my name is diana rosenstein. i am the legal team manager at the department of police accountability and i'm sitting in on behalf of our executive director, paul henderson. i have some weekly trends to share with you with respect to what the dpa has been up to in the last several weeks since our cases continue to trend up. in other words, we currently have more cases open this year than we did last year. we have cases that are our closure rate is down very slightly from 543 at the same time last year versus now. we do have more cases pending and we have sustained less than last year, nine less than last year at this time. we have had a number of cases mediate. and so our mediation program is going well and doing a very good job at getting cases, disposition favorable disposition in those cases. and we have fairly the same number of cases passed the 270 mark, which is the mark in the charter by which we are to let chief scott know if some of our cases will be sustained and may take longer for investigation. current

quorum also with us tonight, we have chief scott from the san francisco police department and diana rosenstein from the department of police accountability. could you please call the first item line item one weekly officer recognition certificate presentation of an officer who has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. officer michael grande star number 302, investigator bureau general work .

here's more now from cnn's melanie zanona in rosenstein. >> kevin mccarthy facing threats to his speakershiplight to and impeachment inquiry and to president joe biden. >> today, i am directing our house committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. >> a dramatic escalation of the house gop investigation into the president. >> house republicans have uncovered serious, credible allegations into president biden's conduct. taken together, these allegations paint a picture of a culture of corruption. >> mccarthy today repeated several allegations made by some of his gop colleagues, including that as vice president, biden joined meetings with hunter biden's business partner, that the treasury department as flag suspicious financial activity by the biden family, and that the president has lied about knowledge of his family's business deals. but asked republicans have so far not provided evidence that biden directly profited off his son's business deals or made any decisions as vice president because of them. >> there is zero evidence of any malfeasance on the part of joe

quorum also with us tonight, we have chief scott from the san francisco police department and diana rosensteine accountability. could you please call the first item line item one weekly officer recognition certificate presentation of an officer who has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. officer michael grande star number 302, investigator bureau general work .

june 8th, 2018, he said then -- rod rosenstein, an unsolicited memo arguing that the mueller investigation should not be able to force the president to submit to interrogation about obstruction. in a text message sending the memo, our wrote that he feels very deeply about some of the issues taking shape in the matter. how often did you meet with attorney general barr in 2019? >> before i was special counsel, maybe, well, with him himself, i don't know, maybe every two weeks, three weeks, something of that sort. sometimes more frequently. >> and then after? >> after i had been appointed special counsel, i don't know, i mean i'm sure i saw him, but i did meet with him. >> a lot. >> now it's not a lot. >> how often did you speak or text with the attorney general? this is during the investigation. >> during the, when i was special counsel, or prior to that? >> special counsel sir. >> i don't know how many times. >> according to now public records, barr scheduled at least 18 meetings or calls with you between 2019, march, and october 2019. and you and he text message with each other frequently.

quorum also with us tonight, we have chief scott from the san francisco police department and diana rosensteinfrom the department of police accountability. could you please call the first item line item one weekly officer recognition certificate presentation of an officer who has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. officer michael grande star number 302, investigator bureau general work .