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Oo O DN OO FF WwW NY = NO RO PRP LP PNMO NO | S| S| |S FS FS S| S| | | no Bb WO NO F- ODO OO WDNnN DO OT BP WO NYO — 106 THE WITNESS: Well, I wasn't trying to -- let me be clear. I was not trying to filibuster. You asked me a very direct question which was, I want to know everything that was in your memory on December 30th, and as you can tell, this was a very important subject to me and it's very important to Miss Roberts and I wanted to be comprehensive. And I gave you the opportunity to say, let's have a narrower question, but you wanted a broad questions. That's why I did this. BY MR. SIMPSON: Q. Mr. Cassell, I apologize for attempting humor in this intense situation. A. This is very important to me. This 71s not -- this is not something that I find funny. Q. Well, I say it's very important to Mr. Dershowitz, Professor Dershowitz also, he was trying to answer questions. I'm not questioning that you were trying to answer my question and I appreciate it. Mr. Dershowitz was trying to do the same thing and it is a difficult situation. A. All right. Q. So I was not trying to make light of the questions I'm asking you. A. This involves sexual abuse -- ROUGH DRAFT ONLY HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021929