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“You were known as a man to hire if there was an assassination someone wanted.”
“Yes.”
“Walk me through how you became involved in the plan to assassinate Russian President DimitryVasiliev.”
“I was asked if I would take a job targeting the Russian president. It would be a long operation, and would be challenging. Much coordination necessary.”
“Did you accept?”
“Da. Yes. I do not like President Vasiliev.”
“You agreed to take a job to assassinate the president of Russia.”
“Da. Yes.”
“You understood that this was going to be an ongoing operation, with further information coming from the individual who hired you?”
“Yes.”
“Who were you contacted by?”
“He did not say his name on the phone.”
“How were you able to coordinate operations with someone you did not know by name?”
“I was given information on how I would be contacted.”
“And that was?”
“I would receive text messages, phone calls from different cell phone numbers, to avoid spies and eavesdropping. If text was authentic, it would contain the code six-two-one after the message. If we were to speak on the phone, I would receive text before with same code.”
“How much of your actions were guided by this voice on the phone?”
“Mmm, nearly everything.”
“He instructed you on how to get the United States, and where to go once you got here?”
“Yes.”
“He provided you with the funds to establish yourself here in DC?”
“Yes.”
“He provided you with a safehouse where you could practice with your rifle, to keep your skills honed?”
“Yes.”
“He provided details on the Russian president’s travel schedule, including when he would be meeting at the U.S. Capitol, through dead drops, phone calls, and text messages?”
“Yes.”
“What is it that you did in this conspiracy?”
“I pull the trigger.”
Silence.
“If you were never told the identity of the man who hired you, how did you come to know his identity?”
