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209 saw each other in Atlanta. We saw each other in D.C.

You know, a lot of people run into each other. I do know Atlanta, for example, one of the days—one of the smaller days—I gave him a shout-out. He was standing—I saw him standing on the sidelines, and I could tell he wanted a shout-out. If I didn't give him a shout-out, then, you know, there might be, "Oh, Ali is being a megalomaniac" or something, and I didn't want that. So I gave him a shout-out, and—yeah.

Okay. So you never—it's your testimony that you never, like, reached out to the Proud Boys for them to provide event or personal security for you?

Yeah, that's my testimony. There was one night in either November or December where I was walking, and the Proud Boys asked if I wanted an escort. And I think that they escorted me three blocks.

Okay.

Ms. How do you find these security teams? Like, you said you go to a city, you're looking for them. I think you mentioned you found someone in Chicago. How do you find them? The Witness. Just google security firms, and a lot of police officers don't make enough money at their day job, so they will moonlight as security officers or bouncers.

And the good thing about professional security is they don't ask you your politics. You don't know if they agree with you or not. And so I know that I've had several, you know, security members where I don't know their political beliefs, and I don't know that they agree with me.

Ms. Is that how you found First Amendment Praetorians?

The Witness. No. I've described how I best recollect finding 1AP.

Ms. Oh, okay. I apologize. That's just my bad memory if that was on the record.