Fusion GPS interview with House panel leaves huge pile of breadcrumbs for Trump-Russia investigators

[MelissaB]

Source: Business Insider

*The House Intelligence Committee released the transcript of its interview with Glenn Simpson, the cofounder of the opposition research firm Fusion GPS.

*The transcript left a massive pile of breadcrumbs for Trump-Russia investigators to sift through as they pursue their probe into Russia's election interference and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.

The House Intelligence Committee on Thursday released the transcript of the panel's November interview with Glenn Simpson, the cofounder of the opposition research firm Fusion GPS.

The House investigators' line of questioning touched upon subjects that the Senate Judiciary Committee did not delve into, largely due to a shift in focus spearheaded by the committee's top Democrat, Adam Schiff.

Rather than home in on the nature of Simpson's relationship with Christopher Steele — the former British intelligence officer hired by Fusion to research Trump's Russia ties — Schiff and his Democratic colleagues asked Simpson pointed questions about Russian money laundering, Russian organized crime, and whether Trump could be susceptible to Russian blackmail.

The result was a long trail of breacrumbs for investigators probing Trump's relationship with Russia.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/read-fusion-gps-glenn-simpson-interview-with-house-intelligence-committee-2018-1

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. WE now know the NRA worked with the KGB to funnel money into the campaigns

of the various traitors.

IS there a line the deplorables will say no to?

[bluestarone]

2. i hate as much as you do

this is out of this world shit!!!!!

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. "NOW (Natl org for women) linked to funding Hillary campaign with Castro/Cuba money!"

Imagine if that headline was out there.

Hillary would not be able to find a safe place to hide from the republicans, the nasty ones, the deplorables would see that headline, go get their guns, and hunt her down.

[bluestarone]

5. oh i can truly imagine

[Roland99]

4. Can we not assume mueller and group have already spoken to Simpson (and Steele)?

[wishstar]

8. Mueller is notified immediately after all the Senate and House interviews and any evidence obtained

so that the investigations are coordinated and will not jeopardize his criminal indictments and so that his criminal counterintelligence probe does not miss any possible trail of evidence. FBI has had several meetings with Steele going back to summer of 2016 when Steele first went to FBI with his concerns.

[BigmanPigman]

10. THAT is good to know.

I saw ex-CIA Intel guy Mudd on CNN saying it was rubbish since there was no hard evidence. After reading 67 pages so far it seems pretty rich with complex relationships and financial ties going back to the 90s with Russia and The Moron.
Can't wait for Rachel tonight since I was waiting for this info.

[Leghorn21]

6. K&R, cheezuz. nt

[FightingIrish]

7. Breadcrumbs? More like hand grenades

This ought to be the ball game. Being a sitting president should not make Trump immune from information that would have killed any previous presidency.

[FakeNoose]

9. Why doesn't Mueller hire these Fusion guys to come and work for him?

It seems like these Fusion guys - Glenn Simpson especially - has done an awful lot of legwork on this investigation. He sure knows a lot, maybe even more than what the Senate and House committees are asking.

Mueller and Simpson should team up right away.

[L. Coyote]

11. No doubt Mueller has had this since the day after.