At the time Dr. Kogan was engaged by SCL, he was also working on Russian-funded projects out of St. Petersburg on profiling social media users, with a particular focus on two things. One was online trolling, and trolling behaviour in all social media. The second was a focus on what you call “dark triad traits,” which are narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism.
SCL was aware of this work. It is documented in emails that the company wanted to pitch Aleksandr Kogan's work for the Russians to its other clients. They were giving talks, as I understand it, both about the work he was doing at St. Petersburg and also referencing some of he work he was doing for SCL in the United States.
Around the same time, LUKOIL then approached SCL/Cambridge Analytica with a particular interest in targeting. Discussions were had about Cambridge Analytica's experience in rumour campaigns and disinformation. That is documented. There were presentations, which I've handed out to the authorities, that reference back—