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A If it's blue, that means that I put a heart on it; and if it's not, it means that someone else did, which would either be Madison or Michael.

Q So for maybe the, "This has got to be the cover a book"—I think he forgot "of"—"a book I write one day." You hearted that message.

A I did.

Q Do you recall why you hearted the message?

A I don't. And, you know, I responded after that and said, "Pretty freaking awesome. No joke." I was mostly referring to the photo. I thought the photo was cool, you know.

I'm a low-level campaign staffer. Anytime anyone goes to Capitol Hill I think it's cool, so—

Q So was it your understanding that when Mr. Brown took that photo he was in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C.?

A It looks like a selfie taken outside of the Capitol Building.

Q Did Mr. Brown ever tell you what he was doing in Washington, D.C., around January 5th?

A Not specifically, no. I knew he was there. And part of my job with the NRSC is I helped Michael Brown with a lot of his expense reports. So I obviously knew he was there because he wasn't with me in Atlanta, and I was compiling expense reports for him. And did the same thing for James Fitzpatrick, basically just gathering up receipts and entering them into Concur, so—

Q So you don't know what mission he might have accomplished on January 5th?

A I don't.

Q And you don't know what book he could potentially write and use that photo