Research Firm Tied To Trump Dossier Turns Over Docs To Senate Judiciary

UNITED STATES - MAY 8: Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens as former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former acting Attorney General Sally Yates testify during the Senate Judiciary, Subcommittee o... UNITED STATES - MAY 8: Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens as former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former acting Attorney General Sally Yates testify during the Senate Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing on "Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election" on Monday, May 8, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — A research firm tied to a dossier of salacious allegations involving President Donald Trump is turning over thousands of pages of documents to a congressional committee.

That’s according to a person familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the arrangement had not yet been publicly announced.

The firm, Fusion GPS, was turning over records Wednesday in response to a request from the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel is one of several investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The firm hired a British intelligence officer who compiled a dossier of allegations involving Trump and his ties to Russia.

The committee also plans to hear privately from Glenn Simpson, a co-founder of the firm.

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  1. Just waiting for the…er…leaks.

  2. This could backfire on Grassley, bigly. It was the Jeb! Campaign that hired these folks to begin with. So more “private testimony?” Wouldn’t want all that salaciousness getting out. Think of the children. And not just the GOP senators.

  3. A trickle down investigation?

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