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75 had been an earlier statement condemning violence.

Mr. Sofer. And, again, I think he's answered your question. It's clear you're asking for him to essentially read some sort of crystal ball, which is impossible.

I'm just asking for whether or not it would've helped him perform his mission.

But, again, if you don't want to answer the question, then we can move on.

Mr. Sofer. He did answer the question.

The Witness. Yeah, I just want to be clear, that's your opinion. I've answered the question. If you want to lay a record as to my answer on your opinion, go ahead.


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Mr. Patel, I want to go back to when you were first appointed to DOD on November 10th.

Uh-huh.

How did your appointment to DOD come about, in terms of who you were in contact with?

I believe it was—if you say it's November 10th, I believe you. It was, like, right around, like, the morning after the election. So I'm not really sure what that date was.

Exhibit 1 has it as November 10th as a start date for you.

But the question is, how did your appointment—

Mr. Sofer. Just give us 1 second, sorry—

Sure.

Mr. Sofer. —while we take a look at exhibit 1.

The Witness. Okay. Gotcha. Okay.

So how did my appointment come about? Acting, then—I guess technically he