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With lisa page? >> about the same time i learned about strzok. >> did you ever order anybody to investigate the deletion of all of their texts off of their government phones? >> once we found that peter strzok was author of -- >> did you ever -- you're not answering my question. did you order an investigation into the deletion and reformatting of their government phones? >> no, there was an i.g. investigation ongoing. >> regarding collusion or conspiracy, you didn't find evidence of any agreement -- i'm quoting you -- among the trump campaign officials and russian officials for the u.s. electi...

Page 419 replied hell no and then added viva la resistance. attorney two in the inspector general's report and strzok both worked on your team, didn't they? >> pardon me? >> they both worked on your team. >> who else were you talking about? >> attorney number two in the general's report. did he work for you? >> peter strzok worked for me for a period of time, yes. >> so did the other guy who said vaoefsh ja la resistance. when people associated with trump lied you threw the book at them. when christopher steele lied nothing. it seems to be that when glenn simpson met with russians, nothing. wh...

Corruptly motivated conduct, is that correct? >> yes. >> even with the evidence you did find, is it try e true as you note on page 76 the evidence indicates that a thorough f.b.i. investigation would uncover facts about the campaign and the president personally that the president could have understood to be crimes or that would give rise to legal, personal and political concerns? >> i rely on the language of the report. >> is that relevant to potential obstruction of justice? is that relevant to potential obstruction of justice? >> yes. >> you further say obstruction of justice can be motivate...

Write-up of it in the report. >> didn't the president say on page 116, if he doesn't write a letter maybe i'll have to get rid of him end quote. >> yes. >> did porter deliver that threat? >> i again refer you to the discussion that's found on page 115. >> okay. but the president still didn't give up, did he? the president told mcgahn directly to deny that the president told him to have you fired. can you tell me exactly what happened? >> i can't beyond what's in the report. >> well on page 116, it says the president met him in the oval office, quote, the president began the oval office meeting...

Gentleman from texas did. is it true there is nothing in volume 2 of the report that says that the president may have engaged in impeachable conduct? >> well, we have seriously kept in the center of our investigation the -- our mandate. it does not go to other ways of addressing conduct. our mandate goes to what developing the report and turning the report into the attorney general. >> it seems to me that there are a couple of statements that you made that said that this is not for me to decide and the implication is this is for this committee to decide. now, you didn't use the word impeachabl...