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people who think that I was saying I support the violence. The video says that I don't. It says, obviously, I denounce the people inside and the agitators. And I still have that position. I've said that we should prosecute the violent actors. I've said it in my opening. I've said it always, but people want to conflate it.

And so what I'm saying here in this text message, I won't denounce them, I'm talking about the people on the ground. I'm not talking about the people in the building. I'm not talking about people who punch cops. I'm not talking about any unjustified violence. There's no evidence. There's no evidence that I've supported violence. There's no text message where I'm celebrating injured people. There's not a single text message that has that.

Mr.   I'd just like to note for the record that Ms. Cheney and Ms. Lofgren and Mr. Schiff have left the deposition, and the only remaining members are Mr. Kinzinger and Mr. Aguilar.

BY  

Q I believe in the afternoon of January 6th you tweeted, and I quote, "Democrats and media ended the republic and that people responded. Welcome to," in quotes, "duh." What did you mean? Please explain this tweet for us.

A What exhibit is this?

Q It's exhibit 17 actually. Go to exhibit 17, and I'll actually narrow my question here.

A Thank you.

Q When you say that people responded, what are they responding to?

A Well, again, I have to say this for the record for anything that's presented to me that either I didn't authenticate, or was does not look like it was pulled from Twitter itself. So this, again, assuming that this is true and out of great respect for the