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35 believe that he was not on those phone calls based on my memory at that time.

Got it. Do you remember who designated DOJ as the lead Federal agency?

My understanding is only DOJ can make that designation, but—

To themselves?

—I'm not DOJ anymore.

Okay.

Mr. Glabe. Can I ask just one question to go back a minute? You referenced the memo, the Miller memo that's exhibit 51. I think a couple times you called it the January 5th memo, and it's got a January 4 date stamp on it. And I just want to—

It's got a January 4th stamp on it? Is that what you're—

The Witness. Is it two different ones, or is it the same one?


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It's the same one.

Okay.

Sorry. I misstated the date. Obviously, Mr. Patel, you worked at DOJ, so you're aware that, as you stated in your statement, that the Attorney General was on that call, correct? They're the boss of the Director of the Bureau?

Yeah, I think at the time—what was his name?

That would have been Rosen.

Thank you.

Sure.

Rosen, Mr. Rosen was the Acting Attorney General, I believe. And I don't remember all the phone calls off the top of my head, but what we—the information that the Acting Secretary and the chairman were trying to get from law enforcement was not able to be obtained from the acting AG, just didn't have that level of detail, and that's