As Mr. Hausch did so, he testified, one of the seven teenagers, Jeffrey Conroy, walked past him, and told him that they had to leave.
He subsequently testified four times before the grand jury, which legal experts say is an unusually large number of appearances given that he was told he was a subject of the investigation and his actions were being scrutinized as possible criminal violations.
In his experience in the five years ending in 2003, he testified, only two or three Local 14 crane operators were unable to operate the cranes when they reported to job sites.
When Mr. Holder stressed that he had already testified eight times about Fast and Furious and that the department had produced more than 7,600 pages of documents, Mr. Issa cut him off, "Look, I don't want to hear about the 7,600".
"As I approached the driver's side door," he testified, "within three to four feet I heard approximately four shots go out.
He testified against one of two defendants accused of orchestrating the murder here in 2001 of a sandwich-shop mogul and casino owner, Konstantinos (Gus) Boulis, a business associate of Jack Abramoff, the disgraced former Washington lobbyist.
He testified at one of three hearings about the exemption held by the Board of Equalization in 2007 and 2008, after a group of nonprofits led by the International Community Foundation in San Diego complained.
He said Mr. Al-hadlalreadyalready testified three times before grand juries investigating the embassy bombings.
He testified during two days at a hotel near his company's headquarters in Dearborn.
As he testified, the two girls, Tara and Maya, now 12 and 8, sat together in the courtroom.
He testified before two House subcommittees as Bush administration officials offered detailed plans on how pensions might be strengthened but received a cold reception from members of Congress.
