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Rh this memo reopening the Clinton investigation, you said we had to decide how to respond. Who is "we" in that statement?

A It's mainly a reference to myself and to Chris. You know, it was mainly between Chris and myself.

Q Anyone else?

A You know, I am not going to get into client communications, but, you know, I was still working for a client at that time.

Q Did you discuss with your client how to respond?

MR. LEVY: I think that is confidential.

MR. SIMPSON: I am not going to give you that.

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Q And you said that the response you decided on was to inform the press that both candidates were under FBI investigation?

A Well, what I thought was appropriate was for -- to give the press enough information so that they could go to the FBI and ask them if both candidates were under investigation. So what we more specifically did was, you know, we told them that, you know, we had given this information to the FBI and that, you know, we thought the FBI was probably investigating, and that they should ask the FBI if, in fact, they were investigating. And so they did. So the FBI, it appears, told them they weren't investigating.

Q Did you testify earlier, it was your opinion as a Washington veteran that you thought Mr. Comey's statement, or letter, might improperly or irregularly influenced the outcome of the 2016 Presidential election?

A I am sorry, could you repeat that?

Q I believe you testified earlier, and I just wanted to confirm, that you UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE