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Q Really quickly, do you know a woman named Cindy Chafian?
A Yes.
Q And did you have any conversations with her about the events on January 5th or 6th?
A Yeah. She was the main organizer for the 5th.
Q When you say, like, main organizer, what do you mean? Like, how would you describe her role? What does she do?
A You know, she—she took care of all the vendors. And I, again, provided the committee with documentation showing an agreement between Stop the Steal; her group, 80 Percent Coalition; and a pastoral group called, I think, called Peaceably Assemble, and we divided the stage times up, but essentially, Cindy was the head honcho. You know, the permit was under her name. And—and then I believe the Trump campaign was represented for all of our blocks by Katrina Pierson and some other people that—again, better documented in what I've provided you all.
Q What's your understanding of who paid for or funded January 5th?
A Well, I know we had to pay our own bill, so the Stop the Steal portion of—of our—of our—of our thing, we paid for. And, you know, Cindy made reference to a donor, a client. Maybe she said client and not donor. I'm not—I'm not really sure, but—but—and then Alex had teamed up with her to make sure that Alex would have speaking time.
Q This is separate from any conversations about—brokering a deal about the Ellipse, because I've read press reports that people were given the 5th as a consolation prize. And that's just ridiculous—ridiculous according to my understanding of the events.
