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Mr. Chairman, I don't think that's a question I can answer in an open setting. And when you read the dossier, what was your reaction, given that it was 100 % directed at the President Elect? Not a question I can answer in an open setting, Mr. Chairman. What was it about the Attorney General's own interactions with the Russians Or his behavior with regard to the investigation that would have led the entire leadership of the FBI to make this decision? Our judgement, as I recall, was that he was very close to, and inevitably going to, recuse himself. For a variety of reasons we also were aware of facts that I can't discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a Russia related investigation problematic. How would you characterize Attorney General Sessions adherence to his recusal? In particular with regard to his involvement In your firing, which the President has acknowledged was because of the Russian investigation? That's a question I can't answer. I think it's a reasonable question. Do you find it odd that the President seemed unconcerned by Russia's actions in our election? I can't answer that cuz I don't know what other conversations you had with other advisors or other intelligence community leaders. So I just don't know sitting here. What would be the risks particularly for a transition someone not actually in the office of the president yet. To setting up unauthorized channels with a hostile foreign government. Especially if they were to evade our own American intelligence services. I'm not gonna comment on whether that happened in an open setting. The primary risk is obvious. You spare the Russians the cost and effort of having to break into our communications channels by using theirs. And is it not true that Mr. Flynn was and is a central figure in this entire investigation of the relationship between the Trump campaign and the Russians? I can't answer that in an open setting, sir. And certainly Mr. Flynn was part of the so- called Russian investigation. Can you answer that question? I have to give you the same answer. What do you know about the Russian bank, VEB? [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Nothing that I can talk about in an open setting. Do you believe Donald Trump colluded with Russia? That's a question I don't think I should answer in an open setting. As I said, when I left we did not have an investigation focused on President Trump. Did you have. At the time that story was published, any indication of any contact between Trump people and Russians, intelligence officers, other government officials, or close associates of the Russian government? This one I can't answer sitting here. There was a story on January 23 in the Washington Post that says, entitled FBI Reviewed Flynn's Polls With Russian Ambassador But Found Nothing Illicit. Is this story accurate? I don't wanna comment on that senator coz I'm pretty sure the bureau has not confirmed any interception of communications. But you can't confirm or deny that the conversation happened, and we would need to know the contents of that conversation to know if it was, in fact, improper. Yeah, I don't think I can talk about that in open setting. Did you ever come close to closing the investigation on Mr. Flynn? [ BLANK_AUDIO ] I don't think I can talk about that in open setting either. We can discuss these more in close setting then. And the attorney general recused himself from the investigation. But do you believe it was appropriate for him to be involved in the firing of the chief investigator of that case? Of that Russia interference? That's something I can't answer sitting here. It's a reasonable question but that would depend on a lot of things I don't know. Like what did he know. What was he told, did he realize that the president was doing it because of the Russia investigation. 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