William Browder: Putin Hired Dem Operatives, Fusion GPS, to Overturn Magnitsky Act

EXCERPT:

GRAHAM: “Mr. Browder, thank you. It's this all story reads like some kind of a novel that nobody would buy, because it’s got to be fiction but unfortunately maybe it’s true. Let’s jut break down why you’re here. You believe that Fusion GPS should have registered under FARA because they were acting on behalf of the Russians?”
BROWDER: “That’s correct.”
GRAHAM: “So I just want to absorb that for a moment. The group that did the dossier on President Trump hired this British spy, wound up getting it to the FBI. You believe they were working for the Russians.”
BROWDER: “And in the spring and summer of 2016, they were receiving money indirectly from a senior Russian government official.”
GRAHAM: “OK. So these are the people that were trying to undermine Donald Trump by showing he had nefarious ties to Russia, is that what you’re saying?”
BROWDER: “Well, what I’m saying with 100 percent certainty is that they were working to undermine the Magnitsky Act --"
GRAHAM: "Right. But --"
BROWDER: "-- and the timing of that —“
GRAHAM: “The Fusion GPS products -- apparently is they hired a guy to look into Trump.”
BROWDER: “Yes.”
GRAHAM: “Right?"
BROWDER: “Correct.”
GRAHAM: “And the guy looking into Trump was trying to tell the world that Trump’s compromised by the Russians and I won’t go into graphic detail. That was the genesis. Have you looked at the report?”
BROWDER: “I have not looked at it carefully, no.”
GRAHAM: “OK. Well, that’s what’s in -- in the dossier. So why is this important? The Russians are behind Fusion GPS who are going after Trump. This — what’s the Russian lawyer’s name?”
BROWDER: “Natalia Veselnitskaya.”
GRAHAM: “Can I just call her Natalia?”
BROWDER: “You can call her whatever you want.”
GRAHAM: “Good. Is she working for the Russians too?”
BROWDER: “She’s definitely working for the Russians, no question."