Interesting and seems like a clear violation by Hilda but what does that have to do with Simas and his office?
“. . . what does that have to do with Simas and his office?”
I’ve also been thinking about this. Maybe they have similar evidence on Simas or in some way this signals that the committee has evidence connecting Simas with Solis. I think they really want to ask Simas questions for which they already have most of the answers. I would want to get one of these ‘periphery of the inner circle’ people to crack and maybe that is what they are trying to do.
I’d be a lot more confident of these hearings if Gowdy were the chairman. Issa is just not up to the task.