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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 prelimin...

Democracy, is it not? >> the complaint was sent to the federal bureau of investigation, totally disregarding any concern for executive privilege. >> i understand. but the federal bureau of investigation never did a followup investigation, right? >> i believe that they have concluded the investigation. i'm not sure, in addition to being involved with this matter here, i also have other pressing matters. i apologize. >> the justice department led by mr. barr who is the subject of the complaint, the department provided the opinion that there's no action to be taken. >> i believe the attorney gene...

Committee after being publicly accused of committing a crime, correct? >> yes, congressman. >> chairman schiff wrote a letter on september 13 accusing you of being part of a, quote, unlawful coverup, and then the speaker of the house took it one step further. she went on national tv and said not once, but twice, that you broke the law, that you committed a crime. she said the acting director of national intelligence blocked him, meaning the icig, from disclosing the whistle-blower complaint. this is a violation of the law. you were publicly accused of committing a crime and also falsely accuse...

Which is coming up next year. so now let's rewind to may 7th of this year when fbi director christopher wray testified before the united states senate that, i'm quoting now, any public official or member of any campaign should meade rattly report to the fbi any conversations with foreign actors about, quote, influencing or interfering with our election. director wray is, of course, the top come in the united states of america. you agree with director wray, do you not, sir? >> congressman heck, i do not disagree with director wray. >> is that the same thing as you agree with him, sir? >> yes. o...

>> mr. maguire, i understand that that cannot be -- that cannot be an ultimate shield against transparency. it can't be an ultimate shield against accountability. the president is not above the law. one thing that you haven't told us is, if your office or the inspector general is not able to investigate, then who is able to investigate? >> congressman castro, once again, sir, as i mentioned several times so far, although it did not come to the committee, the complaint was referred to the judicial department for criminal investigation. this was not swept under the rug. >> i have one more questi...