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House been in contact with your committee and been involved with the discussions with mark meadows or others? >> no, im not aware of that. um, look. what -- what were doing -- our committee is charged with assembling a complete and comprehensive documentary record that explains what happened to us on january 6th. who were the criminal elements that attacked the u.s. congress? who tried to overthrow the election? what were the motivations behind it? how did they work? who paid for it and so on? s...

They went to process. maybe here and there they contested one or two things that are on the table. but this is a remarkable amount of evidence given that the president obstructed us at every step of the way. so that was one thing. and then the second was the gravity of the moment, the gravity of what we are debating. and i was struck by professor feldmans quote when he said "if we do not impeach a president for abuse of power, then we are no longer a democracy. we are a monarchy or we are a dict...

No longer a democracy, we are a monarchy or we are dictatorship. that is what were talking about, the sanctity of our elections. >> and on that issue of abuse of power and let me direct this to congressman swalwell in part you are on the intelligence committee and so you were part of the production of the documentary record that has been produced by the intelligence committee and thats the basis here. but also you were a key part of the intelligence committee and its investigation into the russi...

Those events simply dont square with my own or with those of ambassador volker or secretary perry. i recall mentioning the prerequisite of investigations before any white house call or meeting. but i do not recall any yelling or screaming or abrupt terminations as others have said. instead, after the meeting, ambassador bolton walked outside with our group and we all took some great pictures together outside on the white house lawn. more important, those recollections of protest do not square wi...

Their recollections of those events simply dont square with my own, or with those of ambassador volker or secretary perry. i recall mentioning the prerequisite of investigations before any white house call or meeting. but i do not recall any yelling or screaming or abrupt terminations as others have said. instead, after the meeting, ambassador bolton walked outside with our group and we all took some great pictures together outside on the white house lawn. more important, those r recollections o...

State department employees from the operation center wouldve been there transcribing and taking notes? >> thats the norm but its also not unusual do not have it recorded. >> so you know that the state department is holding your notes and refuses to provide them to congress despite a duly authorized subpoena. we know that in some instances, your notes may be the only documentary record of what happened. you are aware of that. >> yes, maam. >> mr. kent, you are aware that your notes have not been ...

This is all overblown, theres a lot of confusion here. >> well, of course, we dont know yet the content of what the state department ig wants to brief to the hill later today, but the timing is important here, because obviously, that individual, the inspector general, wants that information in the hands of the congress before the congress, before the house embarks on this series of depositions and interviews with key state department actors in the ukraine story. so, obviously, that inspector gen...

>> i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired, that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace. >> you wanted a documentary record. >> thats right. >> that those investigations had begun because you feared that they would be made to go away. >> thats exactly right. >> i met with the attorney general and later went down the street to meet with the preside...

Indelible fashion that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired, that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace. >> you wanted a documentary record. >> thats right. >> that those investigations had begun, because you feared that they would be made to go away. >> thats exactly right. >> i met with the attorney general and later went down the street to meet with the president at his request. the next day, i brought the investigative team together. so i knew from thos...

World stage. that was something that troubled me greatly. >> how long was it after that that you decided to start the obstruction of justice and counterintelligence investigations involving the president? >> i think the next day i met with the team investigating the russia cases and i asked the team to go back and conduct an assessment to determine where are we with these efforts and what steps do we need to take going forward. i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absol...