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Glenn SimpsonPage 231 Q. And had he been reaching out affirmatively to the FBI and providing them with information or were they reaching out to him and he was simply responding to their requests?

A. The first contact was initiated by Chris to someone that he said he knew.

Q. And now you're just going back to the July contact?

A. Yes. The September briefing or debriefing in Rome I believe I understood — to this day I understand that to have been initiated by the FBI. Subsequent contacts during this period I just don't know.

Q. Do you know if there were any contacts after that second meeting in Rome between then and the point in time which occurred sometime between October 31st and the election day when he stopped communicating with the FBI, do you know if there actually were any conversations or meetings between Mr. Steele and the FBI?

A. He didn't literally tell me about specific contacts. I just recall that there was — that he broke off, which implies that he told him he didn't want to have anything more to do with them. I believe he also mentioned that they didn't like 1-800-FOR-DEPO