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59 country; you're fielding calls from the White House, as you said, correct?

We were collectively fielding a lot of calls that day. There was a lot of joint calls. There was a lot of—a bunch of singular calls. So—

But you, Kash Patel, were receiving calls from Mark Meadows and from Keith Kellogg.

I believe that's correct, yeah.

Well, that's what you just said.

Yeah.

Was there anyone else from the White House that reached out to you?

I don't—not that I can recall.

Did Tony Ornato ever reach out to you?

Being the deputy chief of staff to Mark Meadows, he probably did. He—

On January 6th?

Tony and I—Mr. Ornato and I have worked together for a long time, and so it's possible he also reached out.

I'm telling you, I can't remember every phone call I had. If there's something you can show me, like a call log, that says I talked to them, maybe I can narrow it down.

Did you talk to the President at all during January 6th?

I don't believe that the President President Trump and I spoke on January 6th. That's my memory.

Do you not believe—wouldn't you remember if the President reached out to you on January 6th?

Not necessarily. But I'm telling you, I don't remember him doing so, and I don't remember calling him on January 6th.

When you say "not necessarily," there's an attack on the Capitol, and he is