tremendous amount of money. for weeks donald trump and his allies have been spinning a tale about how the real russia scandal is not about trump at all, but rather the infamous dossier with its explosive claims unearthed by christopher steele. team trump has dismissed the dossier as false and politically motivated. their allies in the republican party have pursued those responsible for producing the dossier, rather than investigating its claims, all while refusing to release testimony by the cofounders of fusion gps, the company that hired christopher steele in the first place. diane feinstein released the 312-page transcript of testimony by glenn simpson, the head of fusion gps before the senate
2014. over two years before mr. manafort served in the trump campaign. writing in the new york times, the opposition research firm behind the unverified trump dossier called on congress to release transcripts of their closed-door testimony. the cofounders of fusion gps said they do not believe the dossier alone sparked the fbi russia case. republican senator chuck grassley called out the former journalist who he says demanded the transcripts be kept confidential. refusing to answer dozens of questions voluntarily. grassley said the committee s invitation to testify publicly remains on the table. new details confirmed by fox news raise questions about whether amy 26 team meeting between an australian diplomat and a trump campaign aide kick started the probe. the former director of national intelligence had that campaign aide was not on his radar. george papadopoulos was not a name on my scope. it probably was one of several
that s a real disservice to the country. the firm that commissioned the dossier that got a lot of embarrassing information involving donald trump and the russians. they re also suggesting the op ed in the new york times and the cofounders that money laundering is at the heart of all of this. i think they have a point. the transcripts of their interview should be released. this is a step that i embrace reluctantly because i think we ought to conduct the investigation and then disclose transcripts, but given how they misrepresented what they said and attempted to attack both him and his firm personally, i think out of fairness, we ought to replace the transcripts. among other things they will show and this is in public record, this sandwich again by the washington free beacon. at the time they published along the lines and doesn t know who was behind the financing of this
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2014. over two years before mr. manafort served in the trump campaign. writing in the new york times, the opposition research firm behind the unverified trump dossier called on congress to release transcripts of their closed-door testimony. the cofounders of fusion gps said they do not believe the dossier alone sparked the fbi russia case. republican senator chuck grassley called out the former journalist who he says demanded the transcripts be kept confidential. refusing to answer dozens of questions voluntarily. grassley said the committee s invitation to testify publicly remains on the table. new details confirmed by fox news raise questions about whether amy 26 team meeting between an australian diplomat and a trump campaign aide kick started the probe. the former director of national intelligence had that campaign aide was not on his radar. george papadopoulos was not a name on my scope. it probably was one of several