did Orbis ever authorize you to share the memoranda with the media?
BY THE WITNESS:
A. I'm not sure I can answer this in — I'm not sure I know the answer to this.
MR. LEVY: If you don't know, then...
MR. SIMPSON: It's a little confusing.
MR. FOSTER: You don't know whether or not Orbis or Mr. Steele authorized you to distribute the memos to the media?
MR. SIMPSON: I think what I would like to say is that we had discussions about, you know, information as opposed to memos and, you know, at various times in talking to reporters about the Trump-Russia connection, you know, things — those discussions would be informed by what's in the memos.
MR. FOSTER: So are you saying that you may have provided information from the memos to the media without discussing whether or not — without getting permission specifically From Mr. Steele or Orbis?
MR. SIMPSON: What I'm saying is we discussed that. No. I'm saying we discussed generally the wisdom of answering questions from reporters about
