Feinstein Posts Full Testimony Of Fusion GPS Founder On Trump Dossier, Grassley Furious | Zero Hedge
Description: Dianne Feinstein has unexpectedly published the entire transcript of the closed-door testimony that Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson made to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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# Feinstein Posts Full Testimony Of Fusion GPS Founder On Trump Dossier, Grassley Furious

Just four days after two GOP Senators asked the DOJ to launch a criminal probe of Christopher Steele, the ex-MI6 British spy who was the author of the Trump dossier, and which according to many served as the basis for the Russian collusion probe, on Tuesday afternoon Senator Dianne Feinstein released the full 312-page transcript of the Judiciary Committee’s closed-door interview with Glenn Simpson, a former journalist and co-founder of Fusion GPS, which commissioned the controversial Donald Trump's dossier about alleged connections with Russians.

Glenn Simpson on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2017

The unexpected release follows Fusion GPS' demand last week that the full transcript be released, sparking a fight with Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) over who was standing in the way of the document being released. The Senate Judiciary Committee interviewed Simpson in August as part of its investigation into Russia's election interference.

Needless to say, Grassley was furious, stating that it is "totally confounding that Senator Feinstein would unilaterally release a transcript of a witness interview in the middle of an ongoing investigation" and that "Her action undermines the integrity of the committee’s oversight work and jeopardizes its ability to secure candid voluntary testimony relating to the independent recollections of future witnesses."

> GRASSLEY Spox Taylor Foy Responds to @SenFeinstein releasing transcript: “Her action undermines the integrity of the committee’s oversight work and jeopardizes its ability to secure candid voluntary testimony relating to the independent recollections of future witnesses.” pic.twitter.com/Q8pX2bij5m

> — Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) January 9, 2018

There are some snarkier takes on the Fusion GPS demand to have the transcript released: as Sean Davis of the Federalist notes, "At the demand of Fusion GPS, @SenFeinstein put Fusion GPS's testimony on her website. In the interest of transparency. While redacting the names of Fusion's partners. Amazing."

> At the demand of Fusion GPS, @SenFeinstein put Fusion GPS's testimony on her website. In the interest of transparency. While redacting the names of Fusion's partners. Amazing. pic.twitter.com/Iergk8c9Bc

> — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 9, 2018

> Even though the interview was unclassified, the transcript released by Feinstein redacts the names of Fusion GPS's partners and the names of federal officials contacted by Christopher Steele. pic.twitter.com/DZTIosaeGe

> — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 9, 2018

As Davis also adds, "It's almost like Fusion GPS was more interested in aligning future DOJ witness testimony with its own claims than it was with actual transparency."

As for Simpson, he has emerged as the central figure in the probes into Russian election interference after his firm helped assemble a controversial dossier tying President Trump to Russia. Former British spy Christopher Steele compiled the document, which includes unverified allegations against Trump and his links to Moscow.

As Bloomberg adds, Republicans and Democrats tangled in recent weeks over the origins of the dossier, which was funded in part by Trump’s political opponents, and how the FBI and other agencies may have used the dossier in their investigations.

“The innuendo and misinformation circulating about the transcript are part of a deeply troubling effort to undermine the investigation into potential collusion and obstruction of justice," Feinstein said in a statement. “The only way to set the record straight is to make the transcript public.”

The full transcript details Glenn Simpson's August 22 interview. It shows that Simpson told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the author of the dossier, former British spy Christopher Steele, decided to approach the FBI in July 2016 to brief the bureau on his findings about Trump.

"He thought from his perspective there was an issue -- a security issue about whether a presidential candidate was being blackmailed,” Simpson said. He added that when Steele met with an FBI official in September, the official told Steele the bureau "had other intelligence about this matter from an internal Trump campaign source."

As reported previously, Fusion was initially hired by conservative website, Washington Free Beacon, during the Republican primaries to dig up dirt on Trump. Later in the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump’s opponent Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee paid Fusion GPS through a law firm for some of the research that resulted in the dossier.

The 35-page report drew on information from Russian contacts and concluded that Russia had been “cultivating, supporting and assisting” Trump for at least five years and fed his campaign “valuable intelligence” about Clinton.

Trump has derided the findings, as recently as Dec. 26 when he wrote on Twitter: “‘Dossier is bogus. Clinton Campaign, DNC funded Dossier. FBI CANNOT (after all of this time) VERIFY CLAIMS IN DOSSIER OF RUSSIA/TRUMP COLLUSION. FBI TAINTED.’ And they used this Crooked Hillary pile of garbage as the basis for going after the Trump Campaign!”

Finally, and speaking of transparency, see if you can spot it in the examples below:

> Fusion GPS just wants transparency and to tell its story, y'all. Just as long as that story doesn't involve its partners, staff, clients, contractors or their FBI contacts. pic.twitter.com/yc5zm3ShBk

> — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 9, 2018

> So much transparency! pic.twitter.com/rO0DbwcUvT

> — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 9, 2018

> I'm overwhelmed by Fusion GPS's commitment to transparency before Congress in its dealings with campaigns and shady foreign actors. pic.twitter.com/4WWBRot76n

> — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 9, 2018

> Fusion GPS: We want to tell our story!
> Congress: Who paid you to dig up dirt on Trump?
> Fusion GPS: lol so not going to answer that get real pic.twitter.com/pg3mtu9eXl

> — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 9, 2018

> When asked by Congress if Fusion was a "Democrat-linked firm," Glenn Simpson said that was not accurate. The reality? He was hired by the DNC and Hillary Clinton. pic.twitter.com/k2GMgtRYhj

> — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 9, 2018

> Fusion GPS: We love transparency.
> Congress: Who were Christopher Steele's Russian sources?
> Fusion GPS: Nunya.
> Congress: Nunya?
> Fusion GPS: Nunya Bizness. pic.twitter.com/I6wNomFgfM

> — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 9, 2018

> Glenn Simpson says they treated the dossier the same way Wolff treated his Trump book. "You don't really decide who's telling the truth," only if the story rings true. pic.twitter.com/TFOknownor

> — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 9, 2018

Full transcript below (link)

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stinkhammer Jan 9, 2018 2:34 PM

Feinstein is a turd

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YUNOSELL stinkhammer Jan 9, 2018 2:38 PM

Feinstein, Weinstein -- Confusing to keep track of all these Jewish criminals

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forexskin YUNOSELL Jan 9, 2018 2:40 PM

if she's behind this release, its guaranteed another 'critical theory' mindf**k. why she's still processing o2 is beyond me, evil c**t.

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The_Juggernaut forexskin Jan 9, 2018 2:41 PM

Looking forward to someone wading through 312 pages of bullshit blathering to identify what's worth seeing here. My guess is it's all three levels of hearsay.

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macholatte The_Juggernaut Jan 9, 2018 3:02 PM

Nothing to see here. Move along.
– Jeff Sessions

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zorba THE GREEK forexskin Jan 9, 2018 2:46 PM

If a politician's name ends in "stein", your vote should be "nein".

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Antifaschistische forexskin Jan 9, 2018 2:52 PM

I am pretty damn confused...

Feinstein is on a committee, and you expect that committee to have integrity and respect?

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bardot63 stinkhammer Jan 9, 2018 2:53 PM

Atty says "someone already has died" thanks to Fusion GPS dossier.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/09/somebodys-already-been-kille…

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aliens is here Jan 9, 2018 2:35 PM

What the heck is going on here?

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Arnold aliens is here Jan 9, 2018 2:51 PM

An out of control duck for cover.

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itstippy aliens is here Jan 9, 2018 2:58 PM

The old broad finally did something good, and the ZH crowd is bashing her for it. Red Team/Blue Team/Team Trump mindset cannot be overcome.

The transcript was released by Feinstein after assurances from the DNC that it was legal to do and beneficial to do it, I'm sure. Who knows why at this point. Maybe Wikileaks had it and the DNC is stealing their thunder? I dunno, but the transcript should have been in the public domain long ago; it doesn't contain any threats to our beloved National Security.

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onwisconsinbadger Jan 9, 2018 2:35 PM

Chuck Grassley is hiding. Pukes do not want truth to come out. Losers ! Sad !!!

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MapleLeif onwisconsinbadger Jan 9, 2018 2:47 PM

Didn't you Beavers try to burn down your own Statehouse?

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seek Jan 9, 2018 2:36 PM

My guess is Feinstein just went into her default CYA mode, or this is one last ditch to get mileage out of this before it all collapses.

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Chupacabra-322 seek Jan 9, 2018 2:38 PM

@ seek,

The Pure Evil War Criminal Treasonous Seditious Psychopaths at the CIA have had decades to redact, reword, reScript & rewrite the False Narratives to re Gas Light the masses.

It’s conceivable to assume any material being “declassified” & released as being absolute, complete, fabricated Scripted, False Narrative, PsyOp Lies of the Highest Order.

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Son of Loki seek Jan 9, 2018 2:38 PM

Feinstein is a far left idiot who thought that "R" button meant "retract", not "release."

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NumNutt seek Jan 9, 2018 3:03 PM

This was nothing more then a message to all the other Demoncraps who are implicated in this treason: "Read the document, all our stories have to match, or we all go to jail!!!"

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GFY-daily Jan 9, 2018 2:36 PM

Ugh! Who cares. Please everyone involved, Go Fuck Yourselves.

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Stan522 Jan 9, 2018 2:36 PM

According to Fox News, someone within Fusion GPS was murdered over this....

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Mike Masr Jan 9, 2018 2:37 PM

Fusion GPS is where are the so-called credible horse shit intel came from. Fusion GPS concocted bullshit all dressed up as intel by our beloved deep-state owned FBI and disseminated to all 14 or 17 or whatever so-called spy agencies that said "Russia did it" and interfered in our election.

What a fucking joke. Just like the intel that said Saddam had WMD's.

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Chupacabra-322 Mike Masr Jan 9, 2018 2:40 PM

@ Mike,

It’s one Tyrannical Lawless PsyOp.

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Winston Churchill Mike Masr Jan 9, 2018 2:46 PM

The question is.Was that the the real motive to fabricate it in the first place ?

Like an insurance policy.There at least another layer we haven't seen anything of,yet.

It leads right to the Oval orrifice.Just look at Obozo's actions,he is implicated whichever way you

look at it,has to have been in on it, if not the instigator.

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Negative Interest Jan 9, 2018 2:37 PM

Buying his condos. He bragged that he was the one who started half selling his rooms. Maybe it was a Russian idea. Somewhere to put their money. Five years it says

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JackMeOff Jan 9, 2018 2:37 PM

His name was Seth Rich.

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lew1024 Jan 9, 2018 2:38 PM

Drip, drip, drip.

Trump's draining of the Deep Swamp will dominate the news for the next decade. His chosen successor will carry on the legacy of The Greatest President, Donald Trump.

Discordian doctrine is validated yet again, attempts to impose a particular order creates the disorder which will end it. Enduring order can only evolve, it cannot be imposed.

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Winston Churchill Jan 9, 2018 2:38 PM

How about releasing it un-redacted Dianne.
I see an early retirement announcement coming.
Good riddance.

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IH8OBAMA Winston Churchill Jan 9, 2018 2:47 PM

Diane doesn't want to show the parts that incriminate her or her fellow Dims.

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Salsa Verde Jan 9, 2018 2:40 PM

Bring back tar and feathers: Would be especially appropriate at this juncture in history.

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semperfi Salsa Verde Jan 9, 2018 2:50 PM

too easy - guillotine

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gearjammers1 Jan 9, 2018 2:41 PM

Simpson/samson/simmons/simon - Simpson dude looks just like Jew Leon Trotksy (whose true name was Levi Bronstein) - Jews are the name changers, they change their names to hide their evil intent.

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Cman5000 Jan 9, 2018 2:41 PM

This will go down as the biggest strategic political blunder in modern times.

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Arnold Cman5000 Jan 9, 2018 2:57 PM

There was a program (that's wut we had before apps) that removed the digital blackout from Japanese porn.

You modern Iggies should be able to do the same with digital redaction.

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VWAndy Jan 9, 2018 2:46 PM

Why pay the price for have real integrity when you can get paid so well for virtue signaling?

The important parts are redacted.

This is the feral left thinking we are all to fucking stupid to notice.

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Herdee Jan 9, 2018 2:47 PM

What the hell? Nobody believes in the "Golden Showers" story?

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Vin Jan 9, 2018 2:48 PM

"Her action undermines the integrity of the committee’s oversight work and jeopardizes its ability to secure candid voluntary testimony relating to the independent recollections of future witnesses."

And so, what's the punishment?

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artvandalai Jan 9, 2018 2:50 PM

It seems to have the same net effect as something which might cause a mistrial if it happened in an actual court case.

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california chrome Jan 9, 2018 2:50 PM

Fusion GPS: We love transparency.
Congress: Who were Christopher Steele's Russian sources?
Fusion GPS: Nunya.
Congress: Nunya?

Fusion GPS: Nunya Bizness. pic.twitter.com/I6wNomFgfM

FAKE TRANSPARENCY. How do the criminals get away with this lawlessness?

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konadog Jan 9, 2018 2:51 PM

Maybe you better add some transcript control in Crimestein's next attempt to repeal the Second Amendment.

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Mimir Jan 9, 2018 2:51 PM

Which this ?

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Bay Area Guy Jan 9, 2018 2:51 PM

She's running for reelection yet again and if memory serves, she has a real couple of competitors going after her in the primary. She probably figures this gets her in good with the anti-Trumpers, of which something like 65% of Californians probably are.

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VWAndy Bay Area Guy Jan 9, 2018 2:55 PM

its a cali thing. they dont even count the votes is my guess

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headhunt Jan 9, 2018 2:54 PM

According to Feinstein, everything is important in this report except the important stuff - like names...

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Peter41 Jan 9, 2018 2:54 PM

What horse manure. Fusion GPS should be liquidated and Glenn Simpson held in contempt of Congress.

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bh2 Jan 9, 2018 2:55 PM

There's nothing that says Grassley cannot release the same interview with no redactions. In the interest of transparency, of course.

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Boogity Jan 9, 2018 3:00 PM

So when does the video of Dump's Moscow Pee Party get posted on YouTube?

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Bondo Jan 9, 2018 3:03 PM

blatantly ensuring everyone gets their story straight.

the lawlessness and corruption in this country is beyond belief.

lady justice has been raped and pimped out on the street.

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