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Rh Q And remind me of the date of the first Steele memo.

A Somewhere around June 20, 2016. Something like that.

Q So by June 9th, this project that you were doing for -- Mr. Steele had been engaged in your research on behalf of Perkins Coie?

A I think so. But, I mean, I had been investigating Trump for like 8 months.

Q I mean, we have talked a lot about coincidences and interesting connections, but, I mean, it's quite something that you would have been investigating Trump for 8 months, and one of your colleagues from this other litigation who you were with shortly before and after the meeting had, in fact, met with and other high ranking Trump associates on a related topic in the same time period.

MR. LEVY: Is there a question?


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Q You mentioned briefings that you set up with Christopher Steele in September and October of 2016. In addition to kind of events that you did together, did you or anyone at Fusion independently discuss the dossier with journalists? Or the materials that became known as the dossier or are contained in the memorandum?

A I understand the question. You know, it informed my discussions with reporters beginning, I think, in probably July. And I don't remember -- I don't remember specifics from the early part other than at the Democratic Convention they had just released -- WikiLeaks had released all the material. And so it was plain from public evidence that there was a hack UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE