messages, emails, texts, that showed the truth of what happened in 2016 that he had many written records that could help the committee establish what had actually happened. but roger stone didn't do that. he didn't even come close. instead he repeatedly lied to the house intelligence committee. he did it because if he had told the truth, as he said before, it wasn't pretty, it would look bad. and so instead he told these lies. roger stone did all of this to obstruct an investigation by the house intelligence committee into russian interference in the 2016 election. the committee was undertaking a critical investigation about an important moment in our nation's history. the house intelligence committee was trying to learn the truth about what had happened in the 2016 election, and roger stone, he was doing his best to stop it. and that is why after you've listened to all the evidence in this case and you've examined the documents and heard the witnesses, we are confident that you will return the only verdict justified on these facts, a verdict of guilty on all counts. thank you.