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My question was whether or not they knew you were being paid to do that research.
MR. LEVY: He answered that question too and he said he did not explain that to the journalists.
MR. SIMPSON: It's hard to generalize. I run a business, it's a research business. Reporters know we have clients who pay us to do research. So, you know, I don't remember any specific queries about whether we were being paid or not, but I think most journalists would assume that someone had paid us to do research.
MR. FOSTER: They knew you were doing a Trump oppo research project as opposed to a Hillary Clinton oppo research project?
MR. LEVY: From 2015 through the end of the election?
MR. FOSTER: Can you let the witness answer, please.
MR. SIMPSON: The word "they" is extremely broad. Journalists would call and ask questions about specific things and from that they might conclude that we were doing a Trump oppo project.
It's just worth pointing out that in a political season all kinds of people are doing research on all kinds of things. Some people are
