COMMITTEE SENSITIVE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY,
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
INTERVIEW OF: LISA PAGE
Friday, July 13, 2
Washington, D.C.
The above matter was held in Room 2141, Rayburn House Office
Building, commencing at 1:40 p.m.
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Mr. Somers. Let's go on the record.
Good afternoon. This is a transcribed interview of Lisa Page,
a former assistant general counsel at the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Chairman Goodlatte and Chairman Gowdy requested this
interview as part of a joint investigation by the House Committee on
the Judiciary and the House Committee on Oversight and Government
reform regarding decisions made and not made in 2016 and 2017 by the
Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding
the 2016 Presidential election.
Would the witness please state her name and the last position she
held at the FBI for the record?
Ms. Page. Lisa Page. I have always been an assistant general
counsel at the FBI, but the last informal role I held was as special
counsel to the Deputy Director of the FBI.
Mr, Somers. Thank you. I want to thank you for appearing here
today. My name is Zachary Somers, and I am the majority general counsel
on the House Judiciary Committee.
I will now ask everyone else who is here in the room to introduce
themselves for the record, starting to my right with Art Baker.
Mr. Baker. Arthur Baker, investigative counsel, House Judiciary
Committee majority staff.
Mr. Parmiter. Robert Parmiter, chief counsel for crime and
terrorism, House Judiciary majority staff.
Mr. Breitenbach. Ryan Breitenbach, senior counsel, House
Judiciary majority.
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Mr. Gowdy. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina.
Ms. Jackson Lee. Sheila Jackson Lee, Houston, Texas, Judiciary
Committee.
Mr. Ratcliffe. John Ratcliffe, Texas.
Mr. Jordan. Jim Jordan, district, Ohio.
Mr. Nataro. John Nataro, associate general counsel, FBI.
Mr. Wellons. Paul Wellons, associate general counsel FBI.
Ms. Bessee. Cecilia Bessee, acting deputy general counsel FBI.
Mr. Jeffress. Amy Jeffress, counsel for Lisa Page.
Ms. Kim. Janet Kim, House Oversight Committee minority staff.
Mr. Hiller. Aaron Hiller, House Judiciary Committee.
Ms. Hariharan. Arya Hariharan, House Judiciary Committee.
Ms. Adamu. Marta Adamu, OGR majority.
Ms. Wasz-Pipen. Lyla Wasz-Pipen, House Judiciary minority.
Ms. Sachsman Grooms. Susanne Sachsman Grooms, House Oversight
minority.
Mr. Apelbaum. Perry Apelbaum, House Judiciary Committee
majority.
Mr. Nadler. Jerry Nadler, vice ranking member of Judiciary
Committee.
Mr. Rask:
Jamie Raskin, Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Dalton. Jason Dalton, FBI congressional affairs.
Mr. Kk
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois, Oversight.
Chairman Goodlatte. Bob Goodlatte, Virginia, Chairman of House
Judiciary Committee.
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