MSNBC: Fusion GPS Founders Claim They Are Being Smeared, Set Record Straight in the NYT

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KAY: "Meanwhile, the founders of the research firm behind the controversial Trump/Russia dossier are sharing what they told Congress in over 21 hours of testimony and demanding that Republicans set the record straight. In the 'New York Times' op-ed, Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch say they’re being smeared. Quote, 'Republicans have refused to release full transcripts of our firm's testimony, even as they selectively leak details to media outlets on the far right. It's time to share what our company told investigators.' Fusion GPS writes that they told investigators to look into the bank records of Deutsche Bank and others funding Trump businesses  and that they shared, quote, widespread evidence of Trump's work with dubious Russians that raised questions about money laundering, as well as Paul Manafort’s financial ties to Russian oligarchs close to Putin. They write that despite funding from conservative Washington Free Beacon and later the Clinton campaign, Christopher Steele, that ex-British spy who was hired to do the  research, wasn’t actually told of the funders and given no marching orders beyond looking at Trump's businesses. They write that Steele’s sources in Russia were not paid."