Glenn R. Simpson Explained

Glenn R. Simpson
Birth Date:[1]
Education:George Washington University (BA)
Occupation:Journalist and author
Known For:Co-founder, Fusion GPS
Spouse:Mary Jacoby

Glenn Richard Simpson (born 1964) is an American former journalist who worked for The Wall Street Journal until 2009, and then co-founded the Washington-based research business Fusion GPS.[2] He was also a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center.[3]

He is the co-author of Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics written with political scientist Larry Sabato and published in 1996.[4] A New York Times book review called the book's approach "fiercely bipartisan".[5]

Early life

Simpson graduated from Conestoga High School in 1982, then went to George Washington University, where his neck was broken in a car crash.[6]

Career

Before Simpson worked for The Wall Street Journal, he was a reporter for Roll Call, where he broke stories on GOPAC, a political action committee headed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Simpson left journalism in part to earn more money. Explaining why he left journalism, he quipped: "We don't use the word 'sold out.' We use the word 'cashed in.'"[7]

Trump opposition research

See main article: Steele dossier. From September 2015 to May 2016, Simpson was retained by a conservative newspaper, the Washington Free Beacon, to collect information on many of the Republican presidential candidates, including Donald Trump.[8] [9] [2]

In April 2016, the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign's law firm, Perkins Coie, retained Simpson's company Fusion GPS.[9] From April 2016 into early May, the Washington Free Beacon and the Clinton Campaign/DNC were independently both clients of Fusion GPS. In June 2016, Fusion GPS hired Christopher Steele, a former MI6 agent, to obtain information on Trump. Steele used his "old contacts and farmed out other research to native Russian speakers who made phone calls on his behalf".[10] After November 2016, funding from the Democratic Party ceased, and Simpson reportedly spent his own money to fund further work on the dossier.[11]

Congressional testimony

In 2017 during Congressional inquiries into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, Simpson testified before the House Intelligence Committee that Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, and Ted Malloch, a "significant figure" in the Brexit campaign, had ties to each other.[12]

On August 22, 2017, Simpson was questioned for 10 hours by the Senate Judiciary Committee in a closed-door meeting. The Committee did not release a transcript of the hearing. Simpson reportedly did not reveal the identities of his clients.[13] The transcript was unilaterally released by Senator Dianne Feinstein on January 9, 2018.[14] [15]

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fusion GPS founder returns to the spotlight for Russia enquires . January 11, 2018 . independent.co.uk . March 31, 2018 . April 1, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180401004231/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/glenn-r-simpson-who-is-trump-russia-dossier-fusion-gps-hearing-transcript-senate-interview-a8153451.html . live .
  2. Web site: How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump . Scott . Shane . Scott Shane . Nicholas . Confessore . Nicholas Confessore . Matthew . Rosenberg . Matthew Rosenberg . January 11, 2017 . . January 17, 2017 . February 11, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180211072116/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html . live .
  3. Web site: Simpson. Glenn R. . U.S. Identifies Russian 'Nexus' of Organized Crime . . 2017-01-29 . 2010-02-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202050051/http://www.strategycenter.net/research/pubID.223/pub_detail.asp . 2017-02-02.
  4. Larry Sabato . Dirty Little Secrets . 1996-06-29 . 2017-01-29 . radio program . . January 12, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160310/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1009131 . live .
  5. News: Mitchell . Greg . Greg Mitchell . Politics Most Foul . book review . 1996-06-16 . 2017-01-17 . . January 18, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170118050646/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/16/books/politics-most-foul.html . live .
  6. News: Fusion GPS Founder Hauled From the Shadows for the Russia Election Investigation. Matt. Flegenheimer. The New York Times. March 31, 2018. March 31, 2018. NYTimes.com. March 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180323030558/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/us/politics/fusion-gps-glenn-simpson.html. live.
  7. News: Gillum . Jack . Boburg . Shawn . 'Journalism for rent': Inside the secretive firm behind the Trump dossier . 2017-12-11 . 2018-01-12 . . January 4, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180104033849/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/journalism-for-rent-inside-the-secretive-firm-behind-the-trump-dossier/2017/12/11/8d5428d4-bd89-11e7-af84-d3e2ee4b2af1_story.html . live .
  8. News: Kenneth P. . Vogel . Kenneth P. Vogel . Maggie . Haberman . Maggie Haberman . Conservative Website First Funded Anti-Trump Research by Firm That Later Produced Dossier . October 27, 2017 . 2017-10-28 . . March 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220326220351/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/us/politics/trump-dossier-paul-singer.html . live .
  9. Web site: Clinton lawyer kept Russian dossier project closely held. Michael. Kranish. October 27, 2017. November 2, 2017. www.WashingtonPost.com. February 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180217065359/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-lawyer-kept-russian-dossier-project-closely-held/2017/10/27/e7935276-ba68-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html. live.
  10. Web site: The Making of the Bombshell Trump Dossier Dominating the News. Adam K.. Raymond. NYMag.com. January 12, 2017. November 2, 2017. October 24, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171024021029/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/the-making-of-the-bombshell-trump-dossier.html. live.
  11. Web site: . Trump-Russia dossier sources revealed to the FBI by Christopher Steele . Mythili . Sampathkumar . August 23, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170829132009/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-russia-dossier-sources-christopher-steele-fbi-senate-judiciary-robert-mueller-a7908946.html . August 29, 2017 .
  12. News: Federal investigators question Ted Malloch in special counsel probe. March 30, 2018. CNN. Prokupecz. Shimon. Herb. Jeremy. January 9, 2019. March 30, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180330232747/https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/30/politics/fbi-malloch-questions-mueller/index.html. live.
  13. News: Dukakis. Ali. Mosk. Matthew. Attorney: Glenn Simpson did not reveal clients for Trump 'dossier' to investigators. ABC News. August 22, 2017. August 25, 2017. November 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011934/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/attorney-glenn-simpson-reveal-clients-trump-dossier-investigators/story?id=49367909. live.
  14. News: Cheney . Kyle . Feinstein releases transcript of interview with Fusion GPS co-founder . . 2018-01-09 . 2018-01-09 . May 21, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230521143204/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/09/feinstein-releases-transcript-of-interview-with-fusion-gps-co-founder-329573 . live .
  15. News: Feud over Trump dossier intensifies with release of interview transcript. Barrett. Devlin. Hamburger. Tom. 2018-01-10. The Washington Post. 2018-01-11. January 9, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180109184801/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. live.

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