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Rh And by approximately early July, like 1st or 2nd, I had given my assent to him doing it as a professional obligation or a citizenship obligation. And then that's when he did it, sometime around the 4th of July.

Q So in early July, is it fair to say in early July that you knew that Mr. Steele had taken some information to the FBI?

A I think he said he was going to, and then later he told me he did.

Q When did that occur, approximately?

A I think it was probably right after the 4th of July.

Q Okay. So not like a month later?

A No.

Q Okay. Did he tell you about any other communications he had with the FBI in relation to this matter?

A Yes. The -- originally, he told me: I met with them and I informed them of my concerns. And they said thank you and said they would get back to us if they were going to follow up, if they needed to follow up.

And we were sort of almost immediately plunged into, you know, a very intense situation with regard to the -- the hacking attacks that were going on, and so it didn't come up again for, you know, weeks if not months.

Q Do you know if he, Mr. Steele, informed the FBI about your relationship, that is, the relationship he had with you and Fusion GPS?

A I don't -- my recollection is that he disclosed that he was doing this for a private client, and that he would have disclosed something about who the private client was.

I also don't think, though, that Chris at this time knew the identity of the client. And so initially, at least, he would have been only able to say: I have a UNCLASSIFIED, COMMITTEE SENSITIVE