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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.

Karen Bass asks again for FBI to retract BIE document, as she has before. DAG R silent.

Did Jim Jordan just give the date of FISA application?

IG Report notice 7. [Sorry Jim Jordan, just 7, not 16 year, I'm counting]

IG Report notice 8.

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.

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.

DAG R refuses to answer Q abt Trump tweet, "not his role" to opine on whether Trump's tweets appropriate.

DAG R notes POTUS hasn't interviewed USAs in last two Admins.

Poe: Would DOJ investigate criminal conduct by NSA? DAG R, who used to be USA for NSA, pauses: Yes.

DAG R: Unmasking done in analysis, leaking would be crime. We have indicted for leaking.

Poe: Why can't IC get some geek over at Best Buy to get the number with a few clicks?

Marino is a bit of a ringer for DOJ here. As is Ratcliffe.

Marino, who used to be USA, gets DAG R to note that it's unusual to have AUSA present.

Remember: Ari Fleischer gave no proffer before getting immunity in CIA leak case. "A pig in a poke," Fitz called him.

Gowdy claims that Weissmann sent obsequious email to fact witness (meaning Yates). Says she might be most important fact witness. Note: Weissmann is not on Flynn part of Mueller team, but whatev.

DAG R: The appointment I made was Robert Mueller. Robert Mueller, DAG R, and Chris Wray are accountable. When we have evidence of inappropriate behavior, we'll take action.