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Q Yeah. And I can split them up and do them one at a time if you want. A No. Go ahead. Q What is your understanding of the extent to which President Trump was aware of Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes prior to the crimes becoming public? So when nobody else -- A I'm not certain of the extent of his knowledge. Q Okay. During your tenure, did President Trump direct you or any of your subordinates to take any official action related to Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell? A I'm not going to discuss any conversations that I've had with the President of the United States. Q It would be helpful for us just to understand whether that's just a refusal to discuss it full stop or whether that's an invocation of some version of executive privilege. A Privilege. Q And can you or counsel elaborate a little bit on the nature of the privilege for the record? Ms. Dhillon. We're not going to get into any conversations that the former Attorney General had with other senior members of the -- executive members of the White House and the immediate staff of the President. That's covered by privilege. Mr. Guynn. I'll also add, we don't even need to formally assert the privilege in this context given the voluntary nature of these proceedings. So we're just going to refuse to provide answers about conversations with the President or his advisers. . Thank you. And, as I think you just said, those are two different concepts. So, just for clarity one more time, is this just a voluntary refusal to answer or a formal assertion of executive privilege? Ms. Dhillon. This is a voluntary interview and assertion of privilege is not legally required,