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129 seems to us to be significant—

Okay.

—seems to us to be unusual, and things that would logically prompt discussion and questions. And we've sort of had four or five of those exchanges.

Let me outline it this way.

Yeah, please.

So, generally, did I have—these were conversations that were happening before and after the election, but—

Yes.

—generally, the PPO office was contacting people, that I'm aware, and looking for who would serve if President Trump, you know, were to win the election, who would serve in the next administration.

So people were having those conversations—

Yeah.

—sure. Do I have any in-depth or even detailed knowledge about how that political-appointed process worked within PPO and Mr. McEntee? No, I don't believe so, and—outside of what we've talked about in the roles, you know, we've discussed.

Uh-huh.

But I have, as I said, read a bunch of media reporting on what—

Yeah.

—you're talking about.

So have we. I'm not interested in you recounting media reporting or your general—

I don't want to.

—your general description of PPO. I'm asking you whether you had any