'Let Me End on This Note Because This…' — C-SPAN

>> Let me end on this note because this just came to light. We've got 11 million pages of documents. We also have other people who are in the room. But now you actually lied to your own diary. On March 27, 2020, you wrote in your diary, to my surprise yesterday, the POTUS sent a letter to governors outlining a plan to reopen county by county while monitoring the spread of virus in the low-risk counties. This was half-baked and never shown to Deb or I before it was sent out. So we have evidence that in fact, you were fully aware of it and certainly approved if not authored it. So I was just simply asking you, is that true? I mean, did you literally lie to your own diary? Did you know of that letter sent out to governors about reopening county by county? And again, Mr. Chairman, I'd ask you to ask the witness to just answer that one simple question. >> On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.