mr. cohen, by your commitment to work with the private sector on identifying patterns of violence amplified online. we must ensure that appropriate agencies are able to contribute to the mission of combatting domestic terrorism. and it is equally important that this committee continues its sustained oversight of any instance where those efforts could impact american civil rights and civil liberties. last year the committee launched an investigation following serious allegations that the department of homeland security's intelligence and analysis office may have played a role in violating first amendment rights during dhs response to unrest in portland, including by collecting intelligence on journalists. this committee will continue to prioritize oversight to ensure that appropriate reforms are instituted and fundamental civil rights remain protected for all americans. i'm grateful for the witnesses testimony today and look forward to our discussion. and with that, mister chairman. i yield back

mr. cohen you testified previously about efforts including through the office of security and human capital office evaluating open investigations into domestic violence, extremist behavior by government employees, can you provide an update on these efforts and describe ina's current assessment of the steps that white supremacists are taking to infiltrate your organization and law enforcement -- military communities more generally. >> thank you mr. chairman for that question. like you mr. chairman i'm a former police officer. i'm very proud of my profession. i have worked in law enforcement or homeland security-related activities for multiple decades. unfortunately there are those in our community who are susceptible to the same forces that are serving to inspire other members of our society to adopt -- ideological beliefs. and when it comes to us in the law enforcement profession we have to be extra vigilant to ensure one belief system do o --. secretary mayorkas has asked the office of chief s

mr. cohen, i'm encouraged by your public commitment to work with the private sector on identifying patterns of violence amplified online. while we must ensure that appropriate i.c. agencies are able to contribute to the mission of combating domestic terrorism, it is equally important this committee continues its sustained rigorous oversight of any instance where those oefrts could impact american's civil rights and civil liberties. last year the committee launched an investigation following serious allegations the department of homeland security's intelligence and analysis office may have played a role in violating first amendments rights during dhs' response to arrests in portland. i'm grateful for the witness' testimony today and look forward to our discussion, and with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you, mr. chairman. with that we'll start our hearing. assistant director, the floor is yours. >> good morning, chairman schiff, chairman carson, ranking member crawford and members of

trump turn to politics, mr. cohen became this popular person to mr. trump. helping trump cover up illegal contributions that were hush money payments after mr. cohen pled guilty to helping trump with that, among other things, in may 201 he was sent to prison. after serving about a year in prison, though, mr. cohen got out and he was transitioned effectively to home confinement. the reason he got out was because of covid. it wasn't special treatment to him. it doesn't appear to have been. this happened to a lot of prisoners at the time. but a seriously crazy things happened to him right after that, something that appears to be very specifically designed for him. just a few weeks after he was sent home because of covid, the bureau of prisons revoked his home confinement and decided even though he'd only been home for a couple weeks, they were going to send him right back to prison. sure he'd been relest because of covid like other prisoners and they told him they were going to fit him with an ankle monitor and let him serve out his sentence at home. and they s

now, mr. cohen filed a new lawsuit against trump and also, importantly, against trump's last attorney general william bar who was head of the justice department at the time this happened, also filed a suit against a whole variety of federal officials involved in this mess. i know it may seem like a sort of new chapter in the on going michael cohen saga, i know, the personalities here can get distracting, but take the personalities out of this. i mean a president being a bad guy is one thing. a president being a bad guy and then being able to use the bureau of prisons and the justice department to go public his enemies out of their homes, shackle them and throw them in jail without legitimate cause, that is a blairing red siren, not just for what it means to have a bad person in power, but a government bent to that person's will, to have a government that is insufficiently independent and governed by ethics and law, that an inscrupulous can employ the federal government in that way for personal purpo

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up something new, especially considering the fact that he was not as popular as these are tribal mr. cohen o amongst a japanese public. but he was elected because he was popular amongst the japanese believe the m p 's. so obviously he has to come up with, well, some kind of a new plan that would basically attract people's eyes. and basically, to rectify the disparity that was caused by the coven, 19, and a japanese are quite sensitive to this issue. although japan's no us disparity of wealth is rather low in amongst be always he, nations, people do not want to have such society will divide. so obviously this is an area where he could tackle or basically claim to tackle are considering the new form of you know, capitalism. so would you say that this plan that he's presenting is a plan to re game trust among the political parties, or does it really represent radical reform in economic terms that the latter, unfortunately the answer is no. the reason why most of the japanese l d p a members are, i would say the m p 's had chosen music. she has, as he was sustained a service call. mr. cornell

here, this is hellerstein's words, not mine, i made the finding that the pick up of transferring mr. cohenfurlough and home confinement to jail is retaliatory and it's retaliatory because of his desire to exercise his first amendment rights to publish a book. now, that's insane. and rachel maddow who talked about this case on friday had an incredible comment when she turned around and she said that the point of this that's supposed to scare everybody is the extreme peril of a president who's willing to abuse this power in the way that he did. and that's actually the point of the case. it's not just about only myself. it's about holding donald trump accountable, holding big barr accountable, holding the department of justice, the bureau of prisons, all of the folks, the 16 named individuals in this case. each and every one of them played a role in the unconstitutional remand of me back to prison because they were told to by obviously someone above them and the person who was in obvious fear of the release of the book "disloyal" was donald trump. >> it's more litigation against donald trump.

johnson, mr. cohen from tennessee, mr. neal and mr. moulton, i inform the house that those eight members will vote yes on h.r. 5665. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that mr. kahele will vote yes on h.r. 5665. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? mrs. cammack: as the member designated by mr. posey, mr. i had men eses and mr. -- gimenez and mr. salazar, i inform the house that they will vote nay. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? mr. clarke: as the member designated by ms. velazquez, i inform the house that ms. velazquez will vote yes on h.r. 5665. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. raskin: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. doggett of texas, i inform the house that mr. doggett votes aye on h.r. 5665. as the member designated by ms. jayapal of washington, i inform the house th

mr. cohen of course had worked for years for donald trump at his real estate business. when mr.

johnson of texas, mr. cohen of tennessee and mr. neal of massachusetts, i inform the house that those seven members will vote yes on h.res. 849. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. miller from the state of west virginia, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mrs. miller will vote no on resolution 849. as the member designated by mr. jackson from the state of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. jackson will vote no on house resolution 849. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. strickland from washington, i inform the house that ms. strickland will vote yes on h.res. 849. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. jacobs of new york, i inform the house that mr. jacobs will vot

unless mr. cohen has joined us, we can vent to the panelists. -- we can move on to the panelists. dr. bolin, lead us off with a baseline. >> absolutely come and thank you for that introduction. it is pleasure to work with you and the helsinki commission. the use of a wide range of policy strategies has escalated tensions with russia's neighbors, throughout it all, in my remarks i will touch on them briefly and talk about russia's intentions, including themes related to russian perception and recent shifts in russian policymakers and potential major areas of concern many of the issues and concerns highlighted in recent weeks, some of which i will describe our long-standing leaving commentators to question what russia is at also speculating about what russia could gain with such policies, including -- one possible framework is that russian leaders are concerned about a deteriorating strategic environment. in this scenario, you could believe that russia's current economic military and political situation is relatively advantageous, but may not continue into the future, thus weakening

mr. cohen: thank you, madam speaker. the president has done an excellent job on trying to address our economic problems. one of the main reasons we have economic problems is because of the coronavirus. the president has an excellent vaccination program that the republicans are unfortunately fighting. as people have experienced the pandemic, they have been less willing to go out, engage in commerce, travel, and had to reduce some of their business activities. this has hurt the supply chain and our economy. the president's vaccination plan is also an economic plan. republicans in the senate led an effort to cancel all of the vaccination programs that the president has to protect us to keep us healthy and move our economy forward. that's unfortunate. we need to support these vaccination plans. we need to support the president in these efforts. inflation, there's been problems, the president has released oil from the reserve to deal with gas prices and gas prices are going down and they will go down naturally. one of the gre

mr. cohen: to seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, give or take, and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. in 1954, i was strickened with polio and in 1955, not quite 6 years of age, i went to a baseball game in segregated game. a player gave me a baseball, a white player. i went to my dad and told him about it and he said, don't thank me. thank that player over there, number nine. he was the blackest player in the stadium. first integrated game in memphis. he didn't feel comfortable giving a baseball to a white boy in memphis in 1955 at the exhibition game. that lucky moment for me gave me a hero and an angel that stayed with me all my life. later in 1960 when he came to memphis, we visited, not at the lorraine motel where dr. king was killed. nine time all-star baseball player in the segregated lorraine motel. we maintained our friendship over the years.

next we have mr. cohen. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair. i appreciate you and ranking member crawford holding this important hearing. i am a big fan of amtrak, a big fan of rail transportation. and we've heard today about inner city passenger rail service and how it will reduce the carbon footprint which is so important right now, reduce congestion, returning to pre-pandemic levels, and create better job opportunities and access to affordable and equitable opportunities. the weekend after this i'm planning to go to nashville to see the university of tennessee basketball game. it would be so wonderful if we had a train from memphis to nashville that i could ride, rather than rent a car, go on i-40 and lodge large trailer trucks, cabs and all that stuff, and hopefully make it alive. it would be much better with a train. that would be wonderful. so the infrastructure investment jobs act has the first time dedicated reliable federal support for states and entities seeking to improve and expand this inner city passenger rail service. i love amtr

. >> next, mr. cohen. are recognized for five minutes. >> >>thank you, appreciate you supporting this hearing. i am a fan of amtrak and rail transportation. we've heard today about inner-city passenger rail service reduced the carbon footprint which is important right now, reduce congestion which we are returning to pre-pandemic levels access to affordable and equitable housing opportunities. we can after this, i plan to go to nashville to see the university play tennessee and basketball and it would be wonderful if we had a train i could ride rather than having to rent a car along i-40 and dodge wrote large m trailer trucks and all about and hopefully make it alive. it would be much better with a train. that would be wonderful so the infrastructure investment jobss act has reliable federal state entity and expand inner-city passenger railct service. i love amtrak and go to washington to new york and washington to baltimore but it would be nice get deeper into the country and there are people who would use

. >> we have mr. cohen. are recognized for five minutes. >> i appreciate you and rigging member crawford holding this hearing -- ranking member crawford holding this hearing. we have heard about inner-city passenger rail service. it will reduce the carbon footprint. it will reduce congestion. it will create better job opportunities. the weekend after this i am planning to go to nashville to see the university of memphis play tennessee in basketball. it would be so wonderful if we had a train from memphis to nashville i could ride rather than having to rent a car along the i-40. hopefully make it alive. i do much better with a train. that would be wonderful. the infrastructure and jobs act has a reliable support for states looking to expand its rail service. i love amtrak and i go through washington to new york and baltimore. it would be nice to get it more deeper into the country. there are people who would use rail if possible. it would be a repeated theme. many have little or no access to passenger rail se

mr. cohen: i mourn the loss of the supreme court of the united states of america. as a lawyer, i have always had respect for the court as the highest court in the land dispensing justice and bush v. gore and shelby versus holder, destroying section 5 and taking the basic fundamentals of democracy away from so many people. and citizens united gave the rich and powerful more money and yesterday it took women's right to choose and to hear some of the arguments from justice kava nmp augh. high-speed is not in the constitution but the court can hear cases on that. and to hear justice barrett that women can give birth to the children because there is somebody who wants to adopt that child deciding for the mothers might cost their life. child bearing is not without risks. the court is diminished. i thank you for the time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> i i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is r

mr. cohen: i walked over to see the demonstrators, protesters and objectors. there's a lot of controversy. but the fact is, standing law is that women have a right to choose, it's a personal right and it's enshrined in roe v. wade. roe v. wade was enunciated, approved by the supreme court when i was in law school. the right of a woman to choose is part of my political d.n.a. i hope it never changes. one of the justices asked one of the attorneys addressing the court why don't we just leave it to the states? the last time -- one of the last times mississippi and its confederate states, all of whom have typical abortion laws that would go into effect if roe v. wade was outlawed was when the issue was leave it to the states on slavery. that was wrong then. it's wrong now. women have a right to choose. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> i'd like unanimous request to speak for a minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlem

current fraud investigation, the one that was opened after former trump enforcer michael cohen told congress that mrten misstated the value of his real estate holdings to get either more favorable loans or to avoid taxes. the lawsuit says cohen is an unreliable witness. it says james violated his constitutional right to due process and asked the judge to limit or shut down the fraud investigation while this lawsuit plays itself out and to prevent her from being involved in her office's civil investigation or the separate criminal investigation of the trump businesses, that's the one being led by the manhattan d.a. >> forgive me, pete, because cynthia is having audio issues, but in your experience, you've covered these sorts of stories, what is your take on whether this lawsuit is going to be able to proceed? >> well, there have certainly been other people who have said that letitia james should recuse herself because of her political statements, that it's basically a matter of ethics. whether that can be converted into a federal court action, that's another matter. i think it would be very unusual f

listen to what michael cohen testified in 2019 about this exact investigation. >> it was my experience that mr. trump inflated his total assets when it served his purposes. and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate taxes. >> we all remember that moment. could cohen be brought in to testify against trump again? >> a hundred percent. let me say how extraordinary it is to have donald trump's former lawyer testifying in congress under oath and saying, trump inflated his assets and basically committed federal and state crimes. that is a remarkable thing. what this investigation is in new york is to try and figure out, is michael cohen telling the truth and other folks? or not? that is going to play out. trump has filed this lawsuit today. i don't think this thing goes anywhere. i think if james wanted to she can conduct that deposition on the 7th. she'll get permission from the courts to do so and expedite their consideration of this bogus trump lawsuit today. and i think everything can move forward. >> you touched on this earlier. i want to put a finer point on it. james' investigation is

mr. ritholtz, the day that john templeton died. i said, get me abby joseph cohen. rallied and we did a spectacular show, including with dr. templeton's son. and we asked for a peter lynch. there is a terrific story today on the bloomberg with an update on the vice-chairman of fidelity. and barry is joining us now on what is unique about the man who founded a certain way to invest. peter lynch was walking around the streets of boston with value line copies in his hand, making sector bets. boy, that worked for a while. barry: i have been watching the documentary from peter jackson on the beatles, they had a short tenure, but the greatest of all time. peter lynch is very parallel. it was barely a decade, but few people have put together a track record like his, especially in terms of that size. it's one thing to do it with a few million dollars, but tens of millions of dollars, and consistently beating the benchmark. it's astounding. tom: you mentioned stood tom maroney the idea that he passed that heritage onto will dan off, that you do not just have to be passive, t

cohen say about this. >> it was my experience that mr.erved his purposes, and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate taxes. >> well, i think so. i think he can hand over the information. they have gotten, we know the prosecutors have information. they went to the supreme court once or twice to fight over this and got it. now they have the fellow to walk them through financial records and incredibly difficult particularly if they are designed obscure real facts and to play around with figures. so now they have this fellow in there who really is under tremendous penalty if he lies saying what does this mean? does that mean? do you go back to trump? did trump tell you to do this? did the trump organization tell you to do this? to go through this material, you need a guide. they have that guide. >> very interesting coming out here. late in the year as we look at also a transfer of power from the election in the new york d.a.'s office. david corn, thank you for walking us through it. when we come back, an eye on the house floor vote and

cohen said in congressional testimony in 2019. basically about what the attorney general is looking into. watch. >> it was my experience that mr.rying to be listed as mons -- amongst the wealtiest people in forbes and reduce assets to reduce taxes. >> tim, that is a witch hunt? that's part of the witch hunt? >> no, it's actually completely consistent with the fact pattern over decade.has routinely inflated everything he owns with bankers, the media, business competitors. donald trump does this. the issue isn't whether or not he did it. the issue is whether or not it amounts to a crime because he knowingly tried to mislead bankers, investors and other lean doors about the true value of assets to get loans for them and also mislead public authorities in order to lower his tax bill and that's what both tish james and cy vance's office is digging into now. these are parallel investigations. they have been following the same tracks. the idea that trump and this lawsuit is going to forbid the new york state attorney general from cooperating with the manhattan district attorney, which they have been doing for months at this point. thi

mr. trump wanted each year to have his net worth rise on the forbes wealthiest individuals list. >> ab on session. that was donald trump's former fixer, michael cohenstifying to congress about the lengths trump would go to in order to secure the best possible spot on the forbes list of billionaires. it turns out that obsession of trump's is now a focus of the criminal investigation into the former guy and his businesses by the manhattan district attorney. randle lane this week testified before a new york grand jury about an article published in his magazine in 2014. lane says he was asked to confirm, quote, that trump told me i look better if i am worth $10 billion than if i am worth $4 billion as reported in the article. more specifically, that trump told me that a higher net worth number quote was good for financing. he was also on with our colleagues at "morning joe." here's what he said about his testimony. >> they were really focused on him saying that he is worth that more than $10 billion and we said he is worth $4 billion. trump towers is worth 2 or $3 billion and we said his stake in it is $500 million. a lot of questions mostly focused on