everything through translators, and so we wouldn't have very fulsome exchanges. But I believe that she may have alluded at times to giving information to the government for purposes of tax law enforcement.
And to the extent that she made references to, you know -- it was in connection with -- at least I understood it to be in connection with some kind of a tax enforcement action to recover taxes, unpaid taxes. And I can't remember whether she mentioned having any relationship with the chief prosecutor.
MR. SCHIFF: But she did mention she had some relationship with the government, at least as far as providing tax information was concerned?
MR. SIMPSON: Right. She didn't say she was a government agent, she didn't say she worked for the intelligence services, she didn't say any of that. All she said was something about this information is good because it has to do with the unpaid taxes.
MR. SCHIFF: So if she was doing work for the intelligence agencies, she wouldn't confide that in you?
MR. SIMPSON: No, that's true.
MR. SCHIFF: And would it be your practice to discuss with one client work you are doing for another client?
MR. SIMPSON: No.
MR. SCHIFF: So the work you were employing Mr. Steele to do would not be something you would have shared with Ms. Veselnitskaya?
MR. SIMPSON: I didn't share it with most of my employees. Yes, to answer you, generally speaking we compartmentalize things, both like a law firm would, and in running an intelligence operation you would too. So if we are -- so we don't tell one subcontractor what another
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