Thank you. Ms. Divine. Thank you, mr. Maguire, for being here. We appreciate your life of Public Service. My question relates to prior to the transmission on august 26 from the ig to the dni, were there any conversations that you had with the ig prior to august 26 related to this matter . Congresswoman, theres been a lot thats happened in the last several weeks. As far as the timeline is concerned, i think that id like to get back to you and give you a full chronology if i may on the actual timeline of events. That would be very helpful to this committee in terms of, if there were any preliminary conversation, what was discussed and if there was any action taken as a result of those conversations. I want to turn to the complaint itself which is made public for the American Public to read. Let me preface this by saying i greatly appreciate your statement that you believe the whistleblower is operating in
good faith. I think thats very important for americans to hear. But on page one, an
about privilege, did they tell you to go to the department of justice next? my team, my counsel went to the office of legal counsel. so and we were not directed to do that. and you said this did not involve ongoing intelligent. however, the whistle blower said this is not the first time that the president s transcripts with foreign leaders were improperly moved to another system. is that part of the allegation? i believe that s in the letter and i will let the letter speak for itself, sir. what can also speak for itself is if a transcript of the foreign leader is improperly moved to an intelligence community classification system, that would involve your responsibilities, is that right? not necessarily.
about privilege, did they tell you to go to the department of justice next? my team, my counsel in consultation with the intelligence community inspector general went to the office of legal counsel. and we were not directed to do that. mr. maguire, you said this did not involve on going intelligence activities. however, the whistle-blower says this is not the first time that the president s transcripts with foreign leaders were improperly moved to an intelligence community code ware system. is that the allegation? i believe that s in the letter. it can speak for itself. what can also speak for itself, if a transcript with a foreign leader is improperly moved into a intelligence community classification system, that would involve your responsibilities, is that right? not necessarily. i do not it is not underneath my authority and responsibility.