If they come to my office redacted, I would be in a situation of reporting it to the committee, because it makes it difficult, if not impossible, for my office to vet and to determine whether the redactions are valid. Some of them may seem like valid redactions to us, and sometimes we're almost 100% certain, but for others, we would not be able to know. I would therefore not be in a position to report to you and the House that we've done the vetting as asked and give the documents. I would have to indicate that I'm not able to do it, or I'm able to do some vetting, but for what has already been redacted I could not, unless my office was shown the originals.
On November 27th, 2020. See this statement in context.