Glenn R. Simpson

Glenn Simpson
Born 1964/1965 (age 53–54)[1]
Education George Washington University (BA)
Occupation Journalist and author
Known for Co-founder, Fusion GPS

Glenn R. Simpson (born 1964/1965) 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.[5]

Simpson left journalism in part to earn more money. He has explained this motivation humorously: “We don't use the word 'sold out.' We use the word 'cashed in.'”[7]

Trump opposition research

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][10]

After the Free Beacon stopped funding the research, the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign's law firm, Perkins Coie, picked up the deal with Simpson’s company Fusion GPS.[9] 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".[11] After November 2016, funding from the Democratic Party ceased, and Simpson reportedly spent his own money to fund further work on the dossier.[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]

References

  1. ↑ "Fusion GPS founder returns to the spotlight for Russia enquires". independent.co.uk. January 11, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Shane, Scott; Confessore, Nicholas; Rosenberg, Matthew (January 11, 2017). "How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump". The New York Times. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ Simpson, Glenn R. (2010-02-10). "U.S. Identifies Russian 'Nexus' of Organized Crime". International Assessment and Strategy Center. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  4. ↑ Larry Sabato (1996-06-29). "Dirty Little Secrets". NPR (radio program). Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  5. 1 2 Mitchell, Greg (1996-06-16). "Politics Most Foul". The New York Times (book review). Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  6. ↑ Flegenheimer, Matt (March 31, 2018). "Fusion GPS Founder Hauled From the Shadows for the Russia Election Investigation". Retrieved March 31, 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ↑ Gillum, Jack; Boburg, Shawn (2017-12-11). "'Journalism for rent': Inside the secretive firm behind the Trump dossier". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  8. ↑ Vogel, Kenneth P.; Haberman, Maggie (October 27, 2017). "Conservative Website First Funded Anti-Trump Research by Firm That Later Produced Dossier". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  9. 1 2 Kranish, Michael (October 27, 2017). "Clinton lawyer kept Russian dossier project closely held". Retrieved November 2, 2017 – via www.WashingtonPost.com.
  10. ↑ Continetti, Matthew; Goldfarb, Michael (October 27, 2017). "Fusion GPS and the Washington Free Beacon". Washington Free Beacon. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  11. ↑ Raymond, Adam K. "The Making of the Bombshell Trump Dossier Dominating the News". NYMag.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ Sampathkumar, Mythili (August 23, 2017). "Trump-Russia dossier sources revealed to the FBI by Christopher Steele". The Independent. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017.
  13. ↑ Dukakis, Ali; Mosk, Matthew (August 22, 2017). "Attorney: Glenn Simpson did not reveal clients for Trump 'dossier' to investigators". ABC News. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  14. ↑ Cheney, Kyle (2018-01-09). "Feinstein releases transcript of interview with Fusion GPS co-founder". Politico. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  15. ↑ Barrett, Devlin; Hamburger, Tom (2018-01-10). "Feud over Trump dossier intensifies with release of interview transcript". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  • Glenn Simpson (2017-08-22). "Glenn Simpson's testimony re Trump-Russia dossier" (PDF). Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Dianne Feinstein (redacted transcript). Interviewed by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
  • Appearances on C-SPAN
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