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>> i'm sorry. can you -- >> mm-hmm. >> can you repeat that? >> sure. you were on the board of time warner, and you signed a sworn affidavit questioning whether the justice department's decision to block the merger was politically motivated, given th prior public animus toward the merger. >> uh-huh. >> and so what did you mean by that? >> um, i mean, the affidavit speaks for itself. in that -- at that meeting, i was concerned that the antitrust division was not engaging with some of our arguments and i got concerned that they weren't taking the merits as seriously as i would hope they would. bu...

Situation where someone would be held in contempt. >> attorney general sessions had said he was going to look at potentially changing those rules at one point. so i would like you to maybe respond in writing to this, because that was very concerning. last, when you and i were in my office, we talked about your work with time warner, with this major merger on appeal from the justice department. and i just wanted you to commit today to what you committed to me in the office, that you would recuse yourself from any matters regarding that appeal. >> absolutely. >> okay. and as you know, you were o...