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Rh counterintelligence/espionage investigation of the Donald Trump organization, and all of a sudden they announce that they are reopening Hillary case, you know, you're kind of, what's going on here?

So at that point, I, of course, was really confused, and I would say Chris was a little scared, because he didn't -- he thought that -- he didn't really understand what was going on with the FBI. In any event, at that point I felt like the rules had just been thrown out and that Comey had violated the sort of one of the more sacrosanct policies, which is not announcing law enforcement activity in the closing days of an election.

And so, we began talking to the press again about -- we decided that if James Comey wasn't going to tell people about this investigation that, you know, he had violated the rules, and we would only be fair if the world knew that both candidates were under FBI investigation.

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Q Which outlets in the press were you talking to?

A I am not going to answer that.

Q Okay. Do you know John Podesta?

A I have known John since he was working in the Clinton administration.

Q Had you met with Mr. Podesta in the fall in the election campaign season?

A No.

Q So you never met with Mr. Podesta in September or October or November of 2016?

A No.

Q Had you had any communications with Mr. Podesta from, say, May UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE