interviewed?
Mr. Comey. Certainly unusual in that you had two people who had been witnesses, who were the Secretary -- the subject's lawyers, who after we cleared as to them were allowed to attend the interview. Unusual.
Mr. Gowdy. When you say "unusual," in the time you spent in the Southern District and at the FBI and the Department of Justice, can you recall another time where fact witnesses also served as potential counsel?
Mr. Comey. Yes. I can't -- and we would have to negotiate that with -- I'm trying to remember the terms -- a Curcio hearing and having all kinds of discussions about how to handle it in a charged case.
I don't know that I can remember -- sitting here, I can't remember an uncharged, so an investigative stage case, where a lawyer for the subject emerged as a fact witness. I can't. I'm sure if I have more time to think about it, maybe I will, but I can't right now.
Mr. Gowdy. Why does the Bureau typically not interview multiple fact witnesses at the same time?
Mr. Comey. Because you'd ideally like people not to know what others' stories are so they're not able to get their story together.
Mr. Gowdy. Some of the same reasons they have a sequestration rule. So you don't want witnesses to hear other
