This hearing has been going on an hour. We're not done with the first questioner.
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Strzok: My recollection is yes, GOP asks Qs abt CHS. Cummings: In mo of July, any info from CHS given to you wrt RU investigation. Do you remember? Strzok; I do. Cummings: Specifically abt CHS in RU investigation.
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Cummings: How dangerous could be to reveal CHS? Meadows: Gentleman suggesting a Q asked by me asked for name. Cummings: Disclosing ID of CHS could create risk. What effect on FBI ability to recruit or retain? Strzok: Could and Is having extraordinary impact.
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Cummings providing Strzok oppty to explain Weiner laptop actions. You believed RU attempts posed grave threat to our security.
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Strzok; Prospect of voting key part of who we are as a democracy. Prospect of hostile foreign power interfering in election I can think of few greater dangers.
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Cummings: How is threat made worse if POTUS campaign colluded w/hostile power? Strzok: If there were people colluding w/RU there is very little that would be more important. Any POTUS candidate would want to know.
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Goodlatte: Conclude guilt on Hillary before interview, and pining for impeachment? Make prosecutions far heard of facts coming to light. Strzok: DOJ makes prosecution decisions.
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Strzok: There comes a time attys will have opinion before concluded. Goodlatte: How many times opining months before interviewing witnesses. Strzok: From beginning, what crimes, which elements demonstrable.
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Goodlatte now getting Strzok to lay out geography of VA's ignorance. Strzok attributes some of it to be rivalry bt Fairfax and Loudon.
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Strzok didn't have anything in personal devices related to IG investigation. Now he's fucked bc he didn't break the rules.
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Strzok talking about not finding evidence to satisfy elements of a crime.
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Strzok disputes claim Comey made decision on Hillary. Goodlatte: Was press conference appropriate? Comey: Not for me to say. I understand factors that went into decision. Goodlatte: Not aware of any precedent.
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Goodlatte: Why transitioned fr DAAD in early 2017. Strzok describing scope of all investigations. Some efforts that fell in line w/other DAAD moved to their supervision.
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Strzok: My recollection differs from AD Priestep. Goodlatte: Recusing self? Strzok again disputes that he was recused bc of bias.
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Strzok: Repeats that he believes he is at hearing voluntarily. Goodlatte disputes it.
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Strzok talks abt protected categories on juries. Political views, this body Goodlatte interrupts. Strzok: Now if I may go back to answering your question. When it comes to expressiong of political belief.
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Nadler: Congratulations on completely correct statement of 1A law. Private political opinions, not expressed publicly.
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Nadler: How frequently does FBI investigate possibility of collusion between POTUS and hostile foreign power? Strzok: Never in my experience.
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Nadler noting Republicans asking Strzok to violate policy drawn in IG conclusion.
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Cicilline and Raskin say they're going to release the transcript if Goodlatte doesn't provide a rule by EOD.
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Now Goodlatte outraged about Dem attempts to disrupt the investigation.
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Nadler: Minority not party to decision not to release transcript. If witness doesn't object I don't know why majority objects.
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Sensenbrenner now pretending there's been a flood of leaks out of DOJ.
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Lofgren: First time in 20-some years we've had this kind of hearing, investigate the investigators.
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Dems are blowing having Strzok here as a witness, blowharding rather than letting him have a platform.
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Meadows now worried abt releasing Strzok transcript at the 11th hour (meaning after Strzok had to testify w/o it). But proposes releasing transcript after Page testimony.
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Strzok gets a swipe in, lumping MoCs in with hoaxsters. "I'm glad that the facts are coming out."
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Ratcliffe is reading his phone while Strzok answers the only question he answered. Goodlatte interrupts Strzok when he points out Trump said he fired Comey bc of RU investigation.
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Jackson Lee hits someone (Ratcliffe?) for walking about b4 Strzok gave his answers.
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Jackson Lee gets Strzok to say Page had been under CI investigation continually since 2013.
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