When a witness is asked a specific question and then the question is reframed but it's essentially the same question.... The witness has already said this is sub judice.
We're now three and a half hours into this meeting. It seems strange to me that an argument that has been used often to prevent witnesses from testifying at this committee, sub judice, the argument, is now being offered up by the witness in front of us and is not being accepted. The questioning continues.
Oftentimes, as you know, Chair, when a witness says they are unwilling or unable to answer a question, we as committee members simply accept it at that.