[laughter] lynch: usuallyl it's the opposite problem. is it coming up? yes. let's get this repositioned and see. thank you so much. so, just so you know, my son here -- nt director [laughter] attorney general lynch: is extremely talented head of my civil rights division. she saves me on a daily basis from any number of issues. make sure we have this in the right spot. i'm quite glad she was here tonight. ok, great. [applause] [laughter] attorney general lynch: despite that technical issue caused solely by me, let me apologize -- let me thank the entire board and group for this invitation. i'm so excited to be here. let me say i appreciated this invitation on what i understand is your 10th anniversary area is -- on your 10th anniversary. it is very special when groups as dedicated and focused as yours invite me to share an important event. it truly means a lot to me personally and as the attorney general. i thank you for the invitation. [applause] >> thank you for accepting. maybe to kick things off the do -- maybe just to kick things off, maybe just start us

usuallyles: hoover cultivated a close relationship with presidents, starting with franklin roosevelt, but it depended on the president. roosevelt and hoover were very close. roosevelt and truman were not close whatsoever. eisenhower comes in. jfk comes in. hoover is not close with jfk for a good reason. hoover's nominal boss would be jfk's brother. johnson comes in, very close with johnson. nixon comes in, they have a strained relationship but still very close. it depends on the president. i do not like truman in many ways. undermined truman in many ways. , hisen hoover died longtime secretary destroyed a lot of his records. dr. charles: there was the famous secret files of hoover, these were his office files, and this is one of the clever ways he got around fbi files being subject to court discovery motions, a lawyer would ask through a judge for the fbi to release somebody's fbi files. say, the official files at the fbi contain nothing about this person. that's because that document was not in the official files, it was in his office files, and that is what was destroyed. one of the