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individuals involved in those meetings. As a general matter, did you discuss the work you were doing related to the presidential election campaign with — did you ever discuss that with Natalia Veselnitskaya?

A. I don't believe I ever discussed it with her. I'd just add that she doesn't speak much English. So the possibilities are almost none. I didn't discuss it with her.

Q. Do you have any reason to believe that she knew that you were doing work — opposition research work on then Candidate Trump?

A. No.

Q. Do you have any reason to believe that she knew that Christopher Steele was doing work for you as part of that project, the opposition research on Candidate Trump?

A. No.

Q. What about Rinat Akhmetshin, did you ever talk with Rinat Akhmetshin about the fact that you were doing opposition research on Candidate Trump?

A. Not that I recall, no.

Q. Do you have any reason to believe that Christopher Steele ever spoke with Rinat Akhmetshin about the fact that Christopher Steele had been

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