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having or participating in the Stop the Coup rally in Arizona?

A I—

Q Do you recall a Stop the Coup event in Arizona?

A We—well, we had a—there's a local—

Q Uh-huh.

A —Arizona activist who wanted to rebrand the local "Stop the Steal" Stop the Coup. As far as I'm concerned, I was there, Stop the Steal. There were some signs that said Stop the Coup as well.

And it's kind of clever. It's kind of clever branding. But I just didn't think it was as catchy.

 . I'm sorry. Before you go on, are you going past the security questions? Because there was one I wanted to cover real quick.

 . You can just ask it.

 . Are you familiar with the First Amendment Praetorian group?

Are you getting there?

 . I'm getting there.

 . I'm so sorry.

See, this was my fault. I need to trust  , and that is my fault.

BY  :

Q While you were planning this Stop the Steal event in Arizona, I believe in your production we saw text messages with Mr. Ed Martin.

Who is Ed Martin?

A Ed Martin is the—I think he's a former, like, State house member, State senator. I think he ran for Congress or RNC chair. I forget. But he runs a group called the Eagle Forum.