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Fusion GPS Founder's Senate Judiciary Testimony Released
Although Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee tried to suppress the 20 hours of testimony by Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, the transcripts were released in their entirety by Democratic Senator (and Judiciary Committee Co-Chairperson) Diane Feinstein.
Among the revelations; Mr. Simpson told the Senate Committee that the FBI had a 'walk-in' whistle-blower who was someone within Trump’s organization.
Related: DocumentCloud | Glenn Simpson Testimony: Senate Judiciary In August 2017
By Tom Mak
NPR
January 9, 2018
Glenn Simpson, co-founder of the research firm Fusion GPS
The former British intelligence officer who authored the infamous Russia dossier wanted to show it to the FBI because he was concerned that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump was being blackmailed. Christopher Steele told the political research firm that hired him, Fusion GPS, that what he uncovered from Russian sources was serious enough to bring to the attention of U.S. law enforcement authorities, according to a transcript released on Tuesday. The transcript, of an interview Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson did with the Senate Judiciary Committee, was released on Tuesday by the committee's top Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California.
As part of that research, Fusion GPS hired Steele, who had been the head of MI6's Russia desk. The resulting memos, written over the summer and fall of 2016, were explosive: They alleged that the Russian government had compromising material on the president and that Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to defeat Clinton during the presidential elections. Simpson has testified for more than 20 hours before three congressional committees regarding his firm's role in commissioning the report. On Jan. 2, Simpson and fellow Fusion GPS co-founder Peter Fritsch called on congressional investigators to release their testimony.
Although Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee tried to suppress the 20 hours of testimony by Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, the transcripts were released in their entirety by Democratic Senator (and Judiciary Committee Co-Chairperson) Diane Feinstein.
Among the revelations; Mr. Simpson told the Senate Committee that the FBI had a 'walk-in' whistle-blower who was someone within Trump’s organization.
Related: DocumentCloud | Glenn Simpson Testimony: Senate Judiciary In August 2017