Fusion GPS: Firm Behind Dossier Warns Of Trump-Russia Ties

WASHINGTON, DC — The leaders of Fusion GPS, a research firm deeply involved in the ongoing probe and controversies regarding ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, argue in a new op-ed for The New York Times that Republicans are attempting to thwart the continuing investigations into the president and his associates.

Founders Glenn R. Simpson and Peter Fritsch of Fusion GPS say they testified for 21 hours before the three congressional committees investigating the matter. They call for the release of their testimony, saying it "topples" conspiracy theories about how their research into Trump, his businesses and Russia was developed and has been used.

Conservative critics of Fusion GPS and defenders of the president — including Trump himself — have accused the firm of "colluding" with Russians, paying their sources for fake information and inappropriately working with the FBI to spy on the campaign. However, recent reporting in The New York Times suggest that it was a Trump campaign aide, George Papadopoulos, that first led the FBI to investigate the president's ties to the Kremlin, as the op-ed points out.

The founders also say that they were shocked to find what Christopher Steele, the British intelligence expert who created the now-famous dossier that alleges extensive ties and influence between the Trump camp and Russia, discovered in his research. They say the dossier was turned over to the FBI and Sen. John McCain on Steele's advice. They also add they did not give it to BuzzFeed, who first made the document public when they published it in its entirety in January 2017.

They conclude with a call to fully investigate ties between Trump and Russia.

"Congress should release transcripts of our firm’s testimony, so that the American people can learn the truth about our work and most important, what happened to our democracy," they write.

Read the full op-ed at The New York Times>>

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