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61 You asked earlier if he spoke to the President on January 5th. You had a record, and he spoke in detail to the best of his recollection about the call—about the meeting on January 5th.

You asked him about January 6th, and he said, to the best of his recollection, he doesn't recall speaking to the President on that day. That's been his answer several times.


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Did Secretary Miller have any contact with President Trump that day?

I'm not sure. I would imagine he did, but I'm not sure.

You're not certain if they—if he reached out to him?

I'm not sure.

You've gone through the authorities, right? You've stated that you didn't need to talk to the President that day.

Uh-huh. As far as the National Guard was concerned, sure. If we're talking about a different subject, then you'd probably have to talk to the President.

Secretary Miller has stated publicly that he did not speak to President Trump that day.

Yeah.

He stated it outright, unlike you, who has not said that outright.

But did you think it was, as you sit here, unusual that the President did not reach out to Secretary Miller?

I don't think it was unusual.

Why not?

As far as the activities of January 6th are concerned, as I said before, we had our authorization for the deployment, employment, and mobilization of the National