#FusionGPS Transcript contradicts GOP argument #SteeleDossier was a political document. First, Steele went to FBI himself concerned Trump being blackmailed, fearing “national security threat” said Simpson 1/
2/When Steele met with FBI in Sept 2016, @FBI told him they had similar intelligence from “an internal Trump campaign source”, that is a “whistle-blower” inside Trump organization.
3/ #FusionGPS’s Simpson told Senate Judiciary that Steele reached out to FBI on his own and he alone selected content of the dossier, not DNC or Fusion
4/ Finally, it is extraordinary that @SenFeinstein and Cmte Democrats released the transcript of Glenn Simpson’s account over objections of their GOP colleagues.
5/ One more note: to be clear, this is the account of Glenn Simpson re Steele, not Steele himself. However, testimony before Senate normally considered to be under oath.
6/Yet one more note: remember Christopher Steele is a former MI6 Agent who served in Russia & had previously worked for FBI in FIFA investigation so he had a track record.
A person close to Simpson’s testimony clarified that the source inside Trump Org refers to information shared with the FBI by the Australian Amb after Trump Foreign Policy Advisor George Papadopoulos told the Amb about dirt Russia had on Clinton.
