obstruct a lawful function of the u.s. government or its agents for dishonest need established this agreement between russian linked officials to obstruct a lawful transition period. as volume 1, the investigation did not identify that any campaign official or so's you knowingly or intentionally participated in the conspiracy to defraud the office to defraud the united states based on the russian contact described in item four by four. the office next assess the potential liability of a camping affiliated individual under federal statute regulating actions on behalf of or work done for a foreign go

office, that we don't want obstruction of justice. >> the investigation is legitimate. >> felonious criminal conduct by the president of the united states cannot be tolerated. >> committed federalrimes and there must be a reckoning or no american should of again be prosecuted for those same crimes. >> if we knowingly allow our president to break laws while some americans sit in jail for having violated the same statute, we weaken the very rule of law protecting us. >> senator burr there put it pretty well. the point is to pretend that everything here in these examplexampl examples aren't the same. but the basic principles that presidents are not above the law or that obstruction, contrary to mr. barr's claims, is something that presidents can technically possibly do, well, that is actually clearly established as the view of so many of these individual. then you get to the historical question. senator graham, then representative graham, said history is the judge. >> the question i have is what will people 25 years from now say about the impeachment trial? every senator voted and expressed themselves in the way it will stand in history and they'll have to be answerable for their

long-standing department of policy a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office, that's fine, but there is precedent, you have two other similar criminal investigationshat lead to impeachment where they were much more forthcoming with the acts that the president committed while in office. and i wish he had been more clear about that, because if the president had done something so bad that this was passing in congress, then he should have crafted a much better road map for that. >> jesse: he could have said, we are not charging him, and here's why. but he could've said this president did this and i believe he is guilty of this the way that ken started with bill clinton. >> kennedy: that would have taken a bite out of the organization. >> jesse: but he instead summarized ten legal theories for a possible obstruction charge. at the end of the day he did not say that the president obstructed justice. >> kennedy: and geraldo is right, you have to start with the presumption of innocence. that is the legal system that we have in this country, whether you like it or not, no matter how bad the crime is that someone has committed. and in gymnastics, you do not

of counterterrorism for the federal bureau of investigation. prior to joining the division he most recently served as a special agent in charge of the criminal division of the new york field office. finally we are joined by brian murphy who serves as a deputy undersecretary for analysis with the department of homeland security. prior to this, i think gentleman for agreeing and remind each witness that you have five minutes for your statement. >> ranking member rogers and members of the committee thanks for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the department of justice. protecting the people from national terror threats has been the top priority. domestic terrorism continues to pose a serious threat as a number of recent attacks and plots demonstrate. we see an individual's conduct attacks too many times whether motivated by racism or other ideologies. regardless, our goals are to prevent such attacks and bring those responsible to justice. i would like to give you an overview of how the department of justice is organized to handle cases and the authorities on which we rely. each attorney's office coordinates a group of federal law enforcement in the district called the antite

of counterterrorism for the federal bureau of investigation. prior to joining the division, mr. mcgarrity most recently served as a special agent in charge of criminal division of the new york field officefinally, we're joined by mr. brian murphy who currently serves as the principal deputy under secretary for intelligence and analysis with the department of homeland security. prior to this selection, mr. bush murphy served as the acting principal deputy for intelligence and analysis. i thank you, gentlemen, for agreeing and i remind each witness that you have five minutes for your statement. mr. weg willman? >> thank you, chairman thompson. ranking member rogers, members of the committee. thanks for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the department of justice. protecting the american people from terrorism and threats is top priority of the department. domestic terrorism continues to pose a threat to the public as recent plots demonstrate. we've sienna tax far too many times motivated by anti-government animus, racism or other ideologies. regardless of the motivation, our goal is to prevent the attacks and bring those responsible to justice. this morning, i'd like to give a brief o

investigation. collusion is not a specific offense or theory of liability found in the united states code nor is it a term of art in federal criminal law. for those reasons, the office's focus in analyzing questions of joint criminal liability was on conspiracy. in connection with that analy s analysis, we address the question whether members of the trump campaign coordinated, a term that appears in the appointment order, with russian election interference activities. like collusion, coordination does not have a settled definition in federal criminal law. we understood coordination to require an agreement between the trump campaign and the russian government on election interference. that requires more than the two parties taking actions that were informed or responsive to the other's actions or interests. we applies the term coordination in that sense when stating in the report that the investigation did not establish that the trump campaign coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities. the report on our investigation consists of two volumes. volume one describes the factual results of the special counsel's investigation of russia's

federal bureau of investigation. prior to joining the counter-terrorism division, mr. mcgarretty most recently served as a special agent in charge of the criminal division of the new york field office. finally, we are joined by mr. brian murphy, who currently serves as the principle deputy under secretary for intelligence and analysis with the department of homeland security. prior to this election, mr. murphy served as an acting principal deputy for intelligence and analysis. i thank you gentlemen for agreeing, and i remind each witness that you have five minutes for your statement. mr. wegleman? >> thank you, chairman thompson. ranking member rogers. members of the committee. thanks for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the department of justice. protecting the american people from terrorism and other national security threats has long been a top priority of the accident. domestic terrorism continues to pose a serious threat to the public, as the number of recent attacks and plots demonstrate. we've seen individuals conduct attacks far too many times. whether motivated by anti-government an muss, racism or other ideologies. regardless of the moat nation, our goals at d.o.j.