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State department employees from the operation center would've been there transcribing and taking notes? >> that's the norm but it's 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, ma'am. >> mr. kent, you are aware that your notes have not been turned over to congress. >> i have turned all records that i had in my possession to the state d...

This is all overblown, there's a lot of confusion here. >> well, of course, we don't 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 general feels like there's important context, whether it's context about internal state department ac...

>> 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. >> that's right. >> that those investigations had begun because you feared that they would be made to go away. >> that's 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 those i...

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. >> that's right. >> that those investigations had begun, because you feared that they would be made to go away. >> that's 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 those interaction was the president and the attorney general that i was likely to be removed from the ...

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 absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion, that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired, that...