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Glenn SimpsonPage 122 Q. Were you aware that he was a registered lobbyist for HRAGI?

A. No.

Q. Other than meeting him at that dinner, did you have any other interactions with him in the course of the Prevezon work?

A. Not that I can recall.

Q. Did Fusion provide any research to him directly or through an intermediary such as Baker Hostetler?

A. I don't know. I mean, if Baker Hostetler gave him information from my research or my company's research, they didn't tell me.

Q. Do you have any reason to believe he has ties to the Russian government?

A. No.

Q. But you said he is friends with the Katsyvs?

A. I shouldn't speculate. I recall he was introduced to me as a friend of someone and I don't remember whether it was Rinat or Denis Katsyv, but it was one or the other.

Q. Do you know Howard Schweitzer?

A. I don't, not that I can recall.

Q. So you've never done any business with 1-800-FOR-DEPO