A No, I don't believe so. I think going into Georgia after D.C. was a "me" decision.
Q What about did you coordinate this even with the White House at all?
A How I'm interpreting your question of coordinating is seeking someone else's permission to do something like that as a collaborative effort, and the answer is I made the decision that we would protest Georgia. I formerly lived there, I know the governor, and I wanted a special session.
Q I guess let me go back a little bit. That's a great way to get to this.
Who have you talked to that works in the White House in December or January? Who do you know in the White House?
Mr. Kamenar. Is that a question who does he know or who does he talk to?
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Q Actually, who have you talked to in the White House in December or January?
A That's pertinent to the Capitol attack?
Q Just in general.
A I would really like to stick to the pertinency of the Capitol attack and January 6th and not go through my personal life or social dealings.
Q So the reason why I'm asking is because throughout the text messages that you produced to us there's the term "White House is telling me" or "White House this." I'm trying to figure out who in the White House is telling you anything.
A I described early in the—in this testimony—and then I'm happy to go through each one of those text messages one by one and see if I recall something or try to recontextualize it contemporaneously.
But in politics, someone can either indirectly tell you something or you'll indirectly
