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185 Capitol. And then he, Dave Bowdich, and I kind of stuck together from that point forward to provide whatever assistance we could to the Capitol Police.

And you say you did not see any protesters at that time. Is that right?

No, my entire time at the Capitol, I did not see any protesters.

And that's through the tunnels as well, coming from the—

No, there were no protesters in the tunnel at all. There was a lot of law enforcement.

And then when we came up, there was a lot of law enforcement in the rotunda area and in the hallways, the rest of it, but I did not see any protesters.

I want to turn to exhibit 49 just to get, again, a sense of the timing here. This is email.

"HRT will be fast roping into the Capitol area. FBI will be staging DOJ resources to secure and clear the Capitol."

So that's 3:48. And, again, I understand you're estimating the time. In your estimate, you and Mr. Bowdich are already at the Capitol, is that right, by that time?

Yes. Yeah, we were I'm present sure we were in there by that time. And you have to keep in mind that what is reporting out, there's always a time lag. So by the time it worked its way up to the SIOC and he sends an email out, you know, this is somewhat old news. I mean, it's not very old, but there's always a time lag.

And so this did not actually happen. The HRT did not fast rope into the Capitol. But this was their plan, obviously, at some point.

Now, before we get into some of the steps you personally took at the Capitol, I just want to turn to exhibit 50 to discuss briefly this DOD statement that was issued.

I believe around 4 o'clock, in the middle of page there, it says, "The D"—this is a