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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 06:02 PM Jan 2018

'Dossier' firm says U.S. senator's leaks endanger its employees

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The research firm behind the so-called Trump “dossier” accused U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on Monday of endangering its employees by ignoring “multiple” requests not to publicly disclose their names.

In a letter to Grassley, which also criticized Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, lawyers for Washington-based Fusion GPS said the firm had twice reported unspecified “threats” to the police and had tried to keep its employees’ names confidential “because of well-founded concerns about their public safety.”

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Fusion’s lawyers complained that the names of Fusion employees were publicly disclosed in six letters issued last week by Grassley and Senator Graham, a judiciary subcommittee chairman, although the company’s lawyers “on multiple occasions” had asked committee staff members to avoid doing so.

“Ignoring our requests, your office knowingly put these people in danger, by releasing their names to the public,” the Fusion lawyers argued. “These leaks are unauthorized and unethical.”

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fusion-letter/dossier-firm-says-u-s-senators-leaks-endanger-its-employees-idUSKBN1FI2OH?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

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erronis

(14,955 posts)
5. Better be careful for what they wish. The thugs also like to clean up any potential witnesses.
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 07:21 PM
Jan 2018

They have no idea of how hard it was to get some form of freedom in this country. And they're willing to piss it away for a few rubles.

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
6. The GOP is outing them just like they did Valerie Plame. This is pure malice.
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 07:26 PM
Jan 2018

The WANT these witnesses killed. This is brazen obstruction of justice.

 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
9. Release of this memo is a way to help Russians
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 08:44 PM
Jan 2018

These Repubs are acting as if they are Russian agents. Putin wants to go after the sources to help trump and clean out any individuals that would assist the European spy agency's. Nunes is a traitor!

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
10. Grassley might be trying to back back at Feinstein
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 10:31 AM
Jan 2018

I wouldn't put it past him, since he's probably mad that Feinstein released the Fusion testimony. Now he's reasserting his authority as Committee Chairman, and running rough-shod over the privacy rights of citizens.

After this, who's going to voluntarily testify to the Senate Judiciary committee? Nobody, that's who.


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