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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://twitter.com/ProfMJCleveland/status/1518990078793633795[/twitter][/quote]

Who is Simpson and what is the context of that transcript?  It sounds like he is just theorizing that the Steele Dossier might have been given to Buzzfeed after the election to somehow disrupt the inauguration?  Never mind that even if that had happened, Clinton still wouldn’t have become president.  Seems like a poorly thought out theory, but maybe knowing who Simpson is will change my view on that. [/quote]

Glenn Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS.

From Wiki:
In April 2016, the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign's law firm, Perkins Coie, retained Simpson's company Fusion GPS.[9] From April 2016 into early May, the Washington Free Beacon and the Clinton Campaign/DNC were independently both clients of Fusion GPS. 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]

NPR interview.  https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/782908119/fusion-gps-founders-on-russian-efforts-to-sow-discord-they-have-succeeded[/quote]

Hmm, sounds like he’s putting out salacious speculation to try to sell books.  It’s still a stupid theory because it wouldn’t have made Clinton president so there’s little motivation there. [/quote]

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