Fusion GPS founder told Senate investigators the FBI had a source in Trumps network

[brooklynite]

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Source: Washington Post

The British ex-spy who authored a dossier of allegations against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump was told the FBI had someone inside Trump’s network providing agents with information, according to a newly released transcript of a congressional interview.

Glenn R. Simpson, founder of the research firm Fusion GPS, spoke to investigators with the Senate Judiciary Committee for 10 hours in August. As the partisan fight over Russian interference in the 2016 election has intensified, Simpson has urged that his testimony be released, and a copy of the transcript was made public Tuesday.

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“My understanding was that they believed Chris at this point — that they believed Chris might be credible because they had other intelligence that indicated the same thing and one of those pieces of intelligence was a human source from inside the Trump organization,” Simpson said. Using the parlance of spies and law enforcement officials, Simpson said the FBI had a “walk-in’’ whistleblower from someone in Trump’s organization.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/feinstein-releases-testimony-of-glenn-simpson-whose-research-firm-fusion-gps-was-behind-trump-dossier/2018/01/09/15da150a-f562-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html

[underpants]

1. FOXWORLD - Obama was using the FBI to spy on Trump!!

You watch

[Wwcd]

7. And Hillary was working with Putin to rig the election against Trump, by ..

..outing Trump & Putin's criminal organization.
Yup. There you have it folks, straight from Trump's brilliant base.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. "You watch". No, you watch. I'd rather not watch Fox. I don't even have a TV.

[underpants]

22. They watch Fox do you dont have to

http://www.newshounds.us/

Actually (thankfully) I don't get Fox on my Apple TV package

[Wwcd]

2. Who was it!!

[L. Coyote]

38. And did the whistleblower wear a wire fior months and months?

That has to be the question of the day for Trump and friends!
Good thing trump is a very stable genius!

[JHB]

44. When's the last time anyone saw Meredith McIver?

[groundloop]

3. FBI had an inside source.......that's gonna' make 45* even more paranoid than he already was.

Gee, multiple credible sources saying the same thing.... it might not be "fake news" after all.

[getagrip_already]

8. the transcript surely was shared with the house....

and if nunes saw it, the wh already knows.

That's probably why they accused obama of wiretapping him.

[Irish_Dem]

29. Yes more puzzle pieces falling together. nt

[Wwcd]

10. By the time he gets to Mueller's interview he'll be spilling his guts & in tears

He's a mess!

[NewJeffCT]

12. I assume

that the inside source was not Flynn or Papadapolous?

[Irish_Dem]

27. Yes I wonder who the mole(s) are. I suspect more than one.

Infiltrating the Trump campaign and WH looks quite easy.

[lagomorph777]

37. Maybe Veselnitskaya.

She was part of the campaign.

[louis-t]

16. OK, they can't use cellphones, can't bring recording devices.

What's next? Cameras in the bathrooms? Body cavity searches?

[rainin]

41. Body cavity searches:

Trump:" lift up your skirt, honey. You're not carrying a recording device up there, are you? Come a little closer."

Sorry, that was gross. But, he's busy with something while he's not doing actual work.

[mitch96]

40. Even if it's not true, it's gonna make him NUCKEN FUTZ!!

He'll be looking between burger patties for the informant....
Watch it'll be Jared...HA!!
m

[mainer]

4. There's been some backtracking on this --

another source said that this was misinterpreted. The "walk-in" source referenced above might have been the Australian diplomat who told the FBI about Papadapoulos.

[underpants]

23. Good point. Australians

[blitzen]

26. In the transcript Simpson unequivocally says it was a source inside the Trump campaign n/t

[jberryhill]

42. Hardly

It is very unusual for the FBI to give out any information, even when they are taking information from you as a witness or interested party.

The likelihood of the FBI telling some guy "we heard this from someone inside the campaign" I would put at zero.

While they may have said it was consistent with information they already knew, the "someone in the Trump camp" may be simply a gap-filling recollection on Simpson's part. If you are not familiar with the way that people's assumptions have a way of creeping into their memories, I'm not going to write a dissertation here about it. But having dealt with enough witnesses and enough examinations, I can simply tell you flat out that FBI would not reveal to someone on the outside that they had a source in the Trump camp.

As we already know, the Australians had dropped a dime on "the coffee boy", and even if the FBI had suggested they already knew what Simpson was saying, he would likely have assumed it was someone in the Trump camp, and would also remember it that way.

But here we have "unequivocal" testimony from some guy about what someone else said that some other guy had told them. Yeah, that's real "unequivocal".

[RandomAccess]

35. Yeah, I think that's more likely

[underpants]

43. You nailed it

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210079567

[Iliyah]

5. Republican party knew

[Irish_Dem]

30. Yes. nt

[barbtries]

6. hahaha

that should drive him around the bend.

[pnwmom]

9. So, in the summer of 16, someone in Trump's camp was ALREADY concerned enough to call the FBI.

They have been getting leaked to since then. And I bet that person was asked to stay in place as an informant.

Wow.

[Corgigal]

13. They were concerned he was being blackmailed

Which explains why he ran in the first place, cause he didn't want the job. Knew he was broke, and so is his family.

[mobeau69]

15. That would be so sweet! n/t

[FakeNoose]

11. We know it wasn't Bannon or Manafort

Bannon didn't start with Trump's campaign until August 2016. Manafort was only there for a month or so. It was somebody who started early and didn't get fired, so that eliminates Corey Lewandowski. Maybe it was Hope Hicks?

That would be extremely cool! Cheeto would blow a gasket if it's really her.

[NewJeffCT]

17. I believe

Kellyanne Conway joined at the same time as Bannon, no? Maybe an assistant to Don Jr or Eric?

I assume they don't mean Papadapolous or Flynn?

[FakeNoose]

21. Good suggestions, but

Kellyanne and Bannon came onboard together in August. It was Robert Mercer who wanted them working on the Trump campaign. Papadopoulos and Flynn both talk too much, they would have blabbed I think, and the FBI might not have trusted either of them. (I could be wrong though.)

Anybody who was an assistant probably didn't have access to the real treason, but maybe Jr. and Eric were so stupid they didn't even try to cover their tracks. I'm still reading Fire and Fury, and Michael Wolff is remarking about how few insiders there were on the campaign before Trump won the nomination. That makes it easy to point out Ms. Hicks, she's the only early insider who didn't quit or get fired.

[Irish_Dem]

32. Kellyanne seems so fused with Trump. Would she flip on him?

[Wellstone ruled]

14. So Grassley was running a con game

to protect Trump all along. If one remembers Watergate and Whitewater,the Rethugs acted and reacted in a very similar way. Discredit the Messenger and try any bury that person so deep he or she would never see the light of day.

Pack a lunch,going to get reallll interesting.

[Snarkoleptic]

18. The entire transcript is now up for viewing....

https://www.scribd.com/document/368772718/Glenn-Simpson-Testimony

[SpicyBoi]

20. My money is on Carter Page

[PatSeg]

25. That would explain why

he always had that goofy grin on his face, like he didn't have a worry in the world.

[Mr. Ected]

24. My money's on James Woolsey as the inside man.

Do the time lines work out?

[denbot]

34. Woolsey, or as a dark horse candidate, Ezra Cohen-Watnick

I’m guessing it was someone with an intel background.

[Kingofalldems]

28. I want it to be Melania.

Probably not though.

[FSogol]

39. LOL or Barron, my thought too.

[thbobby]

31. I hate to be shallow, but

this shit is funny. Sucks that American Democracy is being destroyed and we are the laughing stock of the world. trump: making America pathetic and funny. I would say again, but such a catastrophe has rarely been seen America. Not since the last GOP president anyway. Come to think of it, bush was pathetic and funny. And damaged America and the world unmeasurably. the GOP: sweet mother of god. What the fuck is wrong with us?

[Irish_Dem]

33. Yes America has lost its way. nt

[marylandblue]

36. The timeline seems unclear

Dud the source go to the FBI in July, or just summer? If it's summer, then it still could be Bannon. This would be consistent with his remark in the book than Don Jr. should have gone to the FBI.

[DonViejo]

45. Locking....

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