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whatever's happening down or whatever. I never got close enough to see what—so, you know, these iconic pictures we see now, I didn't see any of that. But I was, like, if it goes there, if that's actually happening, if people—if what people are saying is true, then, you know, people need to get the heck out of there.

Q So you just are describing the environment of what you were seeing on the ground.

A As best as I can.

Q As you recall, and I appreciate that. I appreciate it.

Around this time do you recall tweeting, "#occupyDC. Remain peaceful in rally. Sources are telling me we're going to try to use two hours per State."

A No, not around that time. In fact, that happened prior.

Q Okay.

A And so we were talking about—we were talking about Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Paul Gosar and, like, Jody Hice and a couple of others were going to protest Arizona and Georgia and some other States. And what was being communicated to me was that what were the legal legislative rules for this process. Again, this actually—this actually proves that I'm participating in the legislative process, and that I don't desire violence and—but this happened prior.

Q Okay.

A You know, that type of text message would have happened prior to any of this conflict stuff. And Occupy D.C., just for the record, is a reference to a popular far-left, anarcho-left movement in which people set up tents in D.C. and Lafayette Park and they did it in New York and stuff like that. It was legally permissible.

Q So when you get there on the ground, do you recall, you and Mr. Alex Jones directing individuals to the other side the Capitol, to the east side the Capitol?