Fusion GPS co-founder reaches deal with the House Intelligence Committee and will testify about his role in the Russian dossier

  You may remember back in October representatives of Fusion GPS appeared before the House Intelligence Committee to testify on its role in the mostly debunked Russian dossier and pleaded the Fifth. Shortly thereafter the House Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena to gain access to the “opposition research” firm’s financial records and the firm responded by filing an injunction to keep their financial records hidden. It was then reported that Fusion GPS and the House Intelligence Committee reached an agreement to gain access to the firm’s financial records.

  Now it is being reported that a co-founder of Fusion GPS has reached a deal with the House Intelligence Committee and will testify. Here is more:

Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of the opposition research firm behind the unverified Trump ‘dossier,’ has reached an agreement with the House Intelligence Committee to testify voluntarily on his involvement in the controversial project.

Simpson, who had been under a subpoena, appeared with his attorneys on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to negotiate the terms of his return next week.

The Fusion GPS co-founder and former Wall Street Journal reporter last appeared on Capitol Hill in August, when he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for 10 hours. 

Simpson’s attorney Joshua Levy said his client will testify voluntarily and “will tell the truth.” Levy added that he is seeking to strike a balance between the committee’s right to information and Fusion GPS’ “privileges and legal obligations.”

  This is interesting because Simpson was not one of Fusion GPS’s representatives who pleaded the Fifth, he has already testified for 10 hours so it seems immunity would not what he would be seeking. This would naturally lead many to believe–and this was my first thought–that the deal included an agreement by the House Intelligence Committee to stop seeking the firm’s financial records but according to the above-linked article this was not discussed.

  This brings the issue back around to immunity and what this next round of questions will be about. Yesterday we found out that a co-founder of Fusion GPS met with the Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. under false pretenses both right before and right after said meeting. This looks like it was a setup considering Fusion GPS was funded by Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee.

  And it just so happens that Glen Simpson is the Fusion GPS co-founder who met with the Russian lawyer. I find it interesting that one day after we learned about these suspicious meetings with the Russian lawyer Simpson has struck a deal with the House Intelligence Committee to testify about his role in the Russian dossier…

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