go czar for five minutes. >> my colleague eluded to brian pagliano the it advisor. were you made aware of the immunity with him? >> i am aware. >> now that attorney general lynch state there had would be no charges, there's many that suspect that in his -- that he failed to answer questions in his congressional deposition, that he had something to hide. why did investigators at the doj decide to offer mr. pagliano immunity. >> as i said in response to your earlier question, i need to be more thoughtful about what i say about an immunity deal in public. it may be fine but i don't want to screw up because we're doing this so quickly. in general i can answer because i've done it many times as a prosecutor. we'll make a grant of immunity in order to get information that you don't think you could get otherwise, but you know there may be something there in hindsight, right? you're looking ahead because of the pertinent information this person possesses. >> you believe they have relevant investigation information to the investigation. >> did they draft a 302 report with mr

my colleague eluded to brian pagliano, the i.t. advisor. were you made aware of the deal pagliano, the i.t. advisor. were you made aware of the deal of immunity with him? >> i am aware. >> now that attorney general lynch has stated there will be no charges, there are many that suspect that in his -- that he failed to answer questions in his congressional deposition, that he had something to hide. why did your investigators at the doj decide that it was necessary to offer mr. pagliano immunity? >> as i said in answer to the previous question, i need to be more thoughtful about what i say about an immunity deal in public. may be totally fine. i just don't want to screw up. in general, i can answer because i've done it in times as a prosecutor. you make a grant of immunity in order to get information that you don't think you could get otherwise. >> but you know that there may be something there in hindsight, right? you're looking ahead because the pertinent information this person possesses. >> right. you believe they may have relevant informat

. >> what about brian pagliano. did he ever know? do you know if he knew that she was not following proper protocol here? >> he helped set it up. >> he helped set it up. so obviously he knew. >> obviously -- >> is anything going to be done to him? any prosecution or discipline? any -- >> i don't know about discipline. not going to be prosecution of him. >> hmm. >> will the gentleman yield? >> i yield. >> my understanding director is that you offered him immiunitim >> i'm not sure what i can talk about in open -- >> he's not going to be prosecuted -- >> i want to be careful. i'm doing this 24 hours after the investigation closed. i want to be thoughtful, as we're big about the law, that i'm following the law about what i disclose about that. i don't want to answer that off the cuff. >> director comey, i am not a lawyer. i'm not an investigator. i'm a pharmacist. but i'm a citizen. and citizens are upset. i watched with great interest earlier this week when you laid out your case. and i'm telling you, you laid it out, bam, bam, bam, he

. >> what about brian pagliano. did he ever know? do you know if he knew that she was not following proper protocol here? >> he helped set it up. >> he helped set it up. so obviously he knew. >> obviously -- >> is anything going to be done to him? any prosecution or discipline? any -- >> i don't know about discipline. not going to be prosecution of him. >> hmm. >> will the gentleman yield? >> i yield. >> my understanding director is that you offered him immiunitim >> i'm not sure what i can talk about in open -- >> he's not going to be prosecuted -- >> i want to be careful. i'm doing this 24 hours after the investigation closed. i want to be thoughtful, as we're big about the law, that i'm following the law about what i disclose about that. i don't want to answer that off the cuff. >> director comey, i am not a lawyer. i'm not an investigator. i'm a pharmacist. but i'm a citizen. and citizens are upset. i watched with great interest earlier this week when you laid out your case. and i'm telling you, you laid it out, bam, bam, bam, he

. >> what about brian pagliano? did he ever know? do you know if he knew that she was not following proper protocol here? dir. comey: he helped set it up. >> he helped set it up. so obviously he knew. dir. comey: obviously. >> is anything going to be done to him? any prosecution or discipline? dir. comey: i don't know about discipline. not going to be prosecution of him. >> hmm. >> will the gentleman yield? >> i yield. >> my understanding director is that you offered him immunity. what did he get for it? dir. comey: i'm not sure what i can talk about in an open setting about that. >> he's not going to be prosecuted. dir. comey: i want to be careful. i'm doing this 24 hours after the investigation closed. i want to be thoughtful, as we're big about the law, that i'm following the law about what i disclose about that. i don't want to answer that off the cuff. >> director comey, i am not a lawyer. i'm not an investigator. i am a pharmacist. but i'm a citizen. and citizens are upset. i watched with great interest earlier this week when y

my colleague eluded to brian pagliano, the i.t. advisor. were you made aware of the deal of immunity with him? >> i am aware. >> now that attorney general lynch has stated there will be no charges, there's many that suspect that in his -- that he failed to answer questions in his congressional deposition, that he had something to hide. why did your investigators at the doj decide it was necessary to offer mr. pagliano immunity. >> i need to be more thoughtful about what i say about an immunity deal in public. may be totally fine. i just don't want to screw up. we're doing this so quickly. >> okay. >> in general, i can answer. because i have done it many times as a prosecutor. you make a grant of immunity in order to get information that you don't think you could get otherwise. >> but you know that there may be something there in hindsight, right? you're looking ahead because the pertinent information this person possesses. >> you believe they may have l relevant information to the investigation. >> did the investigators draft an interview r