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28 machines produced a 68-percent error rate, we had a huge problem with the election.

So this came to us on Monday. I was certainly aware of it Monday. I might have been aware of it on Sunday as well when it first hit the news because I was trying to track these things. When Jeff Rosen received this email from the President's secretary, I was up on the fifth floor in Attorney General Barr's office. So I didn't get this from DAG Rosen.

As I was leaving AG Barr's office around 5 p.m., close to 5 p.m., he brought this up. I don't know if we discussed it earlier in the day as well, but he brought it up, and he said: Are you aware of this report out of Michigan?

I said: Yes. I hadn't read the report, but I'd seen the headlines.

And he said, essentially: Make sure the U.S. attorneys are aware of it. Make sure we're on top of this thing. Make sure we're taking a look at it.

And so, as I left his office, his secretary, sits right outside his door. He said something to the effect of " has copies of the report."

So, as I left his office, I said to : Do you have copies of this Michigan report?

She said: Yes. I have them on my computer.

I said: Great. Can you just send them to the U.S. attorneys in Michigan so they have them.

And so you see that on tab 4. That's sending it out, correctly noting that it was pursuant to my instructions because I wanted to make sure that the U.S. attorneys in Michigan had their report, and they were aware of the allegations.

Yeah.

I think—

I just want to make sure for the record I'm clear, so exhibit 4—you are,