but first, i would like to give mr. starr the opportunity to regale us with his life's work. >> thank you, supervisor, i like to think of it as my elbows. aaron starr, manager of legislative affairs, this is part three of the code reorganization project. it brings consistency to the code by consolidating all use the definitions in the code and standardizing these control table formats. this phase focuses on chinatown. the first phase focused on article two which include our residential pdr and downtown zoning districts. the second one focused on zoning seven. the next phase and final phase will reformat the remainder of article eight. supervisor haney, i will be coming after you next. which includes our easter neighborhoods district. i would just like to note that the new zoning district that was created by central selma uses a centralized definition of format. the commission heard this item on may 9 and recommended two of -- approve. we do have one proposed amendment today. . >> supervisor peskin: which was discussed by the

looks like his diplomatic career is finished through them just to get it but your interview with mr starr in which it's going to be a must watch for. certainly in the aftermath of all of this just one of the aspects i saw a line on it saying that he said that the u.k. envoy is a political hit job victim quite strong language. did you get a sense that he thought who was behind something about this that who would have the power to carry it out. well it goes boris johnson presumably the new prime minister of this country into weeks' time was the foreign secretary and had access to all manner of the intelligence operators but of course you know since this is all so mysterious and i did ask underneath scaramucci about this we know through edward snowden who is taken asylum in moscow that the 5 eyes project indeed the national security agency they have access to encrypted emails all around the world why did it take a leak from london to a british newspaper to inform donald trump that britain's man in washington had such a low opinion of donald trump do they not know these things without people

. >> vice president koppel: thank you, mr. starr, and i have no questions from the board of appeals. >> clerk: and at this time, we'll move on to general public comment. [agenda item read]. >> clerk: i do have several speaker cards. [names read] >> good afternoon. i'm going to resubmit this e-mail that i sent you on june 24, 2015, and i was -- it was about public comment that i made on june 25, 2015, so almost precisely five years ago. and what's in that e-mail is about what's been happening in noe valley and other neighborhoods. de facto demolitions, however you want to call them, unstable housing in noe valley and the mission. many units in noe valley are being absorbed in large single-family homes. students are disheartened and disgusted with the fact that they don't feel it's a democratic process. neighborhood character. the residential design guidelines being ignored by staff and abused by developers and their attorneys, and the economic and social impact. to quote from my e-mail directly, i said i believe that a greater oversi

go ahead, mr. starr. >> thank you. the issues that the appellant brought up in the appeal deal with the proposed expansion of the building and not the subdivision of the new units, therefore, planning is compelled to respond. the subject is a mixed use building with ground floor retail and two units. it includes four new residential units at the rear of the building. the height of the building is increasing from 38 feet to 48 feet, including an additional three penthouses that will rise above the roof. as required by the planning code, a 30-day neighborhood notice was sent out for the proposed building expansion on june 14, 2017 and expired on july 14, 2017. the poster describing the proposed addition was placed on the building during the 30-day review period. there was no applications filed on this during the 30-day notification period. the department understands that the appellant is not within 150 feet of the proposed site, therefore, planning department does not require they be included in the notice. the second is

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the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, brantley starr, of texas, to be united states district judge for the northern district of texas. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of brantley starr, of texas, to be united states district judge for the northern district of texas. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session and consider calendar number 233. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk wi

you know let me switch gears mr shabbat and i were on this committee during the clinton impeachment now i recognize that the independent counsel statute under which kind of starr operated is different from the special counsel statute he and number of occasions in his report stated that the president clinton's actions may have risen to impeachable conduct recognizing that it is up to the house of representatives to determine what conduct is impeachable you never use the term raising to impeachable conduct for any of the 10 instances that the gentlewoman from texas right. did is it true that there is nothing in volume 2 of the report that says that the president may have engaged in impeachable conduct. we have seen. it is fully. kept in. the center of our investigation our mandate and our mandate does not go to other ways of addressing conduct our mandate goes to what. developing the report and during the report into the attorney general respect you know it's it seems to me you know that there are couple of statements that you made you know that said that this is not for me to decide in the implication is this it is for this committee to decide now you didn't us

could say is you can't criticize a springing mull early here as starr appeared and basically did no more than go over his report. but mr. mueller, you have identified all these different items and you've left open the question what to do with them. do you believe that it's congress that has to decide to impeach based on the evidence you found that you thought was worthy enough for us to consider? something like that. >> that's our report, now we're doing lawyer fan fiction. you go through the report, is this an impeachment referral or not? is >> fair question. >> if it's not i'd like to follow-up with evidence. if it's not, you're under oath, bob mueller says, no, i'm not taking a position. i did not write this to suggest the impeachment of president trump. however much that may disappoint people, that adds to the public record of understanding of what mueller thinks congress ultimately co-equal branch has to make up its own mind. >> right. i think the biggest question for democrats and republicans is whether they take seriously or not his may 29 statement saying iemtd not going beyond this, i'm not going to do hypothe

mr. mueller, are you familiar with the now expired independent counsel statute? it's a statute under which ken starr was appointed. >> that ken starr did what, i'm sorry? >> are you familiar with the independent counsel statute? >> are you talking about the one we're operating now or previous? >> under which ken starr was appointed. >> i'm not that familiar with that. >> the clinton administration allowed the independent counsel statute to expire after ken starr's investigation. the final report requirement was a major reason why the statute was allowed to expire. even president clinton's a.g., janet reno, expressed concerns about the final report requirement. i'll quote a.g. reno. she said, on one hand, the american people have an interest in knowing the outcome of an investigation of their highest officials. on the other hand, the report requirement cuts against many of the most basic traditions and practices of american law enforcement. under our system, we presume innocence and we value privacy. we believe that information obtained during a criminal investigation should, in most cases, be made p

starr did. there was no statute to prevent you from using the word impeachable conduct. i go back to what mr. radcliffe said, and that is that even the president is innocent until proven guilty. my time is up. >> the gentleman's time is expired. the gentleman from tennessee. >> thank you, mr. chair. first i'd just like to restate what mr. nadler said about your career. it's a model of rectitude and i thank you. >> thank you. >> based on your investigation, how did president trump react to your appointment as special counsel? >> again, i'll send you to the report where that is stated. >> there is a quote from page 78 of your report, volume ii which reads, when sessions told the president that a special counsel had been appointed, the president slumped back in his chair and said, quote, oh, my god, this is terrible. this is the end of my presidency. i'm f'd, unquote. did attorney general sessions tell you about that little talk? >> director, please speak into the microphone. >> surely. my apologies. i am not certain of the person who originally copied that quote. >> okay. sessions apparently sa

in the case of leon jaworski and ken starr, they were given access to that information and we need that information too to make a lot of different judgments. >> mr. chairman, there's a vigorous debate in your caucus about whether or not to formally open an impeachment inquiry. given what you've said about this filing, comments that you've made in hearings, are you all beginning to shade into an impeachment inquiry even if you haven't held a formal vote in the house? is that what's going on here? >> what's going on -- what's going on is i think too much has been made of the phrase, an impeachment inquiry. we are doing what our court filing says we are doing, what i said we are doing, and that is to say we are using our full article 1 powers to investigate the conduct of the president and to consider whether to -- what remedies there are. among other things we will consider, obviously, are whether to recommend articles of impeachment. we may not do that, we may do that, but that's a conclusion at the end of the process. you may want to call that an inquiry or not. i think people when they tink of an inquiry think of a formal house vote to direct t

starr did. there was no statute to prevent you from using the word and what mr. ratcliffe said. even the president is innocent until proven guilty. my time is up. >> the gentleman from tennessee. >> thank you, mr. chair. first i would just like to restate that mr. nadler said about your career. it is a model of rectitude and i thank you. based upon your investigation, how did president trump react to your appointment as special counsel? >> i send you the report where that is stated. >> there is a quote from page 78 of your report volume 2 which reads when sessions told the president that a special counsel had been appointed, the president slumped back in his chair and said, quote, oh my god, this is terrible, this is the end of my presidency. i'm f-ed. did attorney general sessions tell you about that little talk? >> please speak into the microphone. >> my apologies. i'm not certain of the person who originally copied that quote. >> sessions apparently said it and one of his aides had it in his notes but that has become record. he probably wasn't pleased with the special counsel

starr did. there was no statute to prevent you from using the word impeachable conduct. and i go back to what mr. radcliffe said, and that is that the even the president is innocent until proven guilty. my time is up. >> the gentleman from tennessee. >> thank you, mr. chair. first i'd like to restate what mr. nadler said about your career. it's a model of rectitude and i thank you. based upon your investigation, how did president trump react to yourpotomy as special counsel? >> again, i'll send you the report where that is stated. >> well, there's a quote from your report 78 of your report, volume 2 which reads when sessions told the president that a special counsel had been appointed the president slumped back in his chair and said, quote, oh, my god, this is terrible, theeis is the end of presidency, i'm f'd, unquote. did attorney general sessions tell you about that little talk? >> director, please speak into the microphone. >> sure. my appaologies. i'm not sure of the person who originally copied that quote. >> well, sessions apparently said that and one of his aides. he apparently wasn't pl

mr. mueller. i'm over here. sorry. are you familiar with the now-expired independent counsel statute? it's the statute under which ken starr was appointed. >> that ken starr did what? i'm sorry. >> are you familiar with the independent counsel statute? >> are you talking about the one we're operating under now or previous? >> no, under which ken starr was appointed. >> i'm not but i'd be happy to take your question. >> well, it was allowed to expire after ken starr's investigation. the final report requirement was a major reason why the statute was allowed to expire. even president clinton's a.g. janet reno expressed concerns about the final report requirement. and i'll quote a.g. reno. she said, on one hand the american people have an interest in knowing the outcome of an investigation of their highest officials. on the other hand, the report requirement cuts against many of the most basic traditions and practices of american law enforcement. under our system, we presume innocence and we value privacy. we believe that information should in most cases be made public if there's an indictment or prosecution, not any lengthy

in the case of ken starr, the committee in both cases was given that access to that information and we need to information, too, to make different judgments. >> mr. chairman, there is a bigger debate in your caucus about whether or not the formerly open impeachment, given what you said about the filing and comments you made in hearings in recent weeks, are you beginning to shape into impeachment inquiry even if you haven't held formal vote of the house? is that going on here? [laughter] >> jerry nadler: what is going on -- what is going on is that i think too much has been made of the craze, impeachment inquiry. we are doing what our court filing says we are doing, what i said we are doing, to say we are using full article one powers to investigate the conduct of the president and to consider whether -- what remedy there are, among other things, we will consider are obviously whether to recommend articles of impeachment. we may not do that, we may do that. that is conclusion at the end of the process. you may call that an inquiry or not. i think people when they think of inquiry, happening of formal house vote to direct the committee that happen

mr. mueller, are you familiar with the expired independent counsel statute. it's the statute under which ken starr was appointed? >> what? i'm sorry. >> are you familiar with the independent counsel statute? >> now or previous? >> the one with ken starr was appointed? >> i'm not sure. >> the clinton administration allowed it to expire after ken starr's investigation. the final report was a major reason why the statute was allowed to expire. even president clinton's ag expressed concerns. i'll quote ag reno. she said on one hand the american people have an interest in knowing the outcome of an investigation. on the other hand the report requirement cuts against many of the most basic traditions and practices of american law enforcement. under our system we presume innocence and value privacy. we believe information obtained during a criminal investigation should in most cases be made public only if there's an indictment and prosecution, not any lengthy and detailed report filed after a decision has been made not to prosecute. the final report provides a forum for unfairly airing a target's dirty la

you did use the word impeachable conduct like starr did, there was no statute to prevent you from using the word impeachable conduct and i go back to what mr. radcliffe said and that is that even the president is innocent until proven guilty. my time is up. >> gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from tennessee. >> thank you, mr. chair. first i'd just like to restate that what mr. nadler said about your career. it's a model of rectitude and i thank you. >> yes, sir. >> based upon your investigation how did president trump react to your appointment as special counsel? >> again, i send you the report for where that is stated. >> well, there is a quote from page 78 of your report, volume 2, which reads: when sessions told the president that a special counsel had been appointed, the president slumped back in his chair and said quote, oh, my god, this is terrible. this is the end of my presidency. i'm f'd, unquote. did attorney general sessions tell you about that little talk? >> director, please speak into the microphone. >> surely. my apologies. i am not certain of the person who originally copied that quote. >> okay. well, sessions ap

mr. schappert and i were on this committee during the clinton impeachment. while i recognize that the independent counsel statute under which kenneth starr operated is different from the special counsel statute, he and a number of occasions in his presidentted that the clinton's actions may have risen to impeachable conduct. recognizing that it is up to the house of representatives of conducthat kind is impeachable. we never used the term raising to impeachable conduct for any of the 10 instances that the gentlewoman from texas did. is it true that there is nothing in volume two of the report that says that the president may have engaged in impeachable conduct? -- we have previously kept in the center of our investigation our mandate. and our mandate does not go to other ways of addressing conduct. our mandate goes to developing the report into the attorney general. >> with all respect, it seems to me that there are a couple of statements that you made that said that this is not for me to decide and the implication is that this is for this committee to decide. now, you didn't use the word impeachable conduct. there was no statute to prevent you from using the

starr, as well. >> dershowitz -- >> so let's listen to one more piece. this is a bit astounding. here is mr. patterson about the idea that people might not have been able to tell that this guy was into children. take a listen. >> we can make 25-year-olds look 15. we can make 15-year-olds look 25. so you might go to a party and at the end of it, you go boy, those girls seemed to be kind of young. and certainly trump. i think he's a careful guy. i think he's always tried not to break the law. he pushes it to the edge -- >> well, he missed. >> well, i know him reasonably well. i just don't think he would be stupid about stuff like this. >> mya. >> he's always tried not to break the law. >> breathe, breathe, breathe. >> i'm trying, david. i'm trying. >> so i think we have a long pattern of allegation around donald trump potentially breaking the law, including tax evasion with his father's real estate money, right? from early on. in the beginning -- >> hundreds of millions. >> hundreds of mlgs. it's one of the reasons why we're seeing him fight on his tax returns. there are all kinds of allegatio

mr. mueller, i'm over here, i'm sorry. are you familiar with the now expired statute, the statute under which ken starr was appointed? >> that ken starr did whether or not? i'm sorry. >> are you familiar with the independent counsel statute. >> are you talking t one we're operating under now or previous. >> under which ken starr was appointed. >> i am not that familiar with that but i'll be happy to ask your question. >> allowed it to expire after ken starr's investigation. the final requirement was the reason the statute was allowed to expire. seen the ag janet reno expressed concerns about the final report requirement. i'll quote ag reno. she said, on one hand the american people have an interest in knowing the outcome of an investigation of their highest officials. on the other hand, the report requirements cuts against many of the most basic traditions and practices of american law enforcement. under our system, we presume innocence, and we value privacy. we believe that information obtained during a criminal investigation should, in most cases, be made public only if therendictment and prosecution, not any lengt

mr. chairman. i'm over here. are you familiar with the now expired independent counsel under which kenneth starr was appointed? >> i'm sorry? >> are you familiar with the independent counsel statute? >> the one we are operating under now? >> but when ken starr was appointed. >> i'm not that i would be happy to take the question. >> the clinton administration allowed the statute to expire after the investigation. the report requirement was a major reason why the statute was allowed to expire. even president clinton's ag expressed concerns. she said on one hand the american people have an interest in knowing the outcome of an investigation of their highest officials. on the other hand the report requirement goes against many of the basic traditions and practices of american law enforcement. under our system, we presume innocence and value privacy. we believe that information obtained during criminal investigations should in most cases be made public only if there is an indictment and prosecution, not in a lengthy detailed report found after the decision has been made not to prosecute. the final report provides a

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