Mueller Can’t Explain Why Fusion GPS And Glenn Simpson Weren’t Included In His Report
By Ashe Schow @asheschow
During Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony on Wednesday, he was asked by Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) about Fusion GPS, the firm that hired Christopher Steele to produce the infamous and dubious “Steele Dossier” that helped spark the investigation into President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Despite the fact that the Steele Dossier was mentioned throughout Mueller’s final report, the origins of that report were not. Glenn Simpson, the founder of Fusion and a key player in the creating the “evidence” against Trump, was not mentioned once. Fusion’s involvement in the alleged Russia collusion was also not investigated.
At the hearing, Chabot asked Mueller a simple question. Chabot referred Mueller to page 103 of Volume 2 of his final report, in which he describes “the firm that produced the Steele reporting,” but does not name the firm. Chabot asked Mueller: “The name of that firm was Fusion GPS, is that correct?”
Mueller, who has appeared confused at numerous questions so far during this hearing, looked at his binder, which contained a copy of his report, and asked: “And you’re on page 103?”
Chabot asked the same question again.
“When you talk about the firm that produced the Steele reporting. The name of the firm that produced that was Fusion GPS. Is that correct?” Chabot asked.
Mueller responded: “I’m not familiar with that.”
As my former editor at The Washington Examiner, Phil Klein, asked, “How is that even possible?”
“It’s one thing to argue that he isn’t going to answer questions with reference to Fusion GPS (something he did in follow up questions, with the phrase “it’s outside my purview”), but how on earth could he not be familiar with the firm that has played such a key role in the Russia story?” Klein wrote.
Chabot also grilled Mueller on why the special counsel didn’t dig into Fusion GPS’s own collusion with Russia during the 2016 election.
“At the same time Fusion GPS was working to collect opposition research on Donald Trump from foreign sources on behalf of the [Hillary] Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, it also was representing a Russian-based company which had been sanctioned by the U.S. Government. Are you aware of that?” Chabot asked.
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