The Witness. Yeah, and we had to—I'd ask we—actually, that's a great point. So Captain was the ExecSec. He put his signature on this because he was the ExecSec and that's standard operating procedure. But he received some substantial death threats when this timeline leaked to the media, so much so that we had a put a personal security detail on him. And, last I checked, he was still in service and uniform, so if we could just—
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Q Sure.
A —protect his name going forward.
Q Great. So you—as the chief of staff for Acting Secretary Miller at that time, again, and we'll go back in time to the—your appointment to—over to the position itself, but just, starting with January 6th, when did the preparations, from your perspective, begin?
A From the DOD's perspective?
Q Yes.
A So, again, I would refer you to our—the timeline I submitted, and I believe in that exhibit the first date is December 31, 2020. So I would estimate on or about then without having access to other underlying documents, is my—is what I can best recall now when there was an engagement from Muriel—excuse me, Mayor Bowser of D.C. and her team with the D.C. National Guard request. There may have been conversations prior to that, I'm just—I can't recall.
Q Were you aware of the January 6th event prior to the Mayor Bowser event—letter coming to request D.C. National Guard?
A Was I aware of her request for the National Guard?
Q No, were you aware that the January 6th Joint Session and the rally that was
