what time is former attorney yates testifing tomorrow

by Dawson Fahey 4 min read

What did the FBI learn from Yates’ testimony?

 · Sally Yates testimony begins tomorrow at 2:30. You can expect the "NewsHour" to cover it tomorrow night. "Associated Press" reporter Eric Tucker — thanks for joining us.

What happened at Sally Yates’ hearing?

 · Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates is testifying Monday before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Did Yates dissemble instead of admit to spying on Trump campaign?

 · The Hill will be providing live updates as two former senior Obama administration officials testify Monday afternoon during a Senate hearing on Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election.

Did Yates know about Flynn investigation before she opened it?

 · On Wednesday, former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates testified via a live video link before the Senate Judiciary Committee. With a sure demeanor, the long-time federal prosecutor presented ...

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Did James Clapper inform Comey of the FBI?

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said during his opening testimony that by his own policy FBI Director James Comey did not inform him of intelligence investigations against members of the Trump team.

What did the Democratic National Committee say about the Russian hacking hearing?

The Democratic National Committee, a victim of the alleged Russian hacking discussed in the hearing, released a statement saying Republican senators "terrifyingly abdicated their responsibilities" by not asking enough questions about Russia.

Sally Yates Knew Nothing and Saw Nothing

While much of Wednesday’s hearing focused on the four fraudulent Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications submitted to the FISA court, and Yates’s approval of two of those applications, the senators’ questioning of the one-time acting attorney general revealed Yates had little understanding of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation and still lacks a solid grasp on the facts developed since..

Still Running Debunked Collusion Theory

Yates also seemed ignorant Russia’s end game in interfering in the 2016 election. She told the Judiciary Committee that Russia was “trying to put a thumb on the scale for one particular candidate, to try to aid the election of Donald Trump and to hurt Hillary Clinton.” But, as Rep.

Fact-Less Smearing Of Flynn and Barr

Yates’ ignorance of these facts—or her purposefully slanting of them—is bad. But what is worse is what she did to Flynn and Barr: She disparaged them without knowing the facts.

Did You Even Read the Documents?

Throughout her testimony about the questioning of Flynn, Yates stressed that the FBI was not investigating a Logan Act violation but conducting a counterintelligence investigation. “I was operating under the impression that this interview of General Flynn was in the context of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

Points of Interest

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