Mr. Gowdy. I believe that memo starts, "I went to the White House today for a 4 p.m. meet and greet," if that helps you.
Mr. Comey. I see it, yeah. I have it in front of me.
Mr. Gowdy. All right. Will you flip to the next page? Do you see where the first paragraph, first sentence: "He then asked me if this was a 'private conversation'"?
Mr. Comey. I see that.
Mr. Gowdy. And do you see, "I replied it was"?
Mr. Comey. I see that, yes.
Mr. Gowdy. What did you mean by "it was"?
Mr. Comey. That the two of us were speaking together alone, that there was nobody else participating in the conversation.
Mr. Gowdy. So by "private" you meant that there was nobody else in the room?
Mr. Comey. I think that's what he was asking and that's what I was replying, as best I recall, that it was just the two of us in the room, it wasn't being recorded, there was nobody else involved in the conversation.
Mr. Gowdy. So you didn't take "private" to mean confidential, that this is just between us?
Mr. Comey. That's a good question. Let me think about it for a second.
I think I took it as, is this just the two of us in this conversation?
Mr. Gowdy. But that would've been readily apparent to both
