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Meeting was a russian attorney who advocated for the repeal of the magnitsky act. she had been working with glenn simpson and fusion gps since at least early 2014, are you aware of that? >> outside my purview. >> you didn't meanings that or her connections to glenn simpson and fusion gps in your report at all. nbc news reported the following. russian lawyer says she first received a supposedly incriminating information she brought to trump tower describing alleged tax evasion and donation to democrats from none other than glenn simpson, the fusion gps owner. you didn't include that in the repo...

Silly and not real conflicts, isn't that true? >> i refer to the report on that episode. >> well, page 85 of volume 2 speaks to that. and also director mueller doj ethics officials confirmed that you had no conflicts that would prevent you from serving as special counsel, isn't that correct? >> that's correct. >> but despite don mcgahn and the department of justice guidance, around may 23, 2017, the president quote prodded mcgahn to complain to deputy attorney general rosenstein about these supposed conflicts of interest, correct? >> correct. >> and mcgahn declined to called rosenstein telling...

Report right now? >> not when i read it. >> you change your answer to yes then. >> no, no. if you look at the language -- >> i'm reading your report, sir, it's a yes or no answer. page 180, volume 1. from your report. >> correct. i leave it with the report. >> so the report says yes they're synonymous. we can put to bed the collusion and conspiracy. one last question as we're going through. did you look into other countries investigated in the russian interference into our election. were other countries investigated? >> i won't discuss either matters. >> i yield back. >> the general lady from ...

Data to further its sweeping and systematic interference in the presidential election? >> that's a little bit out of our path. >> fair enough. did your investigation find the russian government perceived it would benefit from one of the candidates winning? >> yes. >> and which candidate would that be? >> well, it would be trump. >> correct. >> the president. >> the trump campaign wasn't exactly are -- reluctant to take russian help. >> that's correct. >> was the investigation's determination -- what was the investigation's determination regarding the frequency with which the trump campaign mad...

Witness. and 1512c2 talks about tampering with the record of as joe biden described the statute as being debated on the senate floor, he called this a statute criminalizing document sh reading and there is nothing in your report that alleges that the president destroyed any evidence. so what i have to ask you and what i think people are working around in this hearing is let me lay a little foundation. the ethical rules require that a prosecutor have a reasonable probability of conviction to bring a charge, is that correct? >> generally accurate. >> okay. and the regulations concerning your job...