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different matters, what we could say and what we couldn't say.
MR. FOSTER: And in those discussions did he ever authorize you to discuss the information contained in the memoranda with the media?
MR. SIMPSON: As I've stated before, this is not a master-servant relationship. We worked together. Sometimes he's working for my clients, sometimes I'm working for his. So we might jointly make a decision, but it's not a sort of can I do this, yes you can do that kind of relationship. So if they — so I hope that's responsive.
MR. FOSTER: So did you ever share either the memos or the content of the memos with the media independently of him without having discussed it with him?
MR. SIMPSON: I think what I said was I had spoken with reporters over the course of the summer and through the fall about the investigations by the government and the controversy over connections between — alleged connections between the Trump campaign and the Russians. Some of what we discussed was informed by Chris's reporting. So whether that was — I don't think there's any sense that that was an unauthorized thing to do.
