DAG R: Consultation must more detailed than that. Scope publicly set forth, specific matters not in order. To extent any ambiguity, received my permission. Not expansion, clarification.
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Calling Trump an idiot shouldn't be considered bias against Trump but instead bias towards the truth.
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Issa: If someone made complaint thye'd have to show ID? DAG R: if we're going to conduct investigation need to know witnesses.
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DAG R: Strzok removed by Mueller. He says IG report not done [4th mention] but doesn't explain why all those texts got shared w/press.
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Issa raises OPR carve out (meaning lawyers don't get investigated by IG). DAG R doesn't know, which is pretty stunning.
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Issa: Since we've already had dismissals for wrong-doing, I'd say enough for special counsel. [Issa conflating conflict w/legal wrongdoing.]
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Cohen asks if Trump has talked abt firing Mueller. DAG R: Won't talk abt convos w/Trump but no one has talked abt firing Mueller. DAG R: No one better qualified than Mueller to be SC.
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DAG R notes Mueller lost his job at CRM under Bill Clinton. Has just laid out how appropriate he was (of course DAG R made the choice).
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King: How many people in room w/Hillary? DAG R: IG report [5th mention]
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King asking why no video/transcript. WHY DON'T HJC MEMBERS KNOW DOJ'S NON-CUSTODIAL INTERVIEW RULES?
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Why can't people who oversaw Mueller as FBI Director for years know how to pronounce "Mueller"?
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In response to poison fruit question (which is where I expect this to go) DAG R notes that cases prosecuted on witnesses and documents, not FBI Agents.
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Johnson: POTUS contacted to urge any action in pending investigation? DAG R: Not going to describe convos. Worked w/previous POTUS urging investigation [Cartwright?]
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Johnson: Are you afraid of POTUS Trump firing you? DAG R: No I am not.
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DAG R has to explain he wasn't even DAG when Sessions recused.
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Gohmert says texts saying Trump is an idiot not just political opinion. [Bc it's the truth?]
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Gohmert: Has department ever used political work product? [You mean besides Whitewater?] DAG R: Not to my personal knowledge but I don't know everything about FBI.
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DAG R dodging Karen Bass questions (as Sessions and Wray have before) about Black Identity Extremists, by saying they don't investigate ideology.
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Karen Bass asks again for FBI to retract BIE document, as she has before. DAG R silent.
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IG Report notice 7. [Sorry Jim Jordan, just 7, not 16 year, I'm counting]
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Jeffries asks if majority 14K Special Agents Registered Republicans. DAG R doesn't confirm. Jeffries: Who invited reporters to review texts that part of pending investigation.
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DAG R: Decision was made to release them, their attorneys informed. Goal is to make clear we're not concealing anything. Jeffries asked how Fox got it.
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DAG R refuses to answer Q abt Trump tweet, "not his role" to opine on whether Trump's tweets appropriate.
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DAG R notes POTUS hasn't interviewed USAs in last two Admins.
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Poe: Would DOJ investigate criminal conduct by NSA? DAG R, who used to be USA for NSA, pauses: Yes.
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DAG R: Unmasking done in analysis, leaking would be crime. We have indicted for leaking.
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Poe: Why can't IC get some geek over at Best Buy to get the number with a few clicks?
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