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McCaskill, Claire - U.S. Senator, [D] Missouri
TURLEY YOU WERE STILL -- YOU WERE STILL IN DIRECT WHEN WE AJUNE. >> THAT IS CORRECT, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. REESE, YOU'RE ALREADY...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. REESE. I'M GOING TO START WHERE WE LEFT O.IN FACT, I'M GOING TO STEP BACK A QUESTION AND TRY TO BEGIN WHERE I LAST ENDED DISCUSSION....
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Rees, Robert - Attorney
OKAY. CORRECT. THE ADDRESS FOR THE DRUG CHARGE PRE-DATED THE ARREST FOR THE BURGLARY CHARGE. >> OKAY. >> AND THE ARREST FOR THE DRUG CHARGE, I BELIEVE...
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| 00:18:26 |
Schiff, Adam B. - U.S. Representative, [D] California
CROSS-EXAMINATION. >> MR. REES, FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THIS PERIOD DID YOU GET REFERRALS OF CASES FROM THE MARCOTTES? >> I DID. >> AND THE FIRST ONE...
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| 00:37:00 |
Turley, Jonathan - Professor
HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU JUST TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU GAVE WITH MR. SCHIFF. >> YES, SIR. >> YOU HAD -- MR. SCHIFF HAD ASKED...
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Rees, Robert - Attorney
ONLY PROVISION TO SUSPEND A JAIL SENTENCE AND PLACE THEM ON PROBATION IN A FELONY CASE IS UNDER ARTICLE 893. >> SO THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE IF HE'S NOT...
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| 00:40:47 |
Turley, Jonathan - Professor
YOU, AND YOU MAY BE SEATED. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PROFESSOR McKENZIE, GOOD AFTERNOON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TODAY. ...
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| 00:41:03 |
MacKenzie, Calvin - Professor
PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> MY NAME IS G. CALVIN McKENZY. >> AND YOU ARE A PROFESSOR, ARE YOU NOT? >> I AM. >> AND WHERE DO YOU TEACH?...
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| 00:44:56 |
McCaskill, Claire - U.S. Senator, [D] Missouri
GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS. >> NO OBJECTION, MADAM CHAIR. >> OKAY. I THINK HE IS AN EXPERT AND WE WILL TAKE HIS TESTIMONY AS SUCH, ALTHOUGH I FIND IT A LITTLE...
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| 00:45:20 |
Turley, Jonathan - Professor
GOES, WE'RE LIVING IN INTERESTING TIMES, MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO TURN NOW TO THE GENERAL SUBJECT OF FBI BACKGROUND CHECKS THAT ARE FEATURED IN THIS...
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| 00:45:46 |
MacKenzie, Calvin - Professor
TO THE BACKGROUND CHECK FOR NOMINEES? >> WELL, IT'S AN ELABORATE PROCESS INVOLVING A LOT OF PAPER. THE FIRST STEP IS USUALLY COMPLETING THE WHITE HOUSE...
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| 01:27:59 |
Schiff, Adam B. - U.S. Representative, [D] California
PROFESSOR MacKENZIE, MR. TURLEY ASKED YOU ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CASES INVOLVING PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN NOMINATED, PEOPLE WHO WITHDREW THEIR NOMINATION,...
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| 01:53:29 |
Turley, Jonathan - Professor
WE WOULD NOT SOLICIT TESTIMONY FROM WITNESSES, NOT THAT WE WOULD NOT ARGUE THE MERITS OF THE CASE, BUT THAT WE WOULD NOT SOLICIT TESTIMONY FROM EXPERT...
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MacKenzie, Calvin - Professor
AGREE WITH THAT? >> AGAIN, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME TO REFLECT ON THE FACTS OF WHETHER HIS ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS WERE AS THEY'RE ALLEGED TO BE HERE,...
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| 02:00:10 |
Schiff, Adam B. - U.S. Representative, [D] California
34. TURNING TO THE SECOND TO LAST FULL QUESTION. THE QUESTIONS WERE BROAD, PARTLY BECAUSE IT IS IMPOLITE TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT ANY...
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| 02:09:00 |
Turley, Jonathan - Professor
THING. MR. SCHIFF HAD INITIALLY ATTRIBUTED A MODEL SERIES OF QUESTIONS TO YOU THAT WERE CONTAINED IN YOUR BOOK "INNOCENT UNTIL NOMINATED." NOW, I JUST...
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| 02:09:55 |
MacKenzie, Calvin - Professor
CORRECT? >> RIGHT. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN BRIEFLY WHY? >> WELL, I -- I GUESS THERE'S NO GREAT HARM IN HAVING THOSE QUESTIONS. I JUST THINK -- I'M JUST RECOUNTING...
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| 02:10:32 |
McCaskill, Claire - U.S. Senator, [D] Missouri
CHAIRMAN? >> PROFESSOR, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE BROAD PUBLIC POLICY PERSPECTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, WHO IS BEING ATTRACTED TO GOVERNMENT....
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| 02:16:02 |
Risch, James "Jim" E. - U.S. Senator, [R] Idaho
YOU, I DON'T THINK I'M ANY SMARTER THAN I WAS WHEN I SAT DOWN. I WANT TO SEE IF I MISSED SOMETHING HERE. THE ONLY THING -- THIS COMMITTEE HAS HEARD THAT...
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| 02:16:35 |
MacKenzie, Calvin - Professor
DISQUALIFY HIM FROM CONTINUING ON IN OFFICE. IS THAT YOUR TESTIMONY? >> I ANSWERED THAT QUESTION HIP HYPOTHETICALLY. >> HAVE YOU READ ABOUT THE FACTS...
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| 02:18:32 |
Kaufman, Edward "Ted" E. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
THAT'S EMBARRASSING TO THEM? >> WE WOULD HOPE THAT'S THE CASE, YES, SIR. >> BUT ISN'T THAT PROBABLY THE REASON WHY THEY SAY NO? LOOKING BACK ON -- ON...
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| 02:20:33 |
McCaskill, Claire - U.S. Senator, [D] Missouri
IF EVERYONE WILL REMAIN FOR A MOMENT AFTER WE ADJOURN -- FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU HAVE ANY REBUTTAL? DOES THE HOUSE HAVE ANY REBUTTAL WITNESSES? >> NO,...
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| 02:23:13 |
Schiff, Adam B. - U.S. Representative, [D] California
TO PROBABLY THE VAST, VAST MAJORITY OF THE EXHIBITS WE WISH TO INTRODUCE. THERE IS ONE ISSUE, THOUGH, I THINK THEY MAY OBJECT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT...
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| 02:27:17 |
Hatch, Orrin - U.S. Senator, [R] Utah
PROCESS. >> WELL, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL ON THIS COMMITTEE. YOU'VE DONE A TERRIFIC JOB. BUT SO HAVE YOU ATTORNEYS ON BOTH SIDES....
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