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Glenn SimpsonPage 245 United States for whatever purpose, for some kind of illicit purpose. I think that's a pretty good example of the kind of general work I would do to determine whether there's some base level of credibility to the things we're getting.

Q. And in answering that you said that some of the officials that you had identified as involved in this effort seemed to come up with regard to the pension disbursements. Who specifically are you referring to?

A. We identified a lawyer in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida who said she previously worked for Gazprom and just had on her professional Website or someplace that she was — she had some kind of relationship with the Russian embassy in dealing with these pension issues.

Q. And do you recall that lawyer's name?

A. I don't.

Q. Anyone else besides that individual?

A. If I could look at this for a second.

Q. Sure.

(Reviewing document.)

BY THE WITNESS:

A. I don't have a clear recollection of this. I'm sorry. I thought there was another name in 1-800-FOR-DEPO