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Glenn SimpsonPage 179 Sometime thereafter the FBI — I understand Chris severed his relationship with the FBI out of concern that he didn't know what was happening inside the FBI and there was a concern that the FBI was being manipulated for political ends by the Trump people and that we didn't really understand what was going on. So he stopped dealing with them.

Q. Okay. So I do want to get to the timing on that. I know that I'm getting close to the end of my hour. Can I just ask you a general question on the memos that we were talking about. I had asked you specifically about the first one, if you had in any way — first of all, with regard to the packet on whole, did you have any input or involvement in the drafting of these or input for the research?

A. No.

Q. And did you edit any of them in any way?

A. No.

Q. So these were documents that you were just receiving from Mr. Steele?

A. Yes. I mean, the only qualifier I'd add is I'm sure I said things like Paul Manafort was just named campaign manager, what do you know about 1-800-FOR-DEPO