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The Witness. 7th or the 10th, or something like that. Okay.

Ms. That's probably fine.

At that point, you set up the Donorbox, Stripe, et cetera, and now it's going through that for the Stop the Steal, LLC?

The Witness. Yes. And I don't know how many days that process takes, because sometimes, like, Stripe can take 3 days to confirm you.

Ms. I understand those aren't exact dates. That's helpful.


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At this rally in November, the November the 14th rally, did you engage with the First Amendment Praetorians for security?

The November rally? Yes.

Who are the First Amendment Praetorians?

They—I'm trying to think who recommended them to me. I don't know if it was Tracy Beanz, B-e-a-n-z, or—and Tracy with a y—or if it was someone else.

And someone said, "Do we have security?" So speakers started asking about security. I'm thinking, again, how can we raise this money? You know, I was like, we're buying people's flights. We're buying hotels. I don't want to stay at the Willard. Everyone's staying at the Willard. This is, okay, you guys are going to have to, like, you know, sleep two to a room.

And so then we started worrying about security. And so I think it was—it was either Tracy who recommended them, or someone said that Tracy had used them in the past.

Anyway, I was like, okay. And I don't know who set up a call or how I reached