Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer whose memos became the Trump dossier, did not pay any of his sources for information.
CNN says Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, whose firm commissioned Steele to dig deeper into Donald Trump's possible connections to Russia, shared this information and more with the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday:
Simpson defended the Trump opposition research dossier compiled by Christopher Steele, arguing that nothing from the dossier had been disproven and some of it had been corroborated, the sources said.
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The broad assertion of the dossier findings -- that Russia waged a campaign to interfere in the election -- is now accepted as fact by the US intelligence community. CNN also reported earlier this year that US investigators have corroborated some aspects of the dossier, specifically that some of the communications among foreign nationals mentioned in the memos did actually take place.
The FBI also used some information as part of its justification to obtain a surveillance warrant on Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page, CNN has reported. But federal investigators have not verified the dossier's most salacious allegations.
According to CNN, Simpson also told investigators he still is in regular contact with Steele.
Simpson appeared voluntarily after he and the committee reached an agreement that allowed him not to answer questions that might violate any client confidentiality. However, Fusion GPS continues to battle a committee subpoena issued late October requesting the firm's financial records from TD Bank:
The court fight is still ongoing, with Fusion GPS, TD Bank and House lawyers appearing in federal court Wednesday afternoon. Judge Richard Leon is weighing whether the court should stop the bank from releasing Fusion GPS' financial information to Congress. Leon encouraged Fusion GPS, TD Bank and the House to unseal more of their case and make it available to the public and set a time for them to argue over the subpoena on November 30.
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