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Glenn SimpsonPage 33 A. Yes.

Q. And whom did you hire?

A. I think the primary, possibly only one was a guy named Edward Baumgartner. There may have been others. I just don't recall.

Q. And what type of work did Mr. Baumgartner undertake for Fusion?

A. Discovery mostly, helping locate witnesses. He speaks Russian. So he would work with the lawyers on gathering Russian language documents, gathering Russian language media reports, talking to witnesses who speak Russian, that sort of thing. He may have dealt with the press. I just don't remember.

MR. FOSTER: What is his professional background?

MR. SIMPSON: He has a degree in Russian.

MR. FOSTER: So his primary role was as a Russian speaker? Is he a private investigator? What does he do?

MR. SIMPSON: He runs a consulting firm like me and deals with issues more in Ukraine than Russia, but in both. Yeah, he was doing Russian language things. The case revolved around, centered on events in Russia. So a lot of what we 1-800-FOR-DEPO