A What time period?
Q On January 6th or in the days following.
A I don't recall any discussions about the 25th Amendment.
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nmmmmm. Before I move on to kind of the transition issues and post-January 6th, are there any questions?
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nmmm. Yeah, just a couple things.
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Q Mr. Patel, during the day of January 6th, do you remember any discussion with anyone about whether or not it would be useful for the President to issue a statement asking people to stop or not behave violently?
A The day of, I'm not sure I remember that. I remember seeing it come out later that there was some sort of message or tweet put out about disbanding or dispersing. But do I have personal knowledge about how that message was derived? I don't think so.
Q Again, listen to the question: During the day, do you remember any discussion with anyone about whether or not it would be useful for the President to issue some kind of statement discouraging violence?
A I don't remember that. On January 6th I don't remember that.
Q You don't remember anybody ever raising that as a possibility or as something that might help?
A It might've happened. I just don't remember it.
Q Today, again, no recollection that anyone raised that?
A I don't have an independent memory of that.
Q Did anyone, in your recollection, make any attempt to encourage the White House, Mr. Meadows or others—
