Posted on 11/15/2017 3:15:51 PM PST by SSS Two
The ex-British intelligence agent who authored the opposition research dossier on President Donald Trump and Russia did not pay the sources he used to compile the document, Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson testified to congressional Russia investigators, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
In nearly seven hours of testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, Simpson defended the Trump opposition research dossier compiled by Christopher Steele, arguing that nothing from the dossier had been disproven and some of it had been corroborated, the sources said.
Republicans on the committee pushed back during the interview that many details in the dossier have not been verified -- they said that it's often difficult, if not impossible, to prove a negative, according to the sources.
Simpson added that he is still in regular contact with Steele, who has yet to cooperate with congressional investigators.
[Paragraph 25] The court fight is still ongoing, with Fusion GPS, TD Bank and House lawyers appearing in federal court Wednesday afternoon. Judge Richard Leon is weighing whether the court should stop the bank from releasing Fusion GPS' financial information to Congress. Leon encouraged Fusion GPS, TD Bank and the House to unseal more of their case and make it available to the public and set a time for them to argue over the subpoena on November 30.
In late October, the House intelligence committee, led by Rep. Devin Nunes, a California Republican, subpoenaed TD Bank for all financial records related to Fusion GPS. The political intelligence firm balked at the breadth of the request.
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This is the first time I’ve seen the name of Fusion GPS’s bank — TD Bank. Interesting that Fusion GPS chose a foreign bank — TD Bank is a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Bank.
Then why was the dossier so expensive? Who got most of the 9 million bucks, or thereabouts, paid to law firm Perkins Coie?
So he got information from the Russian KGB, but didn’t have to pay for it? What do they call that? Disinformation from a foreign intelligence agency?
We are supposed to believe this, yet not believe Roy Moore? As always the double standard comes into play with these clowns who disguise themselves as reporters.
> multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. <
Democrats leaking to Fake News CNN.
TD Bank is a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Bank.
Out of Canada, just where our uranium went to then off to Russia and by who??? Hillary Clinton...
How would this hack know what Steele did with the money when he was
paid by Fusion GPS.
Did this hack have access to Steele’s bank account?
That’s because someone else did the paying. Lol
“arguing that nothing from the dossier had been disproven and some of it had been corroborate, the sources said.”
Two questions. What has been “corroborated,” and who are the “sources?”
5.56mm
I thought that was the big question. Who paid for it?
Isn’t it illegal to pay foreigners to do work for an election?
Two questions. What has been “corroborated,” and who are the “sources?”
The “source” was google.com.
Well, if Steele didn’t pay them, then FusionGPS did.
Using the prior statements from demokkkrat s and liberal talking heads, it must be TREASON.
9 million dollars from Perkins Coie to be exact...
Exactly. And Steele is a British citizen.
> multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. <
Democrats leaking to Fake News CNN.
More like CNN reporters talking to each other and making things up.
I’ve said this on this forum many times, however, I will go over it again:
Nevertrumper Rick Wilson is a media consultant at the daily beast. He started a twitter war with some Trump supporters.
One of the Trump supporters found out Wilson’s son has some sick sexual fantasies and uses a website to post his “desires”.
At the time Trump was battling Cruz for the nomination. There were many accusations being made about Cruz; Ashley Madison, affairs, dad was a spy...ect.
The supporters came up with a “dossier” and sent it Cruz and McMuffin. This dossier contained stories Wilson’s son had posted on the internet.
Neither one bit. Somehow Steele must have picked it up and sold it to Fusion GPS.
The dossier will probably never be released because it is full of ridiculous accusations.
However, the dossier was used to open a FISA warrant and unmask 100s of people.
I believe the dossier is mostly gossip. I also believe it was a convenient excuse to open FISA warrants for political enemies tracking.
What I hadn’t heard about was the Wilson connection as the source of this “research.” If it went down as you say, Steele mostly resold old garbage as new garbage. That still leaves the question unanswered as to who got paid the better part of the $9 million (or maybe 12) that went through the law firm.
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