Trevor McFadden, a judge in Washington, D.C., issued the ruling in response to a recusal request submitted last month by Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm that commissioned the dossier.
Fusion sought McFadden's recusal as part of an attempt to avoid complying with a subpoena issued by a Russian businessman who is suing BuzzFeed News for publishing the unverified dossier.
The firm pointed to McFadden's past work for a law firm that represented a Russian banker who is suing Fusion GPS over the dossier, which was written by former British spy Christopher Steele.
McFadden, a former Justice Department official, asserted on Friday that Fusion GPS's argument for his recusal was "Factually misinformed and legally unpersuasive."
McFadden, who was confirmed in October, took over the Fusion GPS subpoena matter after the case was reassigned following the recusal of U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
The Daily Caller has reported that Chutkan, an Obama appointee, had links to Fusion GPS through the law firm she worked at before being nominated to the federal bench.
Fusion GPS, which was paid by the Clinton campaign and DNC to investigate Trump, has tried to avoid other dossier-related subpoenas, though with little success.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/17/federal-judge-fusion-gps-lawsuit/
Fusion sought McFadden's recusal as part of an attempt to avoid complying with a subpoena issued by a Russian businessman who is suing BuzzFeed News for publishing the unverified dossier.
The firm pointed to McFadden's past work for a law firm that represented a Russian banker who is suing Fusion GPS over the dossier, which was written by former British spy Christopher Steele.
McFadden, a former Justice Department official, asserted on Friday that Fusion GPS's argument for his recusal was "Factually misinformed and legally unpersuasive."
McFadden, who was confirmed in October, took over the Fusion GPS subpoena matter after the case was reassigned following the recusal of U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
The Daily Caller has reported that Chutkan, an Obama appointee, had links to Fusion GPS through the law firm she worked at before being nominated to the federal bench.
Fusion GPS, which was paid by the Clinton campaign and DNC to investigate Trump, has tried to avoid other dossier-related subpoenas, though with little success.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/17/federal-judge-fusion-gps-lawsuit/
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