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Mr. Hurd, you cannot tell me you're so naive as to think your words would not have created a political firestorm.

You understood that, didn't you when you wrote those words, when you decided to include

those words, when you decided to go beyond specific references to documents, you understood

how they would be manipulated by my colleagues here on the GOP side of the island by President

Trump? You understood that. Did you not? Congressman, what I understood is the regulations that govern

my conduct as special counsel.

And those regulations required me to write a confidential report for the attorney general,

which you knew would not be confidential.

And that is what I did, Congressman.

I followed the rules.

You knew it would not be confidential.

You knew it would not be confidential, didn't you?

Sir, the regulations required me to write a confidential report explaining my decision to the Attorney General.

Which you knew would be released.

It was up to the Attorney General to determine what portions of the report would be released consistent with DOJ policy.

You understood it would be released.

You understood it would be released.

I understood from the Attorney General's public comments that he would make as much of my report public as he could,

consistent with legal requirements. What you were suggesting is that I needed to provide a different

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