106 1 THE WITNESS: Well, I wasn't trying to -- let 2 me be clear. I was not trying to filibuster. 3 You asked me a very direct question which was, I 4 want to know everything that was in your memory 5 on December 30th, and as you can tell, this was a 6 very important subject to me and it's very 7 important to Miss Roberts and I wanted to be 8 comprehensive. And I gave you the opportunity 9 to say, let's have a narrower question, but you 10 wanted a broad questions. That's why I did this. 11 BY MR. SIMPSON: 12 Q. Mr. Cassell, I apologize for attempting humor 13 in this intense situation. 14 A. This is very important to me. This 1s not -- 15 this is not something that I find funny. 16 Q. Well, I say it's very important to 17 Mr. Dershowitz, Professor Dershowitz also, he was trying 18 to answer questions. I'm not questioning that you were 19 trying to answer my question and I appreciate it. 20 Mr. Dershowitz was trying to do the same 21 thing and it is a difficult situation. 22 A. All right. 23 Q. So I was not trying to make light of the 24 questions I'm asking you. 25 A. This involves sexual abuse -- ROUGH DRAFT ONLY HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021929