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Glenn SimpsonPage 129 Q. Do you have any reason to believe that Mr. Wiles has ties to the Russian government?

A. No.

Q. So as you mentioned, in 2016 people associated with HRAGI met and attempted to meet with people in a number of congressional offices. Were you aware of any of these meetings?

A. The meeting that I was aware of that I remember hearing about was a meeting that actually didn't happen which was some meeting that Mark Cymrot was supposed to have. It's possible that he was going to meet some Congressman. It's possible that I was told about other meetings by some of these people that we're discussing, but I don't specifically remember hearing about other meetings. I was generally aware that there was stuff going on on the Hill.

Q. If I could refer back to Exhibit 2, the partial privilege log. The first page of that document lists a 5/13/16 e-mail from Rinat Akhmetshin to Mark Cymrot with the subject/description "Appointment with Cong. Hill." Do you believe that to be a reference Congressman French Hill?

A. I don't know. I believe it was a 1-800-FOR-DEPO