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Q Were the -- the IG report came out after your time as Attorney General in June of 2023? A Yes. Q The -- were you getting updates from the IG or just the FBI? A I think, my best recollection is that initially I did get some updates, you know, sort of orienting me to some of the big facts and factors. But, as -- but, you know, that -- that sort of dribbled away, and certainly, after I left the Department, I wasn't getting anything. But I don't -- I can't -- initially I got some information, and that gradually ended. Q So the kind of steady stream, as much as it can be described that way, was more from -- internal to the Department, FBI, BOP investigations that you were getting information from? A Yeah, through, staff, sometimes through BOP people, through my own staff who they would talk to, sometimes directly. David Bowdich, who was the Deputy FBI Director, and I had a good relationship, and we talked frequently. And, even as time went by, during the rest of my tenure, when something -- some, you know, click-bait-type article appeared about something in the Epstein case, I would sometimes call him and say, "Did you guys look at that," and, you know, so I was continuing to pick up information. Q You just mentioned David Bowdich, Deputy Director of the FBI at the time. It was reported that you instructed him to keep the Deputy AG Mr. Rosen informed every 3 hours. Does that sound accurate? A Maybe on the first day or second day -- Q Yeah. It definitely -- A -- I mean, initially. Did I say every 3 hours? Q That's what was reported, but, you know, it's what was reported. A But it wasn't in my book? Q No. A Okay. I told him to keep the Deputy's Office advised, you know, I think, probably every