testimony, glenn simpson did acknowledge that he paid former british by christopher steele to do opposition research on donald trump. but when he authored the dossier, simpson admits he never verified certain aspects of it. he never traveled to russia and never spoke with any of the underlying sources of the dossier. but today, simpson's attorney said that in hindsight the document looks "quite accurate." g.o.p. congressman trey gowdy, who sits on the intel committee says it would never stand up in court. watch. >> the threshold for whether or not you believe something is true is not real high and you are an opposition research piece. it's really high import. >> a source tells catherine herridge the reason glenn simpson released parts of the dossier to certain members of the media is because he was angry when then-fbi director james comey reopened the hillary clinton email investigation just days before the election and simpson was trying to push back, though he