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154 interviews, and, therefore, you wanted to get everything done in one interview so that any privilege issues could be adjudicated in or immediately after that interview.

There were no privilege issues raised today, no questions that our client refused to answer, and so, therefore, I don't understand why we can't close out the September 23rd subpoena, particularly understanding that you said that it was your wish not to have two separate proceedings.

It remains my wish not to have two separate proceedings. I just need to keep the option open to compel Mr. Patel's return if that becomes necessary. I hope it does not.

Mr. Glabe. And if you need to compel Mr. Patel to return, you could issue a subpoena.

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Mr. Glabe. But I think, in light of the participation that our client showed, it would be the respectful, appropriate, and professional thing to do to withdraw or otherwise represent that the September 23rd subpoena is closed out, completed, and satisfied.

Yeah. I appreciate your perspective, but we just need to keep the subpoena in place and leave this open. Our hope is that it does not have any practical—

The Witness. Could you give us 1 second?

Mr. Sofer. Well, just for the record again, I don't think that's supported by our previous conversations. And, again, I don't want to repeat myself, but, as Mr. Glabe points out, the reasons that their subpoena wasn't withdrawn—you know, we had email traffic about that between us—those have been removed at this juncture.

And we are willing to provide information to the extent that we can, and I think we've shown ourselves to not in any way obfuscate the process. So all of the