Thread by @hhesterm

It is difficult to understand what’s going on here. As Emilio rightly points out, this is put down explicitly in the NI Protocol. It’s not vague language. But this shows an interesting issue of Committee work /1

https://twitter.com/e_casalicchio/status/1313116167591075841

Sometimes a question can catch someone off guard and rather than admit it the person might follow the logic of some talking points without actually knowing the answer. And the answer the person gives can then simply be false - as happened here. /2

The question then is: who corrects these errors? Committees will give you a chance to correct any mistakes in your testimony. But what if you don’t? /3

Committee Clerks are doing stellar work. But they cannot know everything. Or else we wouldn’t need the hearings. So a breadth of testimony is the ultimate safeguard.