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A Not that I recall.

Q And do you recall the next time you saw her after the afternoon of June 9th?

A It was a day or two later. I think it was -- I mean if June 9th was a Friday, I probably -- maybe Saturday or Sunday, there was a social dinner that was organized by the partner for whom I had worked during my relationship with Baker Hostetler, Mark Cymrot, and it was at a restaurant called Barcelona, and there was a variety of people there. There were some people from journalism and books, and my wife and I, and Ms. Veselnitskaya was there with Rinat Akhmetshin and a couple other people.

Q And this is in -- where is this?

A This is in Washington.

Q Okay.

A It may have been a day after or two. So a couple days after the weekend of -- I believe it was the same weekend.

Q And did you have any conversations with Ms. Veselnitskaya, either directly or through an interpreter at this dinner?

A Nothing I specifically recall. I recall that they were at the other end of the table from me. But you know, we had drinks before, and I might have said something to her. I just -- it wouldn't stick in my mind.

Q But it's your testimony that you didn't talk to her about the, what's become known as the Trump Tower meeting before it occurred?

A Neither before nor after.

Q And you didn't, in fact, find out about that meeting until 2017?

A That's correct. That is my testimony.

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