>> CHAIRMAN NADLER, RANKING

MEMBER COLLINS, AND MEMBERS OF

THE COMMITTEE, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY

EXPRESSING MY HOPE THAT TODAY'S

HEARING WILL BE PRODUCTIVE IN

REVEALING THE TRUTH, BOTH TO THE

COMMITTEE AND TO THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE.

FOR THE RECORD, AND AS YOU

LIKELY KNOW, I HAVE ALREADY

TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS ON

THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

I SAT AT LENGTH WITH THE STAFF

OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE.

THERE, TOO, MY TIME AND ANSWERS

WERE GIVEN FREELY AND WITHOUT

HESITATION.

I THINK IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER

I'VE ALREADY ANSWERED QUESTIONS

FOR WELL OVER 20 HOURS.

SO NOW HERE I AM BEFORE THE

HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, TO

ANSWER THE SAME QUESTIONS AGAIN.

JUST LAST WEEK THIS COMMITTEE,

OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE

MINORITY, UNILATERALLY CHANGED

THE RULES TO MAKE THIS AN

IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING, WHICH IS

VERY UNFAIR.

HOWEVER, IN THE SPIRIT OF

COOPERATION, I AM PREPARED TO

MOVE FORWARD TODAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO START BY

RECOUNTING THE EVENTS THAT

BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT.

MY STORY OF JOINING THE TRUMP

CAMPAIGN, WORKING THROUGH

HISTORIC ELECTION, AND

CONTINUING TO HAVE THE

PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THE

GREATEST POLITICAL MOVEMENT IN

OUR NATIONS HISTORY.

I PRESENT THIS SUMMARY IN THE

INTEREST OF TRUTH AND

TRANSPARENCY TO THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE, THE VERY SAME REASON AND

RATIONALE THAT THIS COMMITTEE

OFFERS AS A BASIS FOR TODAY'S

HEARING.

GROWING UP IN A BLUE-COLLAR,

SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY IN LOWELL,

MASSACHUSETTS, I LEARNED THE

VALUE OF HARD WORK.

THAT WORK ETHIC HELPED ME PUT

MYSELF THROUGH BOTH COLLEGE AND

GRADUATE SCHOOL.

PRIOR TO BECOMING A

CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER, AND

ULTIMATELY A CERTIFIED PEACE

OFFICER IN THE STATE OF

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HOWEVER, THE WORLD OF POLITICS

WAS ALWAYS OF PASSION.

AND IN JANUARY OF 2015,

DONALD J. TRUMP, THAN A PRIVATE

CITIZEN, HIRED ME TO HELP THEM

EXPLORE A POSSIBLE RUN FOR

THE PRESIDENCY.

IT WAS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO

PLAY SMALL PART IN SUCH A

HISTORIC CAMPAIGN.

THE CAMPAIGN STARTED AS A SMALL

GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS HELPING

MR. TRUMP TO MAKE THE DECISION

IN JUNE OF 2015 TO RIDE DOWN THE

GOLDEN ESCALATOR AND SEEK THE

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR

PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.

FOR MORE THAN A YEAR I SERVED AS

CAMPAIGN MANAGER TO

THEN-CANDIDATE TRUMP IN HIS

HISTORIC CAMPAIGN, WHERE I LED A

LEAN AND DEDICATED OPERATION

THAT SUCCEEDED IN HELPING HIM

CAPTURE THE REPUBLICAN

NOMINATION.

MY JOB WAS SIMPLE -- PROVIDE

MR. TRUMP WITH MY BEST ADVICE,

SPEND HIS MONEY LIKE IT WAS MY

OWN, AND GIVE HIM THE SUPPORT HE

NEEDED TO WIN.

I ALSO SAID TO LONG-TERM

OBJECTIVES AND MANAGED

DAY-TO-DAY DECISIONS.

I HAD THE PRIVILEGE, AND IT WAS

A PRIVILEGE, OF HELPING

TRANSFORM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN

FROM A DEDICATED BUT SMALL

MAKESHIFT ORGANIZATION TO A

HISTORICAL AND UNPRECEDENTED

POLITICAL JUGGERNAUT.

I AM PROUD TO SAY MR. TRUMP WON

38 PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES AND

RECEIVED MORE VOTES THAN ANY

CANDIDATE IN THE HISTORY OF THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY, ALL WHILE

BEING OUTSPENT MOST OF THE WAY.

THE HISTORIC CAMPAIGN HELPED

MR. TRUMP SECURE THE REPUBLICAN

NOMINATION, AND ULTIMATELY THE

PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.

HOWEVER, SINCE ELECTION DAY,

WHETHER IT WAS BAD ACTORS AT THE

FBI AND THE INTELLIGENCE

COMMUNITY OR LIES COMING FROM

MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT HOUSE

MAJORITY, THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF

COLLUSION.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CONTINUE TO

BE SOLD A FALSE NARRATIVE WITH

THE PURPOSE OF UNDERMINING THE

LEGITIMACY OF THE 2016 RESULTS.

BUT NO MATTER THE SIZE,

CAMPAIGNS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE

MOST EFFICIENT ORGANIZATIONS.

WHILE YOU RUN IN SINGLE

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, JUST

IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LEAD A

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN THAT SPANS ALL

50 STATES OF THE UNION.

DURING MY TIME AS CAMPAIGN

MANAGER, THERE WERE COMPETING

INTERESTS FOR THE CANDIDATES'

TIME.

AND A SEA OF IDEAS.

SOME LAUDABLE, SOME SOUND.

A FEW, NOT SO MUCH.

MANY OF WHICH WERE DISMISSED OUT

OF HAND.

OTRS WERE PASSED ON TO

STAFFERS TO BE HANDLED.

I ALSO RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF EMAILS, SOME DAYS

WITH AS MANY AS A THOUSAND

EMAILS.

UNLIKE OTHER CLINTON, I DON'T

THINK I'VE EVER DELETED ANY OF

THOSE

MANY OF THEM WILL RESPOND TO DO

WITH EITHER ONE WORD ANSWERS OR

FORWARDED TO OTHER STAFF FOR

ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP.

THROUGHOUT IT ALL, INTO THE BEST

OF MY RECOLLECTION, I DON'T

RECALL HAVING ANY CONVERSATIONS

FOREIGN ENTITIES, LET ALONE ANY

WHO ARE OFFERING TO HELP MANY

PLAY THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION.

AS I SAID PUBLICLY MANY TIMES,

ANYONE WHO ATTEMPTED TO

ILLEGALLY IMPACT THE OUTCOME OF

AN ELECTION SHOULD SPEND THE

REST OF THEIR TIME IN JAIL.

LET ME STRESS THIS FACT.

DURING THE 2016 ELECTION CYCLE,

MR. TRUMP HELD NO ELECTED

POSITION.

HE WAS NOT A GOVERNMENT

OFFICIAL.

RATHER, THE OBAMA BIDEN

INFORMATION IN THE INTELLIGENCE

COMMUNITY OVERSEEN BY

JAMES CLAPPER, JIM COMEY, AND

JOHN BRENNAN, HAVE THE

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY

OF THE 2016 ELECTION.

I BELIEVE IT TO THIS COMMITTEE

AND THE MARKET PUBLIC TO DECIDE

HOW SUCCESSFUL OR NOT THEY WERE

IN DOING THEIR JOBS.

REGARDLESS, AS A SPECIAL COUNSEL

DETERMINED, IT WAS NO

CONSPIRACY OR COLLUSION BETWEEN

THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, AND ANY

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, EITHER ON M

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, EITHER ON Y

WATCH OR AFTERWARDS.

NOT SURPRISINGLY, AFTER THE

MUELLER REPORT WAS MADE PUBLIC,

INTEREST IN THE FAKE RUSSIA

COLLUSION NARRATIVE HAS FALLEN

APART.

IN CONCLUSION, AND IT'S SAD TO

SAY, THIS COUNTRY HAS SPENT OVER

THREE YEARS AND 40 MILLION

TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON THESE

INVESTIGATIONS, AND IT IS NOW

CLEAR THAT THE INVESTIGATION WAS

POPULATED BY MANY TRUMP HATERS

WHO HAD THEIR OWN AGENDA -- TO

TAKE DOWN A DULY-ELECTED

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

AS FOR ACTUAL COLLUSION OR

CONSPIRACY, THERE WAS THE DOG

NONE.

THERE

HAS BEEN HARASSMENT OF THIS

PRESENT FROM THE DATE HE WON

THE ELECTION.

WE AS A NATION WOULD BE BETTER

SERVED IF ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE

YOURSELF CONCENTRATED HER

EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE TRUE

CRISES FACING OUR COUNTRY, AS

OPPOSED TO GOING DOWN

RABBIT HOLES LIKE THIS HEARING.

INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON PETTY AND

PERSONAL POLITICS, THE COMMITTEE

FOCUSED ON SOLVING THE

CHALLENGES OF THIS

GENERATION, IMAGINE HAVING

PEOPLE WE COULD HELP OR HOW MANY

LIVES YOU COULD SAVE.

AS I STATED EARLIER, I HAVE

VOLUNTARILY APPEARED IN FRONT OF

CONGRESS ON THREE SEPARATE

OCCASIONS AND SPOKEN TO MEMBERS

OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE

FOR MULTIPLE HOURS.

I WILL CONTINUE TO BE FORTHRIGHT