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3 Mr. The time is 10:07 a.m. Good morning. This is a deposition of Mr. Ali Alexander conducted by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capital, pursuant to House Resolution 503.

At this time, I would ask the witness to please state your full name and spell your last name for the record.

The My chosen and professional name is Ali Alexander. Ali is spelled A-l-i. I was born Ali Akbar, A-k, B as in boy, a-r.

Mr. And what name would you like for us to use today for the purposes of this deposition?

The Mr. Alexander. I appreciate you guys.

Mr. No problem, Mr. Alexander.

So this will be a staff-led deposition, and members, of course, may choose to also ask questions throughout this deposition. In the room today you have myself,, investigative counsel, , senior investigative counsel, , senior investigative counsel, , the parliamentarian. And then members, we have Ms. Zoe Lofgren and Mr. Adam Kinzinger.

Under the House deposition rules, neither committee members nor staff may discuss the substance of testimony you provide today unless the committee approves release. You and your attorney will have the opportunity to review the transcript.

Before we begin, I'd like to describe a few ground rules. We will follow the House deposition rules that we provided to your counsel previously. Under the House deposition rules, counsel for other persons or government agencies may not attend, and you are permitted to have an attorney present. I would like to note for the record that what was previously presented to Mr. Alexander's attorney as exhibit 1 is the subpoena