Posted on Oct 21, 2017
Trump demands Justice Department say who paid for salacious dossier
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Let me understand this - A public (as in open to the public) political research firm (pay for hire research company) was taken into a closed-door session? I could understand if it was a government agency and would divulge methods, but a private/public company has no such right unless it is a trade secret, but buying information and fabricating information is not a trade secret. So what is up? Unless they have done wrong, they should not be pleading the fifth, unless they are afraid of being brought up on charges for having actually done something wrong.
By appearances they have committed a crime, to me that means that whomever hired them originally and then whomever eventually paid for the 'dossier' should be disclosed and it should be determined if they committed a crime also.
By appearances they have committed a crime, to me that means that whomever hired them originally and then whomever eventually paid for the 'dossier' should be disclosed and it should be determined if they committed a crime also.
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It started with (R) oppo research. I don't know what candidate, or maybe heard and don't remember.
"The story began in September 2015, when a wealthy Republican donor who strongly opposed Mr. Trump put up the money to hire a Washington research firm run by former journalists, Fusion GPS, to compile a dossier about the real estate magnate’s past scandals and weaknesses, according to a person familiar with the effort."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html
"The story began in September 2015, when a wealthy Republican donor who strongly opposed Mr. Trump put up the money to hire a Washington research firm run by former journalists, Fusion GPS, to compile a dossier about the real estate magnate’s past scandals and weaknesses, according to a person familiar with the effort."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html
How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump
The consequences of the dossier, put together by a former British spy named Christopher Steele, are incalculable and will play out long past Inauguration Day.
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Sgt Wayne Wood - If anyone involved is still in politics I'd guess they're on Bannon's hit list.
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They made their reasons for taking the fifth public. They thought the house was conducting a politically motivated investigation and that anything they said in such a setting, no matter what it was, would be used against them. From another source:
Fusion GPS partners Peter Fritsch and Thomas Catan invoked their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination, said their lawyer, Joshua Levy. He said they would cooperate with "serious" investigations and also claimed that a "Trump cabal has carried out a campaign to demonize our client for having been tied to the Trump dossier."
"We endeavor to work with all serious investigators who are going to be striking the balance between Congress’s right to information and our client’s privileges and legal obligations," Levy said. "We’ve done that with other committees, and will continue to do so."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-18/executives-of-firm-tied-to-trump-dossier-won-t-answer-queries?cmpId=wsdemand
Fusion GPS partners Peter Fritsch and Thomas Catan invoked their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination, said their lawyer, Joshua Levy. He said they would cooperate with "serious" investigations and also claimed that a "Trump cabal has carried out a campaign to demonize our client for having been tied to the Trump dossier."
"We endeavor to work with all serious investigators who are going to be striking the balance between Congress’s right to information and our client’s privileges and legal obligations," Levy said. "We’ve done that with other committees, and will continue to do so."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-18/executives-of-firm-tied-to-trump-dossier-won-t-answer-queries?cmpId=wsdemand
Executives of Firm Tied to Trump Dossier Take the Fifth at Committee Meeting
Two executives of a firm that helped produce an opposition-research dossier that makes salacious claims about President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia refused to answer questions Wednesday in a private meeting with the House Intelligence Committee.
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SSG Robert Webster
"Fusion GPS partners Peter Fritsch and Thomas Catan invoked their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination, said their lawyer, Joshua Levy. He said they would cooperate with "serious" investigations and also claimed that a "Trump cabal has carried out a campaign to demonize our client for having been tied to the Trump dossier."
"We endeavor to work with all serious investigators who are going to be striking the balance between Congress’s right to information and our client’s privileges and legal obligations," Levy said. "We’ve done that with other committees, and will continue to do so.""
What a bunch of hogwash. "He said they would cooperate with "serious" investigations..."
"We endeavor to work with all serious investigators who are going to be striking the balance between Congress’s right to information and our client’s privileges and legal obligations," Levy said. "We’ve done that with other committees, and will continue to do so.""
What a bunch of hogwash. "He said they would cooperate with "serious" investigations..."
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