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100 initiation of an obstruction of justice investigation?

Mr. The President asking -- one interpretation of it is the President asking the FBI to drop a criminal investigation.

Mr. Did you act or fail to act in any way in the Flynn matter because of what the President said to you?

Mr. Act or fail to act? I didn't abide this direction. In fact, kept it to a fairly small group in FBI headquarters so it would not have any impact on the investigation.

Mr. But I'm asking you specifically --

Mr. I took acts -- the reason I'm hesitating is I took acts to make sure it had no impact on the investigation.

Mr. I'm with you, but it did not -- did his comments prevent you from following the leads that you thought should have been followed?

Mr. No.

Mr. Did his comments prevent you from taking any act as the Director of the FBI that you thought were warranted by the other fact pattern?

Mr. No. This had -- I did not abide this. And it did not affect the investigation, so far as I'm aware, in any way.

Mr. Did you initiate an obstruction of justice investigation based on what the President said?