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111 transition team, and your reaction to those press reports is exhibits 3 and 4. Was there any accuracy in the reporting that there were any challenges posed to the Biden-Harris transition team?

I don't believe so.

So did you ever learn of any complaints during your time as the head of transition from Biden-Harris folks?

So, Ms. Hicks, later Ms. Magsamen—sorry, the current chief of staff; I'm unsure how her last name is pronounced—were the people I attempted to communicate with. As I said, I called, I believe, Ms. Hicks. I tried to call the—my successor, the current chief of staff, and I emailed them continuously when things were needed. But I never heard back from them, and Mr. Muir kept me up to date to make sure that the transition process was going as smoothly as possible.

Did Ezra Cohen have a role during the transition process?

Most every member at Mr. Watnick's level would have a role in the transition process. He would have been instructed through Mr. Muir to meet with his counterpart or the person the Biden transition team had designated as the incoming individual into that role or into that section of the Department of Defense. So I don't have any particular insight into what that was, but he should have, I believe, just given his position.

I just wanted to ask you about exhibit 4 there. Again, this is about the response to the press story.

Mr. Sofer. Can you give us a page number, please?

Sure. This is going to be Bates No. 2376. It's a whole email string.

The Witness. Yeah.