Before I get to any kind of response, at the end of the day Mr. Bains said a couple of times, “I don't recall,” as an answer. Mr. Perkins just glided by that as if it wasn't a sufficient answer, when it was eight years ago. Of course it is an answer. He might not like it, but it's an answer. We don't have to be children about it. That's an obvious answer.
The second part of this, Chair, is you said he may well come back. This is premature and then some.
Mr. Chair, you said it's based on precedent. What's the precedent? Walk us through it. You have a witness who isn't even done with their testimony yet and there's a privilege motion.
I would love to hear from the clerk. I would love to hear from you. Walk me through why you ruled that this is an acceptable privilege motion. What's the precedent? This is a terrible precedent to set.