Fusion GPS: Kremlin 'Purge' Followed Trump Dossier Release

[DonViejo]

In an interview with House intel committe, Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson claimed the Kremlin tried to eliminate U.S. intel sources after the Trump dossier went public.

BETSY WOODRUFF
01.18.18 4:26 PM ET

Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of opposition research firm Fusion GPS, told Congress in November that the Russian government appeared to “purge” people after his firm’s research on President Trump’s alleged Kremlin connections became public.

The Kremlin used the publication of his firm’s dossier—which contains salacious and unsubstantiated allegations about Trump—as a pretext for a spate of arrests and killings, Simpson said. He also said some of those people who were purged may have been sources for the American intelligence community.

Simpson made this revelation when Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), a member of the House intelligence committee, asked him about sources for the dossier. “And it appears that one of the sources was mysteriously killed?” she asked.

“That's not my information,” Simpson replied. “I mean there was a series of episodes where people were arrested or died mysteriously that came shortly after the disclosure of the existence of this information. And I do believe there was a bit of an old fashioned purge. And I think that—but to my knowledge, it wasn’t anyone that helped us. think it was more likely people who were taking the opportunity to settle scores or were falsely accused, as often, you know, just like in the old days, and/or were sources of the U.S. Intelligence Community, not us.”

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[lagomorph777]

1. What a horrible price to pay for the Dossier.

I hope he's right that the links are not direct or all that real.

But there was quite a rash of killings of prominent Russians, a couple of them even on US soil.

[BigmanPigman]

2. This was reported before when the Senate (Feinstein)

released the 10 hour Senate testimony. So now it is likely more than one person was killed. The timing of the discovery of the Fusion GPS dossier and all those killings is pretty interesting and makes sense.

[Control-Z]

3. Remember follow the dead bodies?

I don't think this connection was made at the time but it was said by an intelligence person. I don't recall his name.