Thank you, Chairman Jordan, ranking member Raskin an distinguishe members of this committee. Thank you for hosting me here today. I'm grateful for the opportunity to answer your questions, highlight the work of our department and discuss the most important topic of all, keeping the American people safe.A little over a year ago, I was sworn into office as the 87th attorney general of the United States. I came into office with the goal of refocusing the Department of Justice on It's core mission after years o ...

in South Bend, Indiana and the former secretary of transportation. It's great to see you. Thank you for being here.Good to be with you. I just want to start. It feels like two things.Many things are true, but two big things are true at the same time. I mean, Trump's popularity has been dropping for some time. That can make him desperate at times.We've seen this movie before over the last 10 years, but he also is using his power or his bully pulpit to there was an FBI raid today in Georgia. He has his attorn ...