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me, if any," which sort of squares with what you just answered -- what you just said to my previous question.

What did the AG say?

Mr. Comey. I don't recall him saying anything then except "Thanks for telling me," and then my conversation with the Acting AG ended. I didn't hear back from him on the subject before the President called me again 10 or so days later.

Mr. Jordan. But from March 30th, 2017, when you write this memo until you leave the FBI a month and a half later, you never heard back from the Attorney General with an answer to your question?

I mean, that's a pretty important question. The President is -- seven different times in your interactions with the President, he has said, "Hey, can you let the American people know I'm not under investigation?" You said, "You know what? There's a way to do this. We're going to work through proper channels. I'm going to call Dana Boente over at Justice, and we're going to get an answer." And you do that on the 30th of March. And you're still FBI Director until May 9th, I believe. So, in that 7-week time period, no answer from the Justice Department?

Mr. Comey. To be clear, I just want to correct one thing you said, Mr. Jordan. I didn't tell the President we would get an answer. I told him that I would relay his request.

Mr. Jordan. I didn't ask --

Mr. Comey. I contacted --