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Glenn SimpsonPage 298 A. There were others.

MR. LEVY: Beyond what we've discussed today?

MS. SAWYER: Yes, beyond what we've already discussed.

BY THE WITNESS:

A. Another figure involved in the Trump Soho project was a central Asian person named Arif, A-R-I-F, is the last name. The first name is generally spelled Tevfik, it's T-E-V-F-I-K. If you search under a different transiteration of that name you can find open source reporting alleging that he's an organized crime figure from Central Asia and he had an arrest for involvement in child prostitution.

Q. You mentioned as well that you had reviewed tax bills. Were these specifically Donald Trump's tax bills?

A. They were Trump properties and I believe we may have reviewed some public information about estate taxes and things like that. We didn't have access to his tax returns.

Q. Did you reach any conclusions based on your review of his tax bills? I think you mentioned that in connection with trying to assess either financial connections or his financial 1-800-FOR-DEPO