Manchin: Answers by Dan Coats, Michael Rogers Almost on the Brink of Contempt

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MANCHIN: "If you saw the meeting the day before that we had with the four highest intelligence people we had, as far as the FBI director, and now the acting attorney general on this Russian investigation, we had Mike Rogers and also Dan Coats. That was painful. It was painful for us to get any information from them. They just said, 'We’re not going to speak about that. I felt that absolutely horrible, that they would take that position. It was almost on the brinks of contempt, because it was not classified information we were asking in an open meeting and so they did say — and I was very appreciative of this. I asked point blank Mike Rogers and Dan Coats, 'Would you answer differently if you came into the closed secured meeting that we have?' They said yes. And I asked if they'd come that afternoon. Well, it couldn’t be arranged, if you recall that. We will get them in here. I want to hear from them.”