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[Lutnick Majority Exhibit No. 4 was marked for identification.] Secretary Lutnick. Okay. BY MR. EMMER: Q We discussed your emails earlier, sir. Is this HWL email yours? A Yes. Q And the email chain begins with Mr. Epstein asking you, "What do you think the prospects for AdFin are?" Why would Mr. Epstein be emailing you directly about the prospects for AdFin? A I don't know. AdFin was a company that's objective was to become an exchange for internet ads. So it was pursuing companies that put out ads -- like banks do a lot of ads, you know, big advertisers, and websites. So it was marketing to everyone it could possibly find to use their services to buy their ads cheaper, you know, for the advertiser to not use an ad agency and get the money directly and -- you know, the advertisers are more efficient. And so it would've been out talking to everybody. So it wouldn't surprise me that people knew about it. I was not -- it wouldn't have been unusual. It was out there trying to make -- get attention. Q And, given your previous testimony as it relates to emails that you sent, is it safe to assume that this response was you personally? A This was -- this was me, because it says "HWL." Q And, for the record, can you please read the email that you sent back? A Yeah. But this stemmed on another note. So it must've stemmed from something else. But it says -- you want me to read just -- Q Just what you sent.