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2021-07-09 Home Front: Politix

Why is a Fusion GPS attorney risking sanctions?

[Techno Fog @ Substack] Fusion GPS appears desperate to settle a potentially catastrophic case.

Fusion GPS attorneys have been accused of violating ethics rules in the case they’re defending against Alfa Bank. What do they want to keep hidden?

BACKGROUND
In 2017, the owners of Alfa Bank (we’ll call them Alfa Bank for the purposes of this article) sued Fusion GPS and Glenn Simpson for their publication of false statements accusing Alfa Bank of "bribery, extortion, and interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election."

As a reminder, it was Fusion GPS and Glenn Simpson who, along with others, created and spread bogus Trump/Russia dossiers to government officials and the media. This was then used to justify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance warrants on Carter Page to spy on Page those associated with President Trump.

We previously reported that Alfa Bank filed a motion to compel, asking the Court to require Fusion GPS and Glenn Simpson to produce documents withheld as privileged. These documents included communications with Glenn Simpson and others concerning the false Alfa Bank allegations.

Fusion/Simpson have fought the production of the documents, arguing that they are subject to the "attorney-client privilege" and otherwise privileged and not subject to production. We observed these are extremely weak arguments, as the dossiers were political research not subject to the protections afforded by attorney-client privilege. Alfa Bank argued the same to the Court:

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
Things have taken a strange turn. Today, attorneys for Plaintiffs (Alfa Bank, et. al) informed the Court that Bill Taylor, an attorney for Fusion GPS, was contacting third parties to establish back-channel lines of communication to start settlement talks.

I’ll let them explain:

Posted by Snomoth Whereling9836 2021-07-09 00:25|| || Front Page|| [19 views ] Top

#1 Fusion will eventually have to disclose its ties to the CIA.

Posted by Gerthudion Whomoper3485 2021-07-09 09:31|| 2021-07-09 09:31|| Front Page Top

#2 BINGO:

Bruce Ohr, a senior official in the Department of Justice. Ohr’s wife, a former CIA analyst and expert in Russian history, had done freelance work for Fusion. Simpson and Fritsch never imagined their connections to Steele, Clinton, the FBI, and Ohr would become public and subsequently provide the framework for a deep-state conspiracy theory.

Emphasis added.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-09 09:40|| 2021-07-09 09:40|| Front Page Top

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-09 09:43|| 2021-07-09 09:43|| Front Page Top

#4 The problem I see is that various parties in this case do have legitimate intelligence/national security affiliations and information released could be legitimately damaging. The bigger underlying problem is that the intelligence/national security apparatus has been (and continues to be) used in seriously wrongful, partisan political ways.

Posted by Glenmore 2021-07-09 10:12|| 2021-07-09 10:12|| Front Page Top

#5 I think it is great that a 60 year old woman would suddenly develop an interest in ham radio. Even if the whole thing seems a bit more than suspicious

Posted by SteveS 2021-07-09 10:54|| 2021-07-09 10:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Same thought I had at the time Steve. Of course neither her or her Deep State Department husband have been heard from lately. All safely behind the memory hole 'Green Door'.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-09 11:03|| 2021-07-09 11:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Found this on wireless2.fcc.gov, it is publicly available info, as are all amateur radio licensee stuff:
KM4UDZ new license issued May 2016
Nellie H Ohr
6435 Tucker Ave
Mc Lean, VA 22101
USA

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-07-09 12:27|| 2021-07-09 12:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Anyone with a bit of sense and a concern for TEOTWAWKI would already have obtained a Tech-level amateur radio license and a 2M transceiver for emergency use. Might even keep a spare 2M transceiver in a Faraday cage at home.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-07-09 12:33|| 2021-07-09 12:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Mr. Taylor told the plaintiff’s son-in-law that there were things both parties would not want revealed in discovery. What did he think that would be for the plaintiff?

Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-09 14:30|| 2021-07-09 14:30|| Front Page Top

#10 Nah, that can't be. Fusion GPS couldn't violate ethics rules because they don't have any.

Posted by Glaique Bourbon3926 2021-07-09 23:20|| 2021-07-09 23:20|| Front Page Top

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