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Glenn SimpsonPage 109 but it wasn't a business thing. I don't think I was doing any work. I was just networking.

Q. You said he told you various things. Do you mean he would pass along information to you?

A. The information that I remember was about his Kyrgyzstan stuff. There was a congressional investigation into Kyrgyzstan that he claimed credit for having started and he told me about it for some reason, but it wasn't because we were doing business together. It was coffee or something.

Q. You said he claimed credit for having started the congressional investigation?

A. That's my recollection, but this was some years ago.

Q. And you said you met one of his clients. Do you remember which client?

A. A former Kazakh politician whose name escapes me.

Q. Do you remember when you met that client?

A. Years ago in London.

Q. Has Mr. Akhmetshin ever been paid by Fusion GPS?

A. Not to my knowledge.

Q. Has he ever provided information to Fusion 1-800-FOR-DEPO