A In the context—without other context, I don't want to answer that question without talking to my attorneys and seeing the transcript.
Q Of the statements that you made.
A Yes.
Q So you don't have any independent recollection of saying, "These are the mistakes, intentional or otherwise, that led to January 6th"?
A What I'm saying is, I will address it. I want to be provided with the entire transcript for that—
Q I don't have the entire transcript. It's an article that was—
A Then I don't think I can fairly and accurately answer your question without having reviewed the entire statement with my counsel, is what I'm saying.
Q So you want the opportunity to review your own statement that you made to a news outlet about January 6th before you answer my question about what you describe as an intentional mistake made by the Bureau.
A I think it is an appropriate and fair request, if you are going to read something in part that I said, that you provide me with the entirety of that statement and allow me—
Q Okay.
A —and afford me the opportunity to talk to counsel.
Q Putting the statement aside, Mr. Patel, do you think that there was some intelligence that should've triggered a better response on January 6th?
A Do I think so?
Q Yes.
A I think that, if you recall the posture around Washington in and around January 6th, independent businesses had boarded up, such as Starbucks and Dunkin'
