No. Stop.
You agreed to that point so we're going back and not jumping around. I asked you that for a specific purpose. To make sure we knew what the framework for all this is.
As a result, although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this, we are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case.Now we follow the chain of events:Mr. Ratcliffe: Okay. So let me if I can, I know I’m testing your memory, but when you say advice you got from the Department [of Justice], you’re making it sound like it was the Department that told you: “You’re not going to charge gross negligence because we’re the prosecutors and we’re telling you we’re not going to.”
Ms. Page: That’s correct
The FBI is considering charging Clinton. The DOJ tells the FBI not to charge Clinton.
The FBI releases a statement stating it is up to the DOJ, but they DID NOT MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
So right off the bat the FBI statement is either a lie OR Page committed perjury? It literally has to be one or the other and cannot be both.