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Information because you were out of scope? >> i believe i used the word failure, which implies in my mind a failed poly. >> i accept that, mr. strzok. i want the answer to the question. the answer came back from the fbi and justice itself that that is the procedure. the next question i have is after the 2016, you did your polygraph at what time. you said you were out of scope. you were brought in. when was that? >> my recollection is the 2016 time frame after that e-mail. i don't know when. within a month or two. >> are you also aware in the publicly stated version of the i.g. report there's b...

There was no big there there after ten months. so that's the concern, that somebody like you that said we'll stop him, who said we needed insurance policy that you let that bias -- you wanted there to be something there. you wanted it to be true and that i think influenced your actions. you can prove us wrong by providing us the information. i'd like the information on informants on pre-july 31. i want to know if there was any foreign intelligence involved or funneled through the state department. these are questions if we put them out and answer them, a lot of us would be able to make i think...

Investigation." is that true, sir? >> yes. >> tell us why it's so important to prevent leaks from the fbi to journalists and others? >> leaks are terrible. they undercut things in a variety of ways. they can upend investigations and lead to incorrect assumptions and let witnesses though near being investigated. destruction of evidence, disclosure of classified anything. number of bad adverse things. >> got it. the doj ig's report has this to say about your involvement in the decision to involve congress about the wiener laptop "strzok said to get a warrant for the laptop was known for many peo...

True? >> certainly with russians. i don't know how to characterize them. >> the fbi publicly disclosed information about the hillary clinton e-mail investigation 11 days prior to the election in 2016, true? >> yes. >> the fbi maintained con if i confidentiality at the trump campaign, correct? >> yes. >> if you wanted to stop donald trump from becoming president, you could have revealed the criminal investigation of the trump campaign prior to the election, true? >> yes, sir. >> mr. strzok, you are before this committee for one reason. to serve as a monumental distraction. there's a criminal in...

Opened a case into the allegations that the government of russia had made an off of assistance in the potential involvement of members of the trump campaign. i cannot envision a scenario that would not be a reasonable presented case to open an investigation. >> it's papadopoulos. that's not what they had. you didn't quite get there. i know comey may have said that but you didn't get there. papadopoulos, that's weak. >> the characterization was that it was a credible source of information, stands on its own. i don't think anybody in this committee would argue that. one, it wasn't appropriate to...