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Glenn SimpsonPage 77 Trump. Is that accurate?

A. Yes.

Q. And he was working in that capacity as a subcontractor for you? And when I say "you" here I mean Fusion GPS.

A. Yes.

Q. And when did you engage Mr. Steele to conduct opposition research on Candidate Trump?

A. I don't specifically recall, but it would have been in the — it would have been May or June of 2016.

Q. And why did you engage Mr. Steele in May or June of 2016?

A. That calls for a somewhat long answer. We had done an enormous amount of work on Donald Trump generally at this point in the project and we began to drill down on specific areas. He was not the only subcontractor that we engaged. Other parts of the world required other people. For example, we were interested in the fact that the Trump family was selling merchandise under the Trump brand in the United States that was made in sweat shops in Asia and South America — or Latin America. So we needed someone else for that. So there were other things. We were not totally focused on Russia at 1-800-FOR-DEPO