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EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, JOINT WITH THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D.C.

INTERVIEW OF:

JONATHAN MOFFA

(Questions and answers here relate to the Trump Russia investigation)

Q The second message, unredacted message in here, which I believe is repeated, says, “I’ll prep to get the four profiles tight in the morning.”

A Yeah

Q What does that mean?

A So I am — without getting into specifics, the analytic team is pulling together background information on things relevant to that investigation, and so that’s what I’m talking about, where I can’t tell you what specifically these four were. I legitimately don’t remember.

But what I would be referring to is whatever that documentation was that my team is working on, getting them tight means like I will look at them and make sure that I think they meet the standard of going to the Director, and we’ll get that ready and then it will be ready for the briefing. So that’s what I’m telling him.

Q When you say profiles, generally, are you speaking about people or are you speaking about something else?

A I would generally be speaking about people.

Q it be —Okay. And are you speaking about witnesses or is it — could

A Yeah, that’s what I can’t tell you....

(Another line of questions)

Q Generally did Mr. Strzok refer to Deputy Director McCabe as “Andy,” I mean, not necessarily to him but —

A. Yeah, to the best of my recollection, he would.

Q Okay. And then he says, “Same layout for brief as Joe and Brian did for Andy.” Who are Joe and Brian?

A. Part of the guidance they’ve given me, I can’t talk about them.

Q. But Joe and Brian are FBI employees?

Ms. Bessee. He can — the witness can answer that one.

Mr. Moffa. Yeah, they’re FBI employees.

BY MR. PARMITER:

Q This also refers to CHS. What does that stand for?

A. Confidential human source.

Q Okay. Without asking you to get into identities, how many CHS’s did you have working on this investigation at the time?

Mr. Sinton. Yeah, let’s confer. [Discussion off the record.]

Mr. Moffa. Okay. So I legitimately do not know the total number of CHS’s. That’s an operational side decision, but I also don’t want to imply to you that I don’t — I’m not aware of any CHS’s, right. So that’s what we were just talking about. But I legitimately can’t tell you the overall number that are engaged. I just don’t know it.

BY MR. PARMITER:

Q Okay. Was one of them Christopher Steele?

Mr. Sinton. Let’s confer. [Discussion off the record.]

Mr. Moffa. Yes