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Glenn Simpson, the former journalist whose company was involved in the production of the now infamous Trump Dossier, invoked his First Amendment rights during testimony last month before the Senate Judiciary Committee and refused to reveal the sources for the documents explosive claims, according to recently released court documents.
In August, former Wall Street Journal reporter Glenn Simpson spent more than 10 hours testifying before the Senate panel about a document alleging extensive collusion between Donald Trumps supporters and Kremlin operatives. But according to Peter Fritsch, a partner at Fusion GPS, the research firm founded by the two men, Simpson refused to answer Senate investigators on several key questions.
In a declaration filed as part of a defamation case being brought against the news outlet Buzzfeed for publishing the dossier, Fritsch said Simpson invoked the First Amendment and attorney-client/attorney work product privileges in response to questions seeking what he described as privileged information.
Simpson did not reveal the identity of Fusion GPSs clients or any of the sources for the Dossier or the December Memo, Fritsch said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-figure-behind-trump-dossier-181842758.html
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