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interested in trade, other people are interested in guns. So you wouldn't necessarily intuit exactly what we were doing. Most people are interested in, you know — they're interested in the story they're working on. So some people will say, hey, I'm interested in whether Donald Trump gets his ties from third-world countries and they wouldn't ask about anything else.
BY MR. DAVIS:
Q. You mentioned before, if I recall correctly, that Fusion was having issues with persons attempting to hack it?
A. That's a current concern, yes.
Q. When did that concern — when did you first become aware of that concern?
A. Relatively recently.
Q. So after the election?
A. Yes.
MR. FOSTER: Did you tell journalists that you had engaged Mr. Steele in the summer of 2016?
MR. SIMPSON: I don't specifically remember doing that until the fall.
MR. FOSTER: After the election or before?
MR. SIMPSON: Before the election.
MR. FOSTER: Can you remember the context in
