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60 the President of the United States.

Okay.

You wouldn't remember if you talked to him on January 6th?

[Discussion off the record.]

The Witness. Yeah, as I said, I don't remember having a phone call with the President on January 6th.


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So, Mr. Patel, just so I'm clear, that does not mean you did not have a call with the President on January 6th.

Because if you—you and I could agree that a call from the President of the United States during an attack on the Capitol would be memorable, no?

To me?

To you.

To me as chief of staff? It might be. I know this might be hard for you to believe, but I talked to the President a number of times. So, any time that the President called, it was a memorable moment. But I don't remember every single phone call I fielded, especially on a day when I fielded upwards of 100 phone calls.

So you have no recollection if the President called you or did not call you.

I believe—as I said, I don't believe we spoke on January 6th.

But by saying "I don't believe"—and you've been an attorney, a trial attorney—it's not precluding that you did have a conversation with President Trump.

And, as I've said, if you show me a call log that says—

I don't have to show you a call log for you to jog your memory if you talked to President Trump or not.

Mr. Glabe. Hold on just a second.