Q So what was brought to your attention, if you remember, concerning January 6th?
A I'm not sure as I sit here today. If you have a document I could look at, happy to do that. I'm not saying nothing was or a bunch was, I just don't know, unless—if you could point to something in the documents, I can take a look.
Q Sure. We can start with—well, we can start with some of these calls that have occurred in preparation for the January 6th. I think exhibit 15 is a call that was set up for January 2nd, and then exhibit 13 is the mayor's request herself. But, if we could just go back to what you said, that DOD obviously, you explained, does not collect domestic intelligence, and you rely on your law enforcement partners.
A That's correct.
Q Where you were, as the chief of staff, was there one law enforcement partner that was relied on more than the other, meaning did you rely on DHS a lot more than the Bureau or—based upon—and I won't—if you could add some context to your own experience in the intelligence community. Did you feel that the information you were receiving portrayed an accurate picture going into the 6th?
A So I'm going from memory because I haven't had any of the Bureau cables, the FBI's cables to look at in over a year. In my opinion—and being a former Federal prosecutor, maybe I'm biased—but I relied on the FBI heavily for law enforcement capabilities and knew they had the relationships with police, i.e., the Capitol Police, the MPD, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the mayor's office to provide law enforcement-related intelligence that they collect to the Department as it was needed.
We also talked to DHS, the Department of Homeland Security, frequently on similar issues, but it would vary upon the subject. So that's a general answer of how I think we approached things to January 6th that I can—that—as I can best remember.
