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Glenn SimpsonPage 309 MR. FOSTER: In some of the questioning in the last round there was some talk of your — you didn't have a particular aim in your research, you were following the facts wherever they lead. Is it fair to say — is it a fair description to say that your job was opposition research aimed at Mr. Trump? That's been widely reported and characterized that way. Do you think that's a fair characterization of what your job was?

MR. LEVY: He's been talking for nine and a half hours, a lot of which was describing his work. To simplify it in any particular way at this point I think is unfair to the witness.

MR. FOSTER: You weren't hired to find positive information about Mr. Trump, were you?

MR. SIMPSON: To the contrary. I think when you're doing research on any subject you're trying to figure out what the truth is. So if Donald Trump's got a good business record and he's really worth billions of dollars, that's important information. In fact, you shouldn't be feeding reporters stories about how Donald Trump is not worth billions of dollars if he's worth billions of dollars. So, you know, I think the connotation of negativity, I get, you know, where you're coming 1-800-FOR-DEPO