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Undeterred, Wallop, 45, a first-term Senator and a rancher, plunged on with another string of questions. Once more Eastland, 73, took a firm hold on his cigar and asked: "What did you have to do with that?" Again came the witness's reply: "Nothing...
...Wallop has persisted with hundreds of questions. How, he asks, could Civiletti not have been aware of the details of Marston's investigations, particularly the fact that the targets included two Pennsylvania Congressmen, Joshua Eilberg and Daniel Flood? Civiletti said he had never even heard of Flood until recently. Wallop was incredulous. "Senator. I have no idea who three-fourths of the Congressmen are," said Civiletti wryly...
After one particularly long Wallop monologue, this absurd exchange took place...
Civiletti: Do you have a question? Wallop: Yes, I have a question. Civiletti: What is the question? Wallop: Would the official reporter read back the question...
...committee's stenographer read aloud Wallop's entire monologue. It contained no question...