here today to be smeared. >> as we get to the end here, you don't have records, you don't have your notes because you didn't take notes, you don't have a lot of recollections. i mean this is like the trifecta of unreliability. isn't that true? >> what i'm trying to do today is use the limited information i have to be as forthcoming as possible with you and the rest t of the committee and as these recollections have been refreshed by subsequent testimony, by texts and emails i've now- access to, i think i filled in a lot of blanks. >> it's remarkable we have devin nunes saying you're here to be smeared. and republicans thought was going to be a far different witness than what they heard in the opening statement. >> and we've heard reporting that white house was quote