Things to know about Fusion GPS and the Trump/Russia investigation
The private research firm behind a dossier full of incendiary allegations about President Trump is in the public crosshairs after the firms founder spent 10 hours behind closed doors with Senate investigators this week.
The firm, Fusion GPS, has become a political football in the increasingly complex investigations into the Trump campaigns alleged ties to Russia.
Trump, backed by the Republican National Committee, has sought to discredit the firm by tying it to both Democrats and the Russian government and suggesting that the unsubstantiated material in the dossier helped spark the federal investigation into his campaign.
But Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is calling for founder Glenn Simpson to testify publicly before the Senate Judiciary Committee, arguing that he has potential knowledge about matters relating to Trump collusion with the Russian meddling [and] possible obstruction of justice.
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