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Date: June 13, 2017
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1 that you worked with Director Comey for some time, did
2 you ever have a conversation as a superior of Director
3 Comey with his failure to perform or some of these
4 accusations that he wasn't running the FBI in a good
5 way and that somehow the FBI is in turmoil? Did you
6 have any conversations with Director Comey about those
7 subjects?
8 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I did not.
9 VICE CHAIRMAN WARNER: So you were his
10 superior and there was some fairly harsh things said
11 about Director Comey, you never thought it was
12 appropriate to raise those concerns before he was
13 actually terminated by the President?
14 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I did not do so.
15 A memorandum was prepared by the Deputy Attorney
16 General who evaluated his performance, noted some
17 serious problems with it. One of --
18 VICE CHAIRMAN WARNER: And you agreed with
19 those contentions?
20 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I agreed with
21 those. In fact, Senator Warner, we had talked about it
22 even before I was confirmed and before he was
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1 Mayflower Hotel?
2 VICE CHAIRMAN WARNER: Right. Yes, sir. Yes,
3 sir. And my understanding was that the President's
4 son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was at that meeting as well?
5 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I believe he was,
6 yes.
7 VICE CHAIRMAN WARNER: And you don't recollect
8 whether Mr. Kushner had any conversations with
9 Ambassador Kislyak at that session?
10 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I do not.
11 VICE CHAIRMAN WARNER: Okay. And to the best
12 of your memory, you had no conversation with Ambassador
13 Kislyak at that meeting?
14 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I don't recall it,
15 Senator Warner. It would have been -- certainly I can
16 assure you nothing improper if I had had a conversation
17 with him and it's conceivable that that occurred. I
18 just don't remember it.
19 VICE CHAIRMAN WARNER: But there was nothing
20 in your notes or memory so that when you had a chance
21 and you did, and I appreciate it, correct the record
22 about the other two sessions in response to Senator
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1 statement?
2 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Absolutely.
3 SENATOR RISCH: All right. Are you willing to
4 sit here and tell the American people, unfiltered by
5 what the media is going to put out, that you
6 participated in no conversations of any kind where
7 there was collusion between the Trump campaign and any
8 other foreign government?
9 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I can say that
10 absolutely and I have no hesitation to do so.
11 SENATOR RISCH: Mr. Sessions, you're a former
12 U.S. attorney, former United States senator and the
13 Attorney General of the United States. You
14 participated, as you've described, in the Trump
15 campaign and as such you traveled with the campaign, I
16 gather?
17 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I did.
18 SENATOR RISCH: You spoke for the campaign at
19 times?
20 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Well, on a number
21 of occasions. I was not continually on the --
22 SENATOR RISCH: Based upon your experience and
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1 has talked about it and I would let his words speak for
2 themselves.
3 SENATOR FEINSTEIN: Well, on May 11th on NBC
4 Nightly News two days later, the President stated he
5 was going to fire Comey regardless of the
6 recommendation. So I'm puzzled about the
7 recommendation because the decision had been made. So
8 what was the need for you to write a recommendation?
9 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Well, we were
10 asked our opinion and when we expressed it which was
11 consistent with the memorandum and letter we wrote, I
12 felt comfortable, and I guess the Deputy Attorney
13 General did too, in providing that information in
14 writing.
15 SENATOR FEINSTEIN: So do you concur with the
16 President that he was going to fire Comey regardless of
17 recommendation because the problem was the Russian
18 investigation?
19 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Senator Feinstein,
20 I guess I'll just have to let his words speak for
21 himself. I'm not sure what was in his mind explicitly
22 when we talked with him.
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1 countries.
2 SENATOR RUBIO: But never --
3 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: That's a normal
4 thing, I guess, we talk about.
5 SENATOR RUBIO: Right, but as far as someone
6 who is not an official from another country, just a
7 businessman or anyone walking down the street who kind
8 of struck you as someone that was trying to find out
9 what you were up to or what the campaign was up to, you
10 never remember any sort of interaction that in
11 hindsight appears suspicious?
12 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Well, I'd have to
13 rack my brain, but I don't recall it now.
14 SENATOR RUBIO: My last question. You were on
15 the foreign policy team. The platform, the Republican
16 was changed to not provide defensive weapons to
17 Ukraine. Were you involved in that decision? Do you
18 know how that change was made or who was involved in
19 making that change?
20 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I was not active
21 in the platform committee, did not participate in that
22 and don't think I had any direct involvement in that.
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1 that day?
2 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: No, that is
3 correct.
4 SENATOR BLUNT: Well, whenever you talked to
5 Mr. Comey after he had had his meeting with the
6 President. You think that was probably the next day?
7 You didn't stay afterwards and see him after he left
8 the Oval Office that night?
9 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: No. I understand
10 his testimony may have suggested that it happened right
11 afterwards but it was either the next morning, which I
12 think it was, or maybe the morning after that is we had
13 a national security briefing with the FBI that I
14 undertake and so it was after that that we had that
15 conversation.
16 SENATOR BLUNT: When you had that
17 conversation. Now, what I'm not quite clear on is did
18 you respond when he expressed his concern or not?
19 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Yes, I did
20 respond. I think he's incorrect. He indicated, I
21 believe, that he was not totally sure of the exact
22 wording of the meeting, but I do recall my chief of
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1 impactful and I'm sure you're not going to say how many
2 times the President said we ought to get rid of that
3 person, but I'm sure that's happened.
4 And Chairman, I'll --
5 CHAIRMAN BURR: Thank you. Senator King.
6 SENATOR KING: Mr. Attorney General, thank you
7 for joining us today. I respect your --
8 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Thank you.
9 SENATOR KING: -- willingness to be here.
10 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Thank you.
11 SENATOR KING: You testified a few minutes
12 ago, "I'm not able to invoke executive privilege.
13 That's up to the President." Has the President invoked
14 executive privilege in the case of your testimony here
15 today?
16 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: He has not.
17 SENATOR KING: Then what is the basis of your
18 refusal to answer these questions?
19 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Senator King, the
20 President has a constitution --
21 SENATOR KING: I understand that, but the
22 President hasn't asserted it.
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1 You're correct.
2 SENATOR KING: So you're being selective about
3 the (inaudible).
4 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: No, I'm not
5 intentionally. I'm doing so only because I believe he
6 made that (inaudible).
7 SENATOR KING: In any of your discussions with
8 the President about the firing of James Comey, did the
9 question of the Russian investigation ever come up?
10 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I cannot answer
11 that because it was a communication by the President
12 or, if any such occurred, it would be a communication
13 that he has not waived.
14 SENATOR KING: But he has not asserted
15 executive privilege?
16 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: He has not
17 asserted executive privilege today.
18 SENATOR KING: Do you believe the Russians
19 interfered with the 2016 elections?
20 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: It appears so.
21 The Intelligence Community seems to be united in that,
22 but I have to tell you, Senator King, I know nothing
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1 said, "I am the only one that could do that and I'm not
2 contemplating that nor would I do that and nobody has
3 no idea where the latest unnamed source story of the
4 day is coming from but somehow it's grabbing all of the
5 attention."
6 I do want to be able to bring up a couple of
7 things to you specifically. One is to define the word
8 recuse. And I come back to your email that you sent to
9 Jim Comey and others that day on March the 2nd. This
10 is what you had said in your email. "After careful
11 consideration following meetings with career department
12 officials over the course of the past several weeks,
13 the Attorney General has decided to recuse himself from
14 any existing or future investigations of any matters
15 related in any way to the campaigns for President of
16 the United States. The Attorney General's recusal is
17 not only with respect to such investigations, if any,
18 but also extends to the Department's responses to
19 congressional and media inquiries related to such
20 investigations." Is that something you have maintained
21 from March 2nd on?
22 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Absolutely.
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1 that.
2 SENATOR COTTON: Thank you. My time is
3 limited and I have a lot of questions. Mr. Blunt asked
4 you if you had spoken in response to Mr. Comey's
5 statement to you after his private meeting with the
6 President on February 14th or February 15th. You said
7 that you did respond to Mr. Comey. Mr. Comey's
8 testimony said that you did not. Do you know why Mr.
9 Comey would have said that you did not respond to him
10 in that conversation with you on February 14th or 15th?
11 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I do not. There
12 was a little conversation, not very long, but there was
13 a conversation and I did respond to him. Perhaps not
14 to everything he asked but he -- I did respond to him,
15 I think, in an appropriate way.
16 SENATOR COTTON: Do you know why Mr. Comey
17 mistrusted President Trump from their first meeting on
18 January 6th? He stated last week that he did but
19 didn't state anything from that meeting that caused him
20 to have such mistrust (inaudible).
21 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I'm not able to
22 speculate on that.
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1 that --
2 SENATOR HARRIS: And are you aware --
3 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: -- at this moment.
4 SENATOR HARRIS: Are you aware of any
5 communications with any Trump officials or did you have
6 any communications with any officials about Russia or
7 Russian interests in the United States before January
8 20th?
9 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: No, I may have had
10 some conversations and I think I did with the general
11 strategic concept of the possibility of whether or not
12 Russia and the United States could get on a more
13 harmonious relationship and move off the hostility.
14 The Soviet Union did in fact collapse.
15 SENATOR HARRIS: Thank you.
16 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: It's really a
17 tragic strategic event that we're not able to get along
18 better than we are today.
19 SENATOR HARRIS: Before being sworn in as
20 attorney general, how did you typically communicate
21 with then Candidate or President-elect Trump?
22 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Would you repeat
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1 that?
2 SENATOR HARRIS: Before you were sworn in as
3 attorney general, how did you typically communicate
4 with then Candidate or President-elect Trump?
5 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I did not --
6 SENATOR HARRIS: Did you communicate in
7 writing?
8 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: -- a memorandum.
9 I did not make formal presentations.
10 SENATOR HARRIS: Did you ever communicate with
11 him in writing?
12 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: I don't believe
13 so.
14 SENATOR HARRIS: And you referred to a
15 longstanding DOJ policy. Can you tell us what policy
16 it is you're talking about?
17 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Well, I think most
18 cabinet people, as the witnesses you had before you
19 earlier, those individuals declined to comment because
20 we're all about conversations with the President --
21 SENATOR HARRIS: Sir, I'm just asking you
22 about the DOJ policy you referred to.
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1 to show you the policy that would be the basis for you
2 refusing to answer the majority of questions that have
3 been asked of you.
4 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Mr. Chairman, the
5 witness should be allowed to answer the question.
6 CHAIRMAN BURR: The Senators will allow the
7 Chair to control the hearing.
8 Senator Harris, let him answer.
9 SENATOR HARRIS: Please, sir. Thank you.
10 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: We talked about it
11 and we talked about the real principle that's at stake
12 is one that I have some appreciation for as having
13 spent 15 years in the Department of Justice, 12 as
14 United States Attorney and that principle is that the
15 Constitution provides the head of the executive branch
16 certain privileges and that members -- one of them is
17 confidentiality of communications. And it is improper
18 for agents of any departments in the executive branch
19 to waive that privilege without a clear approval of the
20 President.
21 SENATOR HARRIS: Mr. Chairman, I have asked --
22 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: And that's the
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1 correct?
2 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: [Skip in audio]
3 that the Deputy Attorney General put in his memorandum
4 as good and important factors to use in determining
5 whether or not he had conducted himself in a way that
6 justified continuing in office. I think it pretty well
7 speaks for itself and I believe most of it did deal
8 with that.
9 Now, the discussion about his performance was
10 a bipartisan discussion. It began during the election
11 time. Democrats were very unhappy about the way he
12 conducted himself and in retrospect in looking at it, I
13 think it was more egregious than I may have even
14 understood at the time.
15 SENATOR REED: General --
16 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: You're not -- with
17 regard to --
18 SENATOR REED: General, if I may.
19 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Okay.
20 SENATOR REED: And I don't want to cut you
21 off.
22 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: Okay. I'll let
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138:13 49:18, 50:1, capacity 118:16
business 50:3, 50:4, 26:8, 26:11, certainly
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businessman 61:9, 62:3, 131:20, 132:13 42:1, 48:21,
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businessmen 89:4, 89:19, 106:19 139:21
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calendar 107:7, 111:6, 20:13, 93:10 cfr
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charges classify colleague comment
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check 19:13, 28:19, 15:6, 15:7, 70:10, 116:19,
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chemical 81:17, 85:19, college 137:17
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chief 92:22, 94:21, collins 56:2
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choice 31:9 collude 136:1, 136:15,
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chooses 14:12, 17:10, colluded commit
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chose 44:13, 127:5 collusion 113:1
27:8, 139:3 cleveland 14:21, 14:22, commitment
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129:18, 130:11, compelled conclude 110:14, 126:13,
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committees complied conclusions connection
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content 80:14, 81:15, 81:3, 83:3, 74:20, 75:6,
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context 108:13, 111:8, 121:3, 123:20, 134:18
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continue 30:22, 36:13, 42:10 country
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crowd 70:9, 74:19, dedicated 18:21, 18:23,
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crystal dealing deeply 20:13, 20:14,
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current dealt defend 21:3, 22:8,
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custody deaths defending 27:12, 27:13,
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cut debate defense 29:7, 31:6,
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cyber 62:2, 62:5 defensive 32:3, 36:12,
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department's 95:8 29:1, 30:5, disarray
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departments deterred 35:15, 38:15, disciplined
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deputy detestable 39:2, 39:6, disclosed
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despite directed 54:7, 68:4,
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detail direction 126:5, 126:11, 94:2, 100:11,
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detailed 123:8 director's 130:22, 132:3,
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dismiss 47:16 E elections
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dismissed 7:16, 24:7, 91:11 132:18
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diverse 96:2 easier elsewhere
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document dramatically effect 29:19, 30:5,
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documentary drawing 46:22, 124:15 123:11
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documents driving 111:3, 112:18,
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enemies 59:2, 123:5, 134:18, 135:1 existing
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enforce establish 9:6, 12:21, exit
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enforcement estimated 23:2, 48:9, exits
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31:13, 70:8, 2:14 106:6
58:8, 58:15, lead
133:12 59:19, 60:5, largest
king 22:21 5:6, 5:15,
61:18, 62:1, 38:21, 55:6
84:5, 84:6, 62:19, 63:16, last
84:9, 84:11, 64:8, 67:22, 2:9, 6:4, 8:19, leader
84:17, 84:19, 77:10, 78:13, 10:11, 11:19, 11:12, 28:7
84:21, 85:2, 78:17, 83:1, 22:16, 22:18, leaders
85:10, 86:2, 88:22, 99:3, 32:7, 44:7, 10:18, 109:6
86:8, 86:14, 99:4, 99:6, 46:19, 57:18, leadership
86:17, 86:20, 99:11, 99:17, 57:20, 58:4, 2:6, 19:8,
87:3, 87:6, 100:1, 100:18, 61:14, 63:3, 19:19, 69:21,
87:9, 87:12, 102:7, 103:19, 71:12, 78:2, 71:6, 135:2
87:20, 88:2, 104:3, 104:6, 105:11, 107:13, leading
136:5
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leahy 40:15, 90:6, 95:8, 101:3, 125:12
8:1 109:1, 121:4 109:3 loop
leak letter listen 56:19
109:8, 109:11 19:9, 42:7, 98:14 lord
leaked 51:15, 52:11, litigate 13:7
65:13, 66:5, 54:22, 55:17, 137:7 lot
110:7 66:13, 66:17, little 10:1, 30:8,
leaking 67:3, 67:9, 40:4, 40:7, 60:20, 71:10,
31:14, 68:16, 67:10, 90:6, 64:13, 80:16, 77:6, 91:4,
110:4 119:13, 120:5, 97:5, 100:3, 99:7, 99:22,
leaks 120:10, 120:22 105:21, 108:12, 104:6, 108:3,
22:10, 109:2, level 130:1, 134:9, 114:6
109:12, 109:22 44:13 139:20 lots
learned levels live 105:9
51:13, 64:11, 31:9 23:3 luther
127:19 lewandowski lived 138:8, 138:11
least 102:2 5:16 lying
13:20, 14:20, lie lives 114:14
17:16, 40:8, 9:10, 15:3 21:21 lynch
40:14, 63:11, life lobbyists 124:1
67:9, 107:9, 26:9, 97:10, 132:11 M
136:9 134:19 local made
leave lifetime 22:14 5:11, 11:21,
10:12, 30:16, 97:7 long 19:14, 19:15,
44:8, 57:2, light 45:11, 54:10, 26:20, 29:16,
57:18, 57:20, 8:17, 137:2, 58:11, 68:1, 38:19, 51:19,
58:4, 58:15 138:3 68:17, 82:4, 52:7, 53:18,
left likelihood 92:6, 108:12, 53:19, 61:18,
14:7, 44:9, 29:3 119:14 64:18, 65:19,
45:2, 58:3, likely longer 73:11, 88:6,
58:9, 81:7 50:17 15:7 91:1, 94:3,
legal likewise longstanding 96:18, 97:16,
28:10, 63:1, 43:6 13:9, 37:3, 98:1, 107:20,
73:3, 73:10, limited 73:11, 73:19, 124:19, 126:3,
74:11, 85:4, 11:9, 18:3, 82:2, 116:15, 126:9, 128:20,
85:13 63:14, 96:7, 117:2, 121:22, 136:1, 136:15,
legally 108:3 124:14, 136:20 138:8, 138:18,
112:22 limiting longtime 140:3
legislation 20:19, 30:20 54:13 main
133:17 limits look 24:20, 26:2
legislative 62:17 4:10, 5:1, maintain
25:6, 25:9 line 12:3, 60:13, 111:16
length 96:3 60:15, 127:5, maintained
30:12, 55:11, lingered 137:1 93:20, 94:1
56:2, 80:16 44:9, 57:13 looked major
lester lingering 78:15 25:19, 25:20,
70:2, 76:21 57:15 looking 58:10
let's list 54:22, 106:22,
7:9, 7:10, 16:12, 17:3,
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majority 28:2, 31:22, 138:15 79:19, 79:22,
118:2 68:3, 69:4, mccabe 80:7, 81:5,
make 79:10, 84:1, 76:13 81:22, 82:15,
3:13, 4:21, 135:12 mccain 83:16, 95:2,
7:5, 18:5, 26:1, map 129:12, 129:13, 98:4, 102:4,
26:13, 29:19, 133:5 130:1, 130:11, 107:3, 108:5,
32:22, 69:16, march 130:18, 131:1, 108:17, 108:19,
69:21, 74:1, 7:11, 8:9, 131:9, 131:12, 109:10, 130:4,
74:17, 77:19, 16:16, 17:22, 131:13, 131:19, 132:4, 138:15,
90:13, 91:20, 26:18, 27:4, 132:7, 132:9, 139:1
104:16, 112:3, 69:8, 93:9, 132:17, 133:11, meetings
112:15, 116:9, 93:21, 120:7, 133:20, 134:3, 4:1, 8:9, 9:11,
124:1 122:18 134:17, 135:11 13:14, 13:16,
makes marshals mccostlin 16:14, 17:4,
114:18 69:19 1:22, 141:1, 17:7, 17:9,
making mary 141:14 26:4, 26:17,
50:2, 61:19, 78:13, 140:2 mean 28:18, 30:15,
122:7, 132:4, massively 37:10, 70:16, 31:2, 31:22,
137:9 11:6, 135:18 79:19, 80:8, 32:13, 33:19,
man materials 83:21, 106:22, 79:7, 80:21,
71:20, 71:21, 23:17 111:20, 131:17 83:8, 93:11,
91:11 matter meaningful 98:1, 98:8,
manafort 11:14, 23:2, 96:13 100:4, 100:5,
101:3, 101:10 29:9, 48:21, meant 100:11, 100:15,
manage 50:14 94:22, 123:17 109:7, 129:15,
19:18 matters measures 129:16, 129:19,
manchester 13:2, 18:16, 46:2, 47:8, 130:2, 131:1
109:8 63:19, 65:5, 90:2 member
manchin 65:17, 82:13, media 2:6, 12:16,
96:20, 96:21, 90:22, 93:14, 9:20, 14:6, 23:7, 129:17,
97:3, 97:4, 94:2, 94:17, 49:5, 64:14, 131:3, 131:6,
98:5, 98:15, 110:4 93:19 131:15, 132:13,
98:18, 99:2, matthews meet 133:15, 135:17
99:3, 99:12, 106:6 32:9, 100:22, members
99:21, 100:9, maybe 101:8, 107:4, 2:10, 5:2,
100:14, 100:21, 25:21, 32:11, 111:7, 132:6 5:13, 6:15,
101:6, 101:14, 42:2, 50:12, meeting 23:12, 23:14,
101:17, 101:19, 75:22, 81:12, 8:11, 14:1, 23:15, 32:14,
101:21, 102:2, 83:2, 98:14, 16:21, 20:2, 33:5, 33:8,
102:6, 102:8, 100:2, 105:11, 24:11, 26:20, 64:20, 78:7,
102:14, 102:16, 105:13 26:22, 28:17, 94:12, 103:18,
102:20, 103:1, mayflower 30:15, 30:17, 104:6, 118:16,
103:5, 103:13, 8:11, 13:16, 31:20, 40:16, 136:8, 136:16
103:21, 104:8 23:21, 27:2, 40:20, 41:4, memo
manipulating 41:1, 42:21, 41:13, 42:5, 38:22, 120:4,
100:11 43:9, 43:10, 42:17, 44:12, 120:11, 121:6,
many 43:16, 79:4, 44:15, 56:21, 122:17
6:14, 16:14, 80:22, 105:19, 57:1, 64:2, memoranda
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memorandum 107:18, 122:8, 51:22, 58:20, 92:21
19:11, 19:15, 139:14, 139:19 59:6, 66:7, mueller's
39:15, 52:11, mike 80:8, 91:3, 34:10, 35:15,
55:11, 67:9, 9:16 99:10, 104:7, 38:16
77:21, 89:6, military 115:12, 125:13, multiple
90:15, 94:9, 97:8 133:4, 133:11, 33:6, 48:10,
116:8, 120:21, miller 133:22, 135:1, 105:14
125:3 101:21 139:17 mum
memory mind morning 68:18
41:12, 41:20, 52:21, 56:11, 20:5, 81:11, murder
42:1, 91:18, 79:1, 137:17 81:12, 92:11 22:20
111:2, 113:15 mine moscow's must
men 55:10 133:3 11:10, 11:12,
55:6, 55:8 minister most 55:1, 55:4
mention 109:7, 128:14 3:3, 4:17, myself
82:15, 82:17, minutes 10:21, 48:11, 17:20, 18:18,
121:1 23:14, 23:19, 77:12, 85:16, 21:7, 21:9,
mentioned 84:11, 86:8, 95:11, 111:13, 21:13, 23:18,
2:8, 25:4, 109:10 112:5, 116:17, 28:4, 28:6,
32:19, 82:16 mislead 125:7, 135:17, 28:22, 29:9,
message 128:4 138:7 29:13, 29:15,
26:1 mismanagement mostly 30:7, 35:7,
met 77:3 64:13 64:9, 64:19,
14:13, 16:9, missed move 72:3, 94:4, 94:5
16:18, 17:16, 103:14 5:16, 7:9, N
32:10, 32:15, missing 115:13 name
60:19, 64:11, 103:22, 104:2, moved 18:13, 30:8,
79:20, 80:8, 132:20 96:3 30:10, 139:1
80:10, 80:11, mission movements named
107:1, 130:4 23:6, 123:3 133:2 7:12, 40:18
methods mistaken moves names
3:3, 3:4 121:11 82:8 64:11
mexican mistrust movies nation
109:6 108:20 106:12 4:22, 22:4
michael mistrusted moving nation's
71:9, 101:17 108:17 111:7 2:20, 9:12
middle moment much national
132:18 6:5, 60:8, 5:11, 7:13, 7:13, 7:15,
midst 115:3 7:15, 12:16, 9:15, 40:19,
38:14, 40:6 months 51:7, 51:22, 81:13, 95:3,
might 33:1, 69:4, 56:14, 62:10, 95:6, 95:12,
3:13, 5:14, 90:11, 101:13, 68:16, 82:5, 95:21, 98:15,
5:20, 9:10, 105:5, 105:16, 104:10, 111:5, 98:16, 109:13,
17:19, 30:22, 120:13 124:11, 124:18 133:15, 134:19
35:2, 35:15, more mueller nationals
72:3, 80:10, 3:1, 3:15, 30:3, 34:8, 113:22, 114:3,
83:11, 89:17, 4:14, 7:14, 34:18, 34:20, 114:21
89:20, 107:17, 47:7, 47:22, 35:10, 36:8,
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nations 127:9, 127:16, 35:4, 41:16, occurred
133:12, 133:14 138:17 41:19, 48:18, 14:3, 27:1,
nature new 72:22, 88:22, 27:3, 28:15,
9:10, 54:4, 15:11, 22:18, 95:19, 107:11, 41:17, 50:18,
111:6 46:9, 47:3, 111:14 57:22, 62:5,
nbc 119:20, 126:12, notice 88:12, 89:2
52:3, 70:2 127:10, 127:12 30:7 occurrences
nearly news notifying 48:10
121:10 14:6, 15:19, 29:18 october
necessary 52:4, 126:4, notoriety 89:7, 97:14,
2:13, 3:2, 7:6, 126:9, 126:11, 42:15 126:9, 126:22,
18:4, 63:14, 135:15 november 128:2
83:22, 86:7 next 126:8, 126:18 offer
need 17:15, 22:19, nsa's 26:16
3:11, 8:16, 45:1, 58:21, 2:20 office
10:14, 31:15, 81:6, 81:11, nuclear 10:12, 16:22,
44:6, 46:4, 107:5 131:18 26:6, 26:20,
52:8, 63:16, night number 56:21, 59:20,
68:13, 91:17, 78:2, 81:8 3:20, 49:20, 64:10, 81:8,
114:14, 133:10, nightly 55:17, 58:1, 94:14, 94:16,
136:19, 137:2, 52:4 73:7, 90:21, 125:6, 128:13
139:19 nobody 137:22 officers
needed 93:2, 103:3, nut 22:14, 48:8,
20:13, 30:19, 107:22 128:15 122:19
31:11, 31:12, non-meeting O offices
57:14, 57:16, 95:2 oath 30:8
58:6 none 8:20, 12:7, official
needs 65:9, 100:11 72:20, 126:14 17:18, 27:20,
33:1 nonetheless obama 32:3, 60:3,
neither 47:5 32:2, 59:6, 60:10, 61:6,
76:10, 141:5 normal 71:19, 97:18 129:16
nervous 61:3, 83:8, obligation officials
114:18 122:9 5:16, 60:4, 4:1, 7:20, 8:8,
never normally 75:4, 112:22 9:12, 11:16,
12:21, 14:13, 56:4 observe 13:15, 14:2,
17:22, 24:10, note 25:22 14:14, 16:14,
26:21, 29:10, 23:12, 31:20, obstructing 16:18, 17:17,
31:18, 32:11, 94:9, 110:12 18:4, 26:7,
75:7 31:8, 36:13,
32:15, 39:11, noted obtaining
44:14, 58:15, 39:16 36:18, 37:17,
50:15 42:17, 55:3,
61:2, 61:10, notes obviously
62:4, 64:10, 41:20, 79:1, 60:20, 85:16,
64:11, 64:12, 28:9, 44:11, 85:17, 93:12,
111:3, 111:7, 69:4
83:20, 89:1, 111:8, 111:11, 94:14, 94:16,
89:9, 89:12, occasions 100:5, 100:16,
111:13, 111:16, 49:21, 96:9
91:16, 92:16, 112:17 101:1, 101:8,
92:17, 97:7, occur 102:5, 113:5,
nothing 16:11
121:19, 122:20, 12:9, 31:4, 114:20, 114:21,
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115:5, 115:6, one-on-one 14:2, 16:14, 97:10, 104:15,
138:20 10:13, 71:1 24:18, 26:3, 129:7, 136:10,
often ones 26:7, 28:18, 137:2, 137:7,
3:1, 60:10, 57:18, 57:20 31:14, 33:3, 139:13
99:17 ongoing 33:8, 37:16, outcome
ohio 18:7, 19:8, 41:22, 42:16, 73:5, 141:8
17:2 20:20, 31:8, 42:17, 48:8, outlined
okay 32:4, 68:19, 48:19, 48:20, 8:20
25:4, 30:11, 69:1, 99:16, 49:8, 56:7, outset
32:17, 41:11, 126:15, 133:18, 63:19, 69:14, 6:5, 6:19
43:17, 50:6, 137:12 74:18, 74:20, outside
54:20, 57:12, only 78:14, 80:11, 71:5, 132:12
66:7, 102:14, 4:22, 16:16, 85:8, 85:21, oval
103:2, 113:16, 18:3, 22:12, 90:22, 94:13, 10:12, 56:21,
114:12, 125:19, 25:20, 40:21, 94:15, 95:10, 59:20, 81:8,
125:22, 138:4 63:14, 80:4, 95:14, 95:15, 128:13
ominously 85:12, 88:5, 100:5, 100:9, over
107:15 93:1, 93:17, 100:15, 100:16, 9:18, 10:7,
once 113:12, 128:13, 105:9, 106:18, 21:15, 22:20,
127:7, 127:17 137:5, 139:5 114:19, 122:8, 26:7, 28:19,
one ooo 123:11, 131:19, 29:12, 33:6,
3:22, 9:11, 140:7 133:8, 133:12, 33:7, 34:18,
17:8, 23:2, open 133:13, 136:21, 42:2, 91:21,
25:20, 26:4, 3:15, 23:16, 138:19 93:12, 101:5,
26:6, 28:11, 62:12, 99:7, others 126:14, 127:10,
30:7, 32:6, 106:18, 134:9 10:5, 24:2, 127:12, 129:13
38:18, 39:17, opening 38:13, 54:6, overdose
42:1, 42:21, 32:19, 91:13 85:16, 93:9, 22:16, 22:19
43:12, 44:5, operating 96:14, 124:14, oversee
47:6, 48:14, 2:12 136:20 19:4
57:18, 57:19, opinion otherwise own
58:4, 66:7, 51:20, 52:10, 80:17, 94:15, 3:13, 4:21,
67:21, 69:10, 86:10, 86:21, 107:18, 132:1, 7:20, 31:21,
69:18, 71:5, 87:7, 87:9, 141:8 104:16, 130:14,
74:18, 74:19, 87:11, 112:3, ought 135:20
77:20, 80:14, 134:16 42:3, 84:2 P
82:7, 90:14, opportunity out
90:15, 93:1, 4:21, 9:1, page
3:19, 5:4, 102:6, 102:12,
93:7, 94:10, 10:3, 13:6, 27:12, 29:17,
96:12, 99:15, 30:5, 40:8, 110:20
74:1, 74:16, pages
105:8, 107:12, 78:8, 107:9 46:5, 46:13,
109:19, 118:12, 47:1, 49:5, 1:21, 47:9,
order 110:20
118:16, 130:2, 2:2, 10:1, 50:16, 55:11,
130:7, 133:3, 58:2, 60:21, paper
110:2, 134:18 89:1
135:19, 137:16, originally 61:8, 65:13,
138:18 66:5, 70:13, parameters
6:8 112:13
one-on other 79:16, 83:17,
82:6 91:1, 94:4, pardon
2:10, 11:1, 38:14
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pardons penetrating persons 56:22, 60:11,
36:14, 37:17, 133:14 31:7, 99:17, 60:21, 65:20,
37:21 penetrations 110:3 66:12, 85:19,
part 134:22 perspective 85:20, 85:22,
7:1, 8:3, 15:7, people 102:17 86:7, 101:1,
15:21, 27:12, 2:11, 3:12, perspectives 101:8, 110:10,
44:1, 68:11, 4:21, 5:10, 127:6 112:18, 124:13,
69:20, 89:18, 12:1, 13:20, phone 124:19, 136:14
98:16, 103:13, 21:17, 21:19, 31:2, 109:5 points
103:21, 104:2, 21:22, 24:21, photos 9:1, 19:14
106:3 32:11, 38:3, 109:9 policies
participate 43:19, 46:6, place 20:14, 45:13,
18:23, 27:15, 49:4, 58:2, 2:14, 21:4, 56:1, 56:4,
27:22, 61:21, 60:20, 62:13, 33:19, 44:13, 64:1, 68:13,
107:10 62:14, 65:16, 44:15, 44:18, 73:21, 74:4,
participated 67:22, 68:3, 76:7, 92:13, 82:2, 127:19
10:6, 14:21, 70:18, 79:1, 120:9 policy
48:1, 49:6, 79:11, 79:14, places 4:4, 23:22,
49:14 79:16, 83:18, 78:14 25:19, 32:8,
participating 91:4, 94:10, plainly 33:5, 37:3,
77:1 104:16, 106:18, 91:13 61:15, 68:19,
participation 110:7, 111:8, platform 73:19, 79:5,
50:1 114:7, 116:18 61:15, 61:21, 95:11, 116:15,
particular peppered 62:5, 110:10, 116:22, 117:2,
80:14 92:14, 92:19 110:11 117:4, 117:11,
particularly percent play 117:14, 117:22,
103:16, 131:10, 22:20, 90:19 4:8 118:1, 119:7,
135:10 perform player 119:8, 122:4,
parties 39:3 138:12 134:14
4:14, 9:4, performance pleasantries polite
141:7 21:16, 38:20, 96:8 96:8
partisan 39:16, 55:8, please political
5:5 76:12, 76:14, 2:2, 12:8, 5:4, 5:7, 5:12,
party 125:9 12:12, 16:15, 27:16, 27:18,
123:2, 135:19 perhaps 17:12, 111:19, 123:2
pass 44:9, 58:6, 118:9, 124:16 politico
66:22 64:8, 83:3, pleased 132:17
passes 108:13 29:22 politics
67:6, 106:1 person plotline 5:17
passing 25:18, 27:17, 106:15 pop
14:3 28:20, 50:15, plotting 42:1
past 50:20, 72:2, 107:6 portrayal
11:15, 93:12 84:3, 109:20, plus 96:15
pattern 119:20 31:13 pose
11:16 personal podium 60:10
paul 27:16, 35:14, 113:11 posed
101:3, 101:10 75:2 point 16:19
peculiar personnel 14:9, 17:21, position
40:8 63:9 29:14, 69:17,
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94:21 preserve private procedures
possession 60:4 13:14, 24:14, 136:21
4:18 preserving 30:17, 31:20, proceeding
possibility 9:22 50:15, 54:5, 6:1
36:14, 115:11 president's 59:1, 59:2, proceedings
possible 10:15, 37:13, 59:4, 72:12, 141:3
4:5, 6:18, 41:3, 44:21, 74:15, 79:6, process
8:11, 100:2, 72:17, 73:14, 91:16, 96:5, 6:6, 7:2, 10:3,
136:11 85:18 96:13, 108:5, 11:2, 15:2,
possibly president-elect 139:1 21:12, 36:2,
29:13, 42:5, 15:13, 115:21, privilege 91:2, 98:21,
79:18, 79:20 116:4 37:1, 37:11, 104:15, 128:21,
post presidential 37:13, 37:14, 130:19
134:3 36:14, 79:5 72:15, 72:17, processes
potential presidents 73:8, 73:12, 12:20, 130:20
37:17, 109:1, 9:4 84:12, 84:14, professional
137:9 press 85:4, 85:21, 5:9, 64:15,
power 3:21, 17:19, 86:2, 86:6, 126:21
37:14, 85:3, 24:1, 42:14, 86:16, 87:22, professionals
103:16, 134:5 121:16, 122:1, 88:15, 88:17, 22:8, 77:12
powers 123:9 99:13, 118:19, program
37:7, 124:5 pressure 136:18 2:20, 2:21
pre-speech 59:18, 128:14 privileged progress
13:22 pressured 62:16, 112:11 5:11
preclude 59:17 privileges prohibit
129:10 presumably 37:22, 74:18, 82:6
predictable 131:3 85:8, 99:4, prohibition
112:6 pretty 118:16 59:4, 122:7
prefaced 47:21, 68:2, probably promised
110:18 77:15, 124:4, 29:4, 29:6, 17:15
premature 125:6 29:7, 35:17, proper
86:1, 86:5 previously 40:2, 45:13, 20:9, 21:2,
premise 4:19, 100:6, 46:9, 60:6, 45:6, 45:11,
128:1 100:17, 129:14 78:13, 81:6, 64:19, 68:13,
prepared priebus 120:1, 127:11, 77:9, 94:21,
39:15, 63:13, 101:19 127:14 112:1
112:4, 137:13 principal problem properly
prerogative 27:21, 28:20 29:11, 52:17, 31:9, 69:15
72:18 principle 58:10, 126:7 prosecute
presence 110:2, 117:15, problematic 77:14, 109:16,
30:14 117:17, 118:11, 31:6, 38:17, 123:14
present 118:14, 121:22, 45:3, 63:8, prosecuting
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14:9, 96:14 66:3, 99:17
presentations principles prosecution
55:2, 123:3 problems 27:16, 55:19,
116:9 39:17, 40:10,
presented prior 55:22, 56:3,
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126:21 publicly 77:6, 78:6, rack
prosecutors 12:17, 19:12, 87:18, 88:9, 61:13
55:20, 68:10, 68:17, 107:10, 98:14, 102:9, racked
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123:16, 123:19 published 105:1, 105:8, raise
protect 46:10, 102:12 105:10, 110:22, 12:7, 33:10,
11:11, 13:11, pull 112:7, 113:12, 39:12, 129:20,
22:5, 73:11, 106:18 117:20, 118:5, 130:12, 130:18,
85:18, 136:22 purpose 127:22, 135:13 131:15
protected 5:17, 26:2, questioned raised
3:4 122:21, 122:22, 85:17 7:19, 13:5,
protecting 123:2 questions 58:20, 71:22,
73:14, 85:6, purposes 5:3, 6:15, 72:20, 113:3,
99:5 139:12 7:19, 10:4, 124:14, 130:6
protocol pursue 11:17, 13:7, rambling
20:10 4:11, 136:9, 23:9, 23:18, 15:10
proud 136:13 26:14, 33:19, rampant
78:17 pursuing 34:2, 35:9, 4:20
proven 76:16, 76:20 62:16, 63:2, range
119:21 push 73:1, 74:16, 138:13
provide 64:7, 134:14 74:22, 75:1, ranking
8:15, 20:7, pushing 75:9, 78:8, 12:16, 23:7
34:1, 61:16, 130:9 79:2, 84:18, rate
111:15, 124:16, put 85:5, 92:14, 22:20
139:8, 139:11 4:22, 27:12, 92:19, 99:22, rather
provided 49:5, 51:21, 103:10, 103:19, 78:14, 89:9
16:20, 17:3, 53:18, 68:21, 108:3, 112:5, reached
17:5, 56:19, 125:3, 128:18, 117:9, 117:21, 38:19, 136:12
62:17, 107:22, 129:7 118:2, 129:19, react
141:5 putting 138:14, 138:16, 83:6
provides 56:11 139:3, 139:7, read
118:15 puzzled 139:19
quick 18:8, 27:14,
providing 52:6 80:20, 89:1,
52:13 100:14 89:15, 122:13,
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proxies qualified 122:16
4:2 96:3, 129:8 readily
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public qualify 17:7
3:10, 5:14, 133:4 reaffirmed
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17:18, 26:20, 42:14, 81:17 real
15:5, 15:10, quote
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16:19, 32:7, 15:14, 15:17,
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97:16, 105:4, 15:22, 16:1, really
65:3, 65:4, 16:5, 62:18,
107:13, 113:7, 66:7, 66:12, 37:6, 47:7,
127:8, 139:21 63:7, 63:14, 47:10, 55:7,
69:6, 73:4, 86:9, 86:20
publically 73:19, 75:19, 55:19, 65:16,
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107:8, 115:16 109:19, 123:22, 41:21, 42:6, reduce
reason 132:17 42:11, 42:12, 22:13
3:14, 27:11, reception 42:16, 60:2, reduced
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72:4, 96:15, 14:4, 14:8, 91:12, 110:9, reed
107:13, 113:5, 24:19, 25:13, 141:2 124:10, 124:11,
119:16, 128:5, 43:19, 44:2, recorded 124:18, 125:15,
129:8 79:10, 80:4, 22:18, 141:3 125:18, 125:20,
reasonable 80:11, 80:12, recording 126:2, 127:22,
66:12, 123:14 96:1, 96:2, 141:5 128:10, 128:18,
reasons 96:11, 96:17, records 128:22, 129:4,
27:8, 37:6, 107:6 59:20, 60:4, 136:19
53:16, 90:8, recognition 112:17 refer
138:16 135:15 recruit 135:14
recall recognize 2:21 reference
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20:11, 41:14, 11:3, 23:18, 10:9, 17:11, referenced
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45:12, 46:13, recognized 18:11, 18:15, references
56:22, 57:17, 23:13, 23:14 19:3, 19:17, 23:16
58:3, 61:13, recollect 28:3, 36:6, referred
62:6, 81:22, 41:7 63:15, 65:5, 42:22, 83:8,
82:1, 90:22, recollection 66:9, 66:14, 116:14, 116:22
98:3, 98:12, 14:1, 20:3, 66:16, 69:8, referring
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101:18, 101:20, 43:22, 45:18, 93:16, 94:21, refresh
101:22, 102:3, 45:20, 46:20, 94:22, 120:4, 111:1, 111:5
102:15, 110:21, 62:2, 80:17, 120:8, 138:17 refusal
113:8, 114:22, 96:6, 110:19, recuse 84:18, 85:4,
121:16, 130:3, 110:22, 111:5, 4:6, 17:20, 85:14, 121:9
130:16, 130:21, 121:2 21:9, 27:8, refused
131:9, 132:4, recommend 28:11, 28:22, 110:13
132:8 55:4 29:3, 29:13, refusing
recalled recommendation 29:18, 35:7, 11:17, 118:2
26:18 19:15, 30:19, 64:19, 69:1, refute
receive 52:6, 52:7, 71:3, 72:10, 15:20
30:7, 64:4 52:8, 52:17, 93:8, 93:13, refuted
received 69:7, 120:19, 94:3 76:13
8:19, 18:2, 121:1, 121:6, recused regard
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63:14, 64:13, recommendations 21:7, 27:5, 31:20, 42:20,
89:1, 90:2 98:1 28:5, 29:9, 47:13, 59:13,
receiving recommending 30:6, 35:18, 67:17, 75:20,
96:3 19:9, 66:13, 38:12, 64:9, 125:17
recent 69:3, 120:5, 69:18, 120:6, regarding
2:6, 3:16, 11:9 127:3, 128:1 120:13 20:14, 46:12,
recently record recusing 72:10, 112:9
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regret remain report 127:11
138:8 5:8, 68:18 42:3, 47:20, requires
regular remarks 126:13, 132:5 133:18
16:10, 110:2 5:20 reported reschedule
regularly remember 3:20, 15:19, 6:17
95:14 14:4, 24:3, 17:18, 18:8, resolve
regulation 24:5, 24:6, 22:16, 26:3, 22:12
18:21, 18:22, 24:10, 27:3, 26:22, 34:7, respect
31:10 41:18, 44:22, 47:4, 60:9, 65:5, 84:7,
regulations 46:17, 57:9, 132:17, 134:3 93:17, 124:22
27:12 57:15, 57:16, reportedly respectfully
reince 61:10, 80:14, 133:1 65:1, 70:10
101:19 80:16, 83:6, reporter respond
reiterate 97:6, 110:22, 16:17, 16:20, 13:6, 59:12,
120:3 130:9 17:3, 26:18 67:8, 81:18,
relate remembered reports 81:20, 108:7,
83:16 27:2 8:11, 34:13, 108:9, 108:13,
related remind 47:12, 89:16 108:14, 113:3
13:3, 16:21, 2:17, 23:15, represent responded
77:2, 93:15, 139:10 19:12 20:11, 20:12
93:19, 103:10, reminder representations responding
131:20, 138:14, 11:10 24:8 16:9, 133:8
141:6 remiss representative response
relatedly 139:10 132:11 16:8, 41:22,
15:4 removal representatives 75:22, 108:4,
relates 4:8, 19:10 51:12, 95:15 132:7
113:13, 113:16 remove represented responses
relating 51:14, 55:4, 66:18, 67:11, 34:1, 93:18,
89:19, 95:1 98:2 77:11 110:19
relations removed republican responsibility
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relationship removing 111:9, 113:10 70:16, 70:18,
27:17, 76:2, 34:8 republican's 70:20, 77:16
115:13 render 110:10 responsible
relative 19:18 republicans 64:15
23:17 reopening 47:1, 95:9 responsive
release 126:9 reputation 34:5
122:1, 123:11 repeat 21:14 rest
released 101:4, 115:22, request 5:1, 25:13
19:12 131:11 7:3, 10:15 restore
releasing repeated requested 31:12, 68:14,
105:4 110:13 91:21, 92:17, 110:2
relevant repeatedly 94:18 restored
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62:16, 63:19, replacement 7:5, 110:14 result
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retain 48:19, 49:3, row russia's
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retired 49:22, 50:6, rubio 104:10, 130:13,
25:10 50:10, 50:20, 56:15, 56:16, 130:19
retrospect 51:3, 51:5, 57:7, 57:9, russia-related
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127:5 rising 58:5, 58:9, 131:22
reveal 22:17 58:13, 59:10, russian
64:2, 74:15 road 59:19, 60:1, 3:17, 4:1, 4:7,
revealed 127:17 60:6, 60:7, 7:20, 8:3, 8:7,
38:8, 38:10, robert 60:18, 61:2, 8:9, 9:18, 10:6,
87:16 30:3, 92:21 61:5, 61:14, 10:20, 12:19,
revealing robust 62:1, 62:6, 62:8 13:3, 13:15,
6:4, 44:18 38:2 rule 14:1, 14:2,
review rod 36:19, 54:7, 14:3, 14:8,
4:17, 32:5, 19:8, 36:5, 68:18 14:10, 14:22,
34:2, 74:16, 67:19, 75:2, rules 15:16, 16:18,
112:7, 121:4 76:11, 92:11, 20:19, 21:2, 17:11, 24:4,
reviewing 92:12 27:13, 28:6, 27:6, 36:15,
113:2 rogers 28:8, 30:20, 42:17, 46:1,
rid 54:15, 75:10, 31:13, 31:14, 47:8, 52:17,
84:2, 92:21, 78:3 55:2, 59:2, 60:9, 63:5,
128:15 role 73:11, 82:4, 63:7, 63:20,
ridiculous 2:9, 4:8, 66:8, 82:9, 112:14, 66:10, 69:1,
106:16 123:15, 123:18 113:2, 122:15, 70:3, 71:3,
right room 124:15, 127:15 80:18, 88:9,
12:7, 23:3, 14:7, 24:9, rumor 90:2, 95:13,
28:21, 38:2, 24:14, 44:8, 92:20 97:8, 97:12,
41:2, 44:12, 79:6, 80:21, run 97:18, 97:19,
48:19, 49:3, 95:2 48:14, 68:18, 100:5, 100:15,
50:17, 55:3, rosenstein 69:15, 82:4 101:1, 101:8,
57:7, 61:5, 19:8, 36:5, running 102:5, 109:7,
69:1, 72:20, 51:11, 55:10, 39:4 111:9, 113:5,
73:14, 77:19, 67:10, 67:19, rushed 113:21, 113:22,
80:9, 80:19, 69:5, 75:2, 114:18 114:2, 114:3,
81:10, 85:7, 76:11, 86:21, russia 114:21, 115:7,
85:18, 87:10, 92:11, 92:12, 1:8, 2:18, 120:7, 120:14,
87:12, 87:22, 92:22, 120:4, 2:19, 5:3, 11:6, 120:18, 128:5,
94:7, 106:2, 120:11, 123:17, 53:2, 67:2, 128:13, 129:1,
123:19, 126:11, 127:2 75:20, 76:17, 129:15, 129:20,
126:19 rosenstein's 76:21, 77:2, 130:4, 132:12,
rightness 19:14, 38:22, 92:14, 98:19, 132:19, 134:7,
124:6 55:17, 90:15, 105:3, 107:18, 135:13, 136:6,
risch 121:5 115:6, 115:12, 138:20
45:21, 45:22, round 121:1, 128:11, russians
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47:16, 47:18, routine 134:4, 134:7, 10:22, 14:14,
48:4, 48:14, 16:13, 20:5 134:15 16:4, 16:10,
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16:13, 26:17, 126:4, 126:10, 80:7, 83:6, 131:4, 131:8,
46:12, 48:2, 127:10, 141:3 83:7, 86:12, 131:14, 131:20,
48:6, 48:20, same 86:20, 87:4, 131:22, 133:15,
50:4, 63:18, 10:7, 10:19, 87:17, 92:5, 134:19
88:18, 89:7, 16:20, 29:4, 92:7, 97:13, see
90:1, 97:7, 33:7, 54:15, 106:21, 110:19, 6:2, 25:18,
98:10, 102:13, 95:2, 95:3, 111:13, 126:6, 32:20, 78:12,
103:16, 107:1, 97:6, 97:9, 128:14 78:13, 78:16,
107:3, 130:8, 136:6 says 81:7, 91:8,
134:13, 135:18, sanctions 27:13, 27:19, 97:1, 119:7,
136:3, 136:12, 97:20, 98:2 82:12, 122:19 119:8, 132:6,
137:10 sanctity scenario 133:12, 139:6
S 3:4 129:5 seeing
sacrifice sat scene 6:7, 57:9
140:3 9:8, 97:22, 109:9 seek
safe 138:7 scheduled 3:7
2:13, 3:6, satellite 6:8 seeking
21:21, 23:3 2:20 scintilla 7:18, 89:19
said saw 46:22 seem
3:8, 4:19, 24:9, 58:13 scope 58:10, 92:9,
7:22, 15:19, say 19:3 104:12, 135:15
24:2, 30:12, 6:19, 15:7, scrutinizing seems
30:17, 39:10, 25:14, 27:1, 2:18, 2:19 40:3, 40:7,
42:16, 45:1, 27:18, 29:8, scrutiny 88:21
45:5, 45:18, 32:2, 35:17, 76:19 seen
48:1, 51:22, 42:5, 42:20, scurrilous 11:15, 38:9,
55:15, 58:14, 44:17, 49:9, 21:10 79:15, 80:20,
58:16, 63:6, 51:19, 54:15, season 105:15
63:9, 65:4, 54:16, 54:18, 42:18, 132:10 select
66:2, 66:5, 55:1, 58:5, seated 122:20
66:10, 66:11, 58:18, 59:11, 12:12, 95:17 selective
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79:18, 82:19, 67:9, 69:17, 95:20 senate
83:1, 83:2, 70:2, 70:7, second 1:7, 2:11, 6:9,
83:4, 83:18, 73:5, 73:7, 67:12 16:22, 17:6,
83:21, 84:2, 75:12, 77:6, secondly 25:8, 25:9,
85:2, 86:13, 80:4, 80:5, 64:8, 73:18 26:6, 26:9,
86:20, 90:7, 82:10, 83:12, secret 91:20, 129:17
91:16, 93:1, 83:14, 84:1, 65:12 senator's
93:10, 97:11, 87:1, 92:1, secretary 119:9, 135:5
105:11, 105:12, 104:21, 107:10, 4:16, 121:8, senators
107:1, 107:3, 111:20, 119:19, 123:10, 128:2 48:6, 118:6
108:6, 108:8, 120:2, 121:13, security send
108:9, 113:10, 121:18, 123:13, 4:16, 7:13, 18:12
119:14, 121:7, 126:15, 128:18, 7:16, 9:15, sending
121:21, 123:7, 133:20, 134:12, 40:19, 81:13, 29:17
123:18, 123:22, 137:17 97:16, 98:16, senior
saying 109:13, 110:1, 17:17, 64:14,
71:8, 73:19,
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71:6, 75:13 99:8, 99:9, shorts 126:16
sense 99:14, 99:20, 91:18 silence
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sensitive set 5:5 silva
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23:17, 110:4 91:12 3:9, 6:14, similar
sensitivities sets 17:20, 18:23, 134:7
122:6, 122:19 55:2 23:17, 27:21, simple
sent setting 28:8, 45:6, 75:22, 104:21,
30:5, 30:10, 24:14, 96:4, 45:8, 56:3, 105:1
53:18, 55:12, 96:11, 106:18, 63:19, 67:8, simply
93:8, 94:11 109:11, 136:18 71:22, 82:11, 16:11, 60:10
separate setup 94:4, 94:12, since
3:19, 4:20, 43:8 103:20, 104:22, 21:12, 22:21,
13:17 several 105:1, 118:5, 30:3, 33:18,
september 3:21, 11:15, 137:18 35:17, 38:12,
26:6 13:4, 13:21, shouldn't 51:1, 53:15,
series 28:18, 31:22, 38:9, 56:4 80:20, 103:16,
35:8, 136:15 93:12, 95:13, show 138:18
serious 110:18, 139:3 78:2, 78:9, single
11:13, 39:17, severity 118:1 19:17, 69:18,
50:13, 97:12, 11:4 showed 105:8
109:13, 134:9, shall 98:8 sir
137:8 27:15 showing 35:9, 36:11,
seriousness shape 40:20 37:11, 37:18,
97:11, 109:15, 7:15, 100:12 shown 41:2, 41:3,
135:11, 135:16 share 117:13 42:9, 43:1,
serve 20:3, 22:2, shrugged 43:13, 44:4,
29:12, 71:18 32:4, 38:1, 58:17, 83:7 45:14, 86:16,
served 72:4, 72:12, shut 97:4, 97:21,
15:1, 19:1, 74:3, 112:9, 24:19 100:4, 101:7,
20:16, 25:11, 112:10, 112:16, side 111:10, 112:4,
34:18, 67:22, 135:17 102:22, 103:2, 114:9, 116:21,
101:12 shared 103:7, 104:20, 117:16, 118:9,
service 68:5 104:22, 136:16 126:2, 138:3
2:5, 27:21, shed sidelines sit
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services shocked sides sitting
25:11, 48:8, 50:9 9:21, 38:4, 9:8, 44:21,
129:17, 131:3, shocking 56:9, 102:18 103:1, 103:6,
132:14, 133:16 9:11 sign 106:16
serving shook 66:13 situation
9:4, 71:17 25:1, 25:3 signature-5zyom 35:3, 67:11,
session short 141:12 96:17, 119:1
23:16, 41:9, 65:19, 91:18, signed situations
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73:6, 78:3, 133:21 significant six
78:5, 99:7, shortly 28:20, 91:3, 15:10, 31:2,
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31:22, 59:6, 103:6, 107:6, source spreading
71:18, 105:5, 107:16, 109:21, 92:9, 93:3 50:16
105:6, 105:15 110:7, 115:10, sources spy
skilled 118:12, 122:11, 3:3, 3:4, 133:1 106:5
126:5, 126:20 132:21, 133:13, soviet squander
skills 136:2, 136:6, 115:14 5:4
133:13 136:21, 137:2, speak square
skip 137:8, 138:2, 6:13, 7:3, 77:3
16:10, 16:17, 139:19 10:13, 38:3, squarely
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76:17, 86:9, 40:13, 80:8, 91:11, 99:10 staff
92:12, 97:14, 83:19, 114:8 speaker 4:13, 5:9,
103:19, 114:19, somehow 118:4 13:19, 16:21,
120:18, 125:2, 39:5, 50:3, speaks 18:12, 20:6,
129:9, 134:1 92:4, 92:10, 75:11, 125:7 25:5, 25:8,
small 92:20, 93:4 special 25:11, 25:12,
96:11 someone 13:2, 30:2, 29:17, 29:19,
smart 38:14, 55:1, 34:9, 36:7, 82:1, 94:10,
119:21 61:5, 61:8, 74:20, 75:6, 103:4, 110:5,
smell 71:9, 77:18 99:16 117:22, 119:4,
66:22, 67:6 something specific 119:8
smoke 28:5, 33:21, 19:17, 27:8, staffs
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so-called 45:1, 55:15, specifically stage
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solemnly 82:18, 83:11, 95:3 stake
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some 98:19 108:22 stand
4:17, 6:6, sometimes speculation 12:6
7:17, 7:19, 80:7 4:20 standard
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14:20, 15:10, 117:5 13:17, 14:5, 74:11
17:18, 17:19, son-in-law 17:1, 23:22, standards
21:22, 25:1, 41:4 25:20, 43:20, 21:14
25:5, 27:1, soon 79:4, 79:15, standing
30:14, 31:14, 6:18 95:14, 95:18, 44:17, 92:6,
32:11, 33:19, sorry 96:1 113:10
39:1, 39:3, 86:17, 104:1, spent standpoint
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42:14, 44:13, sort 118:13 stark
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56:2, 56:22, 77:17, 107:6, 105:20 start
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