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>> well, i guess it could be -- you could rationalize that that helps the russians by obviskating who was responsible. >> thank you. >> i want to thank you and the ranking member for this hearing and these hearings. i want to thank general clapper and attorney general yates for appearing today. the intelligence community has concluded, all 17 of them, that russia interfered with this election. we all know that is right.

Would arrange, for example, for me to talk on background with reporters about a particular issue, to educate them about that, no, i've certainly never provided classified information and that would be the only kind of background information. >> do you know -- >> i have done the same thing, but certainly not -- that doesn't -- doesn't include sharing classified information. >> do you know anybody else of justice who has ever leaked classified or unclassified information to the press? >> no. >> miss yates? >> no. >> okay. thank you, mr. chairman. i went over. i apologize. >> that's okay. senator...

Former acting attorney, general yates. they were all going to testify. nunes, on his own, suddenly cancelled that hearing in order, he said, to have a classified briefing with the fbi director comey, the nsa director rogers, but now that briefing isn't happening either. so what's the logic here? >> there is no logic. first of all, there's more than two hours of any day. the two hearings were not mutually exclusive. we could have heard at the public hearing, much of what took place at the first hearing. i think the reason the second public hearing was canceled, it was quite simply, the first pu...

Sanders campaign, the hillary clinton campaign or any other candidate in 2016 or campaigns? >> no. >> okay. >> let's re-visit the topic, mrs. yates that you and senator cornyn were talking about. is it correct the contusion invests the executive authority in a president? >> yes. >> if a attorney general disagrees with the policy decision of the president, a policy decision that is lawful, does the attorney general have the opportunity to direct the department of justice to defy the president's order? >> i don't know whether the attorney general has the authority to do that but i don't think it...

Declined to answer was different so i'm glad i had a chance to clear it up. >> you have no information about the bernie sanders campaign, hillary clinton campaign, or any other candidates or campaigns? >> no. >> okay. >> let's revisit the topic, miss yates, that you and senator cornin' were talki cornyn were talking about. >> is it correct that the constitution vests the executive authority and the president? >> yes. >> and if an attorney general disagrees with a policy decision of the president, a policy decision that is lawful, does the attorney general have the authority to direct the depar...