YES, GOOD MORNING. I HAVE BEEN A TEA PARTY PROTESTERS SINCE 2000 EIGHT, BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK OFFICE. [AMBIENT ROOM NOISE]

THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WILL COME TO ORDER. THE CHAIR IS AUTHORIZED TO DECLARE RECESS AT ANY TIME AND WE WELCOME, WE WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS...

SPYING, THAT ONE WORD, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE AFTER YOU FOR. 2019 IN A SENTENCE -- PUTTING 19, YOU SAID THAT SPYING ON A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IS A BIG DEAL. SPYING...

PEACEFUL PROTESTS.

PEACEFUL PROTESTS.

PEACEFUL PROTESTS.

PEACEFUL PROTESTS.

PEACEFUL PROTESTS.

PEACEFUL PROTESTERS.

I HAVE ASKED MYSELF, MY CHILDREN AND MY FAMILY, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, COWORKERS, AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT AFTER...

YEAH]>> OH, YEAH.

TURN THE SOUND DOWN. [BARKING DOGS] [SHOUTING]

TURN THE SOUND DOWN. [SHOUTING] [CHANTING] [SHOUTING]

I HOPE MR. JORDAN WILL NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LENGTH OF MY OPENING STATEMENT. WITHOUT OBJECTION I WILL INSERT THE COMMITTEES AUDIOVISUAL POLICY INTO...

WE WILL NOW PROCEED UNDER THE FIVE MINUTE RULE WITH QUESTIONS AND I WILL RECOGNIZE MYSELF FOR FIVE MINUTES. ON JULY 22, YOU JOINED THE PRESIDENT AS HE...

OPERATION RELENTLESS PURSUIT TARGETED FAMILIAR LIST OF CITIES, PLACES LIKE ALBUQUERQUE, BALTIMORE COMING KANSAS CITY, CORRECT? A.G. BARR: CORRECT.

AT THE SAME PRESS CONFERENCE, YOU CLAIMED 200 ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE UNDER OPERATION LEGEND. CORRECT. A.G. BARR: BUT YOU MISSPOKE -- CORRECT.

BUT YOU MISSPOKE. THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CONFIRMED ONLY A SINGLE REST HAD BEEN MADE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF OPERATION LEGEND. CORRECT? A.G. BARR: I DON'T...

THE 199 OTHER ARRESTS WERE MADE UNDER RELENTLESS PURSUIT OR OTHER PROGRAMS. A.G. BARR: THAT WAS CORRECT.

I THINK YOU CAN BE FORGIVEN FOR BEING CONFUSED. OPERATION LEGEND APPEARS TO BE LITTLE MORE THAN A REPACKAGING OF EXISTING OPERATIONS. WHY ALL THE DRAMA? WHY...

YES OR NO. HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THE PRESIDENT'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN WITH THE PRESIDENT OR WITH ANY WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL OR ANY CIRCUIT OF THE PRESIDENT? A.G....

HAVE YOU DISCUSS THAT TOPIC WITH HIM? A.G. BARR: NOT IN RELATION TO THIS PROGRAM. I'M A MEMBER OF THE CABINET AND THERE IS ELECTION GOING ON. AUGUST WITH...

I DID NOT SAY I WAS SURPRISED. I ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE DONE THAT. IT IS PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, HAVE YOU EVER DISCUSSED THE CURRENT OR FUTURE DEPLOYMENT...

IN CONNECTION WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID. IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT OR OTHER PEOPLE AROUND HIM OF HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN, HAVE YOU...

YOU CANNOT TELL ME WHETHER YOU DISCUSSED -- A.G. BARR: I WILL NOT TELL YOU WHAT I DISCUSSED WITH THE PRESIDENT.

CAN YOU COMMIT IT WILL NOT USE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS A PROP FOR THE REELECTION CAMPAIGN? YOU CANNOT HIDE BEHIND LEGAL FICTIONS THIS TIME. PEOPLE SEE...

MY TIME IS EXPIRED. TO WHAT PURPOSE DOES MR. JOHNSON SEEK RECOGNITION?

QUESTIONS FOR THE WITNESS. YOU HAVE CONFLATED TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THE EFFORT OF LEGEND IS TO CONFRONT VIOLENT CRIME. PREDATORY VIOLENCE LIKE MURDER AND...

ON BEHALF OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND FOR BEING HERE IN YOUR SERVICE TODAY AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THIS...

AMEN, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. IN CONTRAST, WHAT THE PREVIOUS DOJ DID WAS POLITICIZE LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S APPETIZER -- SABOTAGED...

IN YOUR OFFICE YOU ARE THEN FREE TO ACT INDEPENDENT OF THE PRESIDENT, ISN'T THAT CLUE -- ISN'T THAT TRUE? A.G. BARR: IT IS TRUE, ESPECIALLY ON CRIMINAL...

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS ASKED YOU TO DO.

MS. LOFGREN?

IT IS OBVIOUS WHAT IS HAPPENING FROM THE VIDEO PLAY ED. IT IS CLEAR THE PRESIDENTS PLAYBOOK IS TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM HIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE IN DEALING...

THE EXECUTIVE --

THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT ASKED FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS TO PROTECT THE MONUMENT AND THE FEDERAL FACILITIES? A.G. BARR: I WOULD NOT SAY IT WAS TROOPS. WE...

WE CAN GET INTO THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT SURVEILLANCE. WE READ A REPORT THAT STIMULATORS ARE BEING USED TO COLLECT PHONE CALL ROTATION...

I AM ASKING ABOUT AUTHORITY. A.G. BARR: MOST OF OUR CYBER ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED BY THE FBI UNDER LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS TO PROTECT AND DETECT FEDERAL CLIMB.

I THINK THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS SURVEILLANCE TECHNIQUE -- IF A HUSBAND-AND-WIFE CALL EACH OTHER AND ONE OF THE SPOUSES HAS A CELL PHONE...

THE GENTLELADY REAL DEALS BACK -- THE GENTLELADY YIELDS BACK.

CAN YOU ASK THOSE MEMBERS WHO CHOSE NOT TO COME TO WORK TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES BECAUSE IT IS DISTRACTING?

THAT IS NOT A POINT OF ORDER. I NOW RECOGNIZE MR. CAP. -- MR. CABOT.

WOULD IT BE ACCURATE TO SAY IT IS THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE FEDERAL LAWS ARE UPHELD AND THE FEDERAL PROPERTY IS SECURE AND SAFE AND PROTECTED. IS...

THANK YOU. AS FAR AS WEAPONS AND DEVICES UTILIZED BY THE GROUP OF PEOPLE, YOU MENTIONED TRYING TO DESTROY THE COURTHOUSE. THEY WERE TRYING TO BURN IT DOWN. IT...

AS FAR AS THE WEAPONS YOU MENTIONED, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE PEOPLE ATTACKING THE BUILDING HAD RIFLES, EXPLOSIVES, KNIVES, SAWS, SLEDGEHAMMERS, TASERS, ROCKS,...

IF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, MAYORS AND CITY COUNCILS AND GOVERNORS DID THEIR JOBS AND KEPT THE PEACE, WOULD IT EVEN BE NECESSARY FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...

SOME HAVE DERISIVELY REFERRED TO THESE LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AS STORMTROOPERS AND WORSE. DOES THAT ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THEM? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SET...

THANK YOU, GENERAL. MY TIME HAS EXPIRED.