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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Boss of firm behind anti-Trump dossier to plead the Fifth at congressional hearing

2017-07-23

[WASHINGTONTIMES] The co-founder of the Washington-based firm that commissioned the explosive and largely unsubstantiated anti-Trump campaign research dossier will reject a Senate subpoena to testify before Congress next week and invoke his Fifth Amendment rights, according to the heads of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Glenn Simpson, the former Wall Street Journal news hound who helped start political intelligence firm Fusion GPS, has been a key figure in the Russian election meddling saga ever since the dossier, which alleged a years-long Kremlin conspiracy to elect Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
and included colorful sex stories, was leaked to the press after the Republican’s November victory over Democrat

Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
Since March, the Senate Judiciary Committee has pressed for Mr. Simpson’s testimony and documents relevant to the case. His attorneys, Joshua A. Levy and Robert F. Muse, have rebutted with numerous defenses, including citing confidentiality agreements between Fusion GPS its clients. This week, a Judiciary hearing which would have featured Mr. Simpson -- had he voluntarily attended -- was canceled.

Late on Friday committee leadership executed hardball tactics to force him to tell what he knows as chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, and ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein
...Dem Senator-for-Life from Caliphornica. She has been a politician since about the time she was weaned. Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and tried it a second time in 2012. Feinstein has chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence since 2009. At age 80, Feinstein is the oldest currently serving United States Senator....
, a Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Democrat, announced they’d subpoenaed him.

Posted by:Fred

#7 Comey gave out immunity to Hillary coterie like candy to the kids on Halloween. Suppose Simpson is offered immunity to testify about Fusion GPS, the DNC, Hillary and election rigging, the dossier and collusion. Is his testimony worth it?

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-07-23 22:52

#6 As a rational argumentation construct

Which is why its way beyond the Donk (it's all about feelings) base.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-07-23 20:25

#5 G(r)on,

Let me be more precise. As a rational argumentation construct, the implication of a manufactured dossier's author taken the fifth unravels the narrative

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-07-23 19:34

#4 Typically people thing someone who invokes the 5th is guilty of something, because more often than not, they are!

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2017-07-23 17:06

#3 the entire Russian Collusion narrative comes apart

I won't hold my breath.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-07-23 16:57

#2 You would think that when the man behind this entire Russian Collusion thing wants to plead the fifth rather than discuss his sources, the entire Russian Collusion narrative comes apart. Time for Mueller to close up shop and go home. It's all false flag to me. The real collusion was running against Trump.

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-07-23 16:50

#1 Glenn Simpson invokes the 5th protects against self-incrimination. Typically, people think someone who invokes the 5th is guilty of something. The 5th Amendment also guarantees the right to a grand jury. Perhaps, Simpson would prefer going before a grand jury.

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-07-23 10:19

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