MR. LEVY: We have to stand on the same privileges that we already have. We will take the request back and evaluate it.
So is your answer no, see our letter of October 16th, or you will consider the request?
MR. LEVY: It is please look at our letter from October 16, and we will take it back.
But I am a bit confused, because your letter of October 16 also stated numerous reasons why Mr. Simpson and his colleagues were not prepared to testify voluntarily. He has now testified voluntarily and been quite, as you pointed out, quite fulsome and extensive in his remarks, which we appreciate.
So to the extent that the letter of October 16th is no longer sort of current with respect to his testimony since he has now provided testimony voluntarily, how is it that the arguments in that letter are relevant or attain with respect to the document production?
MR. LEVY: I don't know that we need to go through this back and forth, quite frankly, but we are very pleased that the committee was able to reach the agreement that we had asked for on October 3rd that Mr. Nunes rejected in a day. It's the same agreement that we reached with the two other committees investigating the same subject matter area. We are glad that we have gotten to this point.
Obviously, the agreement that we reached came through some careful discussion between both the majority and the minority members of this committee and counsel for Mr. Simpson. We appreciate that the subpoena has now been lifted.
But the privileges are the privileges. They are legal claims. We have asserted them. They are in the letter.
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