Beauvais stated that DOJ would need to consider telling the courts fuck you and ignoring any such court order.

Did you say anything of that kind in the meeting?

Senator, I have no recollection of saying anything of that kind.

To the extent I used to-

Wouldn't you recall, Mr. Beauvais, if you said or suggested during a meeting with Justice Department lawyers,

maybe they should consider telling the court to you, it seems to me, that would be something

you'd remember unless that's the kind of thing you say frequently.

Well, I've certainly said things encouraging litigators at the department to fight hard

for valid positions that we have to take in defense

our clients. And if you frequently suggested that they say, fuck you and ignore court orders, is that

also something you frequently do, such you might not remember doing it in this occasion?

No, and as I explained, I have never directed. So did you or did you not make those comments

during that meeting?

Which comments, Senator?

You really need me to repeat it?

Did you suggest, as Mr. Ruvani wrote, that DOJ would need to consider telling the courts fuck you and ignore any such court order?

I did not suggest that there would be any need to consider ignoring court orders.

At the point of that meeting, there were no court orders to discuss.

Well, did you suggest telling the courts fuck you in any manner?

I don't recall.

I don't recall.

I mean, it's, yeah, I did. I'm just not comfortable saying that publicly because I'm a coward.

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