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Glenn SimpsonPage 83 we gave Chris a sort of assignment that would be typical for us which was pretty open ended. We said see if you can find out what Donald Trump's been doing on these trips to Russia. Since Chris and I worked together over the years there's a lot that didn't need to be said. That would include who is he doing business with, which hotels does he like to stay at, you know, did anyone ever offer him anything, you know, the standard sort of things you would look at. I don't think I gave him any specific instructions beyond the general find out what he was up to.

Q. And was anyone else — did you engage anyone else to do that particular research?

A. In Russia?

Q. Yes.

A. So we had other people like Ed Baumgartner who, you know, by this time — I guess Prevezon was still winding down, but who would do Russian language research which didn't involve going to Russia. It just involves reading Russian newspaper accounts and that sort of thing.

Q. So was Mr. Baumgartner also working on opposition research for Candidate Trump?

A. At some point, I think probably after the 1-800-FOR-DEPO