Fusion leaked dossier info because founder was upset with Comey's investigation of Hillary Clinton

PJ Media:
Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson refused to answer key questions during his seven-hour closed-door appearance Tuesday before the House Intelligence Committee, Fox News reported Wednesday. But he did acknowledge that he personally discussed allegations in the Steele dossier with members of the media, even though he did not speak to the sources behind the allegations himself to verify whether they were true.

Moreover, he reportedly said that he leaked details from the dirty dossier to reporters right before the 2016 election because he was "upset" that then-FBI director James Comey had reopened the Clinton email case.

Simpson told investigators he never spoke to the underlying sources of the document, never traveled to Russia and did not verify the dossier beyond comparing the claims to “open source” media reporting.


The source said Simpson also told investigators he was “upset” when then FBI Director James Comey re-opened the Hillary Clinton email investigation in late October 2016, and Simpson wanted to push back.

Simpson’s attorneys negotiated the details of his appearance before the committee last week, agreeing to voluntarily testify rather than be subpoenaed.

“Throughout this entire year, the White House and its allies on the Hill and elsewhere have attempted at every turn to smear Fusion GPS because of its connection to the Steele dossier,” Simpson’s attorney Joshua Levy said Tuesday.

Levy admitted that Steele and Simpson had briefed reporters on the dossier last year, but insisted that neither Simpson nor Fusion GPS paid members of the media to publish stories of any kind.

Banker turned human rights activist Bill Browder has accused Fusion of hiring journalists to plant stories in the media.

Fusion, meanwhile, continued to fight the Intel Committee's request for their bank records in court on Wednesday.

According to The Daily Caller, Steele has revealed in court papers in London that "he was directed by Fusion to brief reporters at The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Yahoo! News and The New Yorker in September 2016."
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One of the more remarkable aspects of the dossier story is that it was pushed by people who had no proof that it was true.  Steele has recently said that he thinks a majority of it is true, but he has no independent evidence to support that conclusion.  It was basically a smear campaign based on dubious sources with zero supporting data. It would never be considered evidence in a court as to the truth of what was contained in it.  It appears that it was discussed with reporters out of spite aimed at Comey.

That the FBI would even accept it as evidence of anything other than a smear attempt has to be based on circular logic.

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