Sen. Chuck Grassley said Monday that Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee staff about whether his infamous firm continued to investigate Donald Trump after the 2016 election.
In a letter to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Grassley stated that Simpson told committee staff in 2017 that he stopped probing now-President Trump and his associates' connections to Russian officials after the 2016 presidential election because he "Had no client after the election."
When the Committee staff interviewed Glenn Simpson in August of 2017, Majority staff asked him: 'So you didn't do any work on the Trump matter after the election date, that was the end of your work?' Mr. Simpson answered: 'I had no client after the election.
Either Fusion GPS continued to investigate Trump's Russia ties, or it did not.
The article has since been heavily edited and given a three-paragraph-long editor's note admitting that the initial version of the story misrepresented Trump Jr.'s testimony.
Blumenthal sent a letter to Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asking him to bring Trump Jr. before the committee to testify again.
After dismissing Blumenthal's allegations, Grassley said the committee does have evidence that an individual mislead committee staff - but that it's Fusion GPS's founder who lied, not Trump Jr..
http://thefederalist.com/2018/12/04/grassley-fusion-gps-founder-ceo-glenn-simpson-lied-senate-testimony/
In a letter to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Grassley stated that Simpson told committee staff in 2017 that he stopped probing now-President Trump and his associates' connections to Russian officials after the 2016 presidential election because he "Had no client after the election."
When the Committee staff interviewed Glenn Simpson in August of 2017, Majority staff asked him: 'So you didn't do any work on the Trump matter after the election date, that was the end of your work?' Mr. Simpson answered: 'I had no client after the election.
Either Fusion GPS continued to investigate Trump's Russia ties, or it did not.
The article has since been heavily edited and given a three-paragraph-long editor's note admitting that the initial version of the story misrepresented Trump Jr.'s testimony.
Blumenthal sent a letter to Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asking him to bring Trump Jr. before the committee to testify again.
After dismissing Blumenthal's allegations, Grassley said the committee does have evidence that an individual mislead committee staff - but that it's Fusion GPS's founder who lied, not Trump Jr..
http://thefederalist.com/2018/12/04/grassley-fusion-gps-founder-ceo-glenn-simpson-lied-senate-testimony/
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