Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Grassley: Fusion GPS Founder Gave ‘Extremely Misleading’ Testimony About Trump Work


From the Daily Caller:
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is accusing Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson of giving “extremely misleading” statements, if not telling “outright lies,” during Senate testimony in 2017. 
Simpson may have lied when he denied working for clients to investigate President Donald Trump after the 2016 election, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said in a May 24 letter made public on Tuesday. 
Fusion GPS, which Simpson started in 2011, worked for the Clinton campaign and DNC to investigate Trump’s possible ties to Russia. 
The opposition research firm hired former British spy Christopher Steele, who would go on to write a dossier alleging Trump’s campaign colluded with the Kremlin. 
Grassley noted that in his Aug. 22, 2017, testimony, Simpson claimed after the election, he was not working for a client to continue his Trump work. 
“So you didn’t do any work on the Trump matter after the election date; that was the end of your work?” Simpson was asked during the interview. 
Simpson responded, saying: “I had no client after the election.” Grassley said Simpson’s denial was false.

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