Flying under the radar of the media’s massive pearl clutching over the Kanye West/Trump meeting in the White House was this bit of news. Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson was finally subpoenad by the House Judiciary Committee. However, Simpson’s idea of testifying is to invoke the 1st and 5th Amendment. Which means, even if he does show up, he won’t say a damned thing.

The lawyers told Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) in an electronic letter that Simpson will not participate in the committee’s inquiry because it “is not designed to discover the truth.”

“Consistent with the September 27, 2018 letter we sent to you, Mr. Simpson, whose testimony is a matter of public record, will not be participating in a confidential deposition before this Committee,” lawyers for Simpson wrote, according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Hill. “He will instead invoke his constitutional rights not to testify under the First and Fifth Amendments of the Constitution.”

Well, alrighty then! To recap, Glenn Simpson is a former “journalist” who is a co-founder of Fusion GPS, an opposition research firm. Why do we keep hearing about them? Oh I dunno. Maybe it’s because the DNC and the Clinton campaign spent hundreds of thousands of dollars with them? Maybe it’s because the opposition research they came up with came from the Steele dossier? The very same Steele dossier that has been discredited six ways to Sunday? Yeah, that is Fusion GPS.

Keep in mind, he cut a deal to discuss his involvement with the Steele dossier.

Yet, within the last couple of months, things have changed. Now Simpson is claiming that this isn’t a REAL investigation.

“The obvious — and at times explicitly stated — goal of this Committee is to discredit and otherwise damage witnesses to Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, all as part of an effort to protect a President who has sought to placate and curry favor with a hostile foreign power and who demands that the Justice Department stop investigating him,” they wrote.

The lawyers accused the panels’ Republicans of seeking to “ruin the reputations of some of the government’s most dedicated and experienced civil servants,” in an attempt to “weaken the independence of this Justice Department.”

Keep in mind that we were all told the Steele dossier and everything else included in the Fusion GPS report was credible because it was investigated and researched properly. Keep in mind that we are STILL supposed to believe everything that Fusion GPS has told us. Yet suddenly, when asked once again and under oath to verify their findings and defend their research, Glenn Simpson invokes the 1st and the 5th?

Foks, something smells here BIGLY.

The letter, which you can read in full HERE, is laughable

1. Ruin the reputation of civil servants? You mean folks such as Bruce Orh, Peter Strzok, and more?
2. Christopher Steele is one of the UK’s top “experts” on Russia. HAHAHA!
3. Key national security folks must never ever be questioned. Throw country under the bus? OK!
4. Fusion GPS reported a crime? When and to whom?

Here’s the thing, as the letter from Simpson’s attorneys states, he appeared before the House committee THREE other times voluntarily. But now, he won’t? Gee, I wonder why?

In previous testimony, Simpson told lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee that he did not have contact with Ohr until after the 2016 election. However, work emails written by Ohr show the two were in touch that August, if not earlier. Ohr’s notes also indicate that in December 2016, there was a meeting in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown between Fusion GPS’ Simpson and Ohr, with Ohr writing, “Glen(n) gave me a memory stick.”

In addition, Ohr maintained extensive contact with Steele for months after the bureau cut ties with the former MI6 man in November 2016 for leaking information to the media about his FBI ties.

What is he hiding? What questions does he want to run from?

Glenn Simpson will plead the Fifth to avoid testifying to Congress. He was likely to be asked about inconsistencies in his testimony about Bruce Ohr. https://t.co/srIxKORdEi

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) October 11, 2018

Who is he protecting besides himself?

Rep. Mark Meadows: Fusion GPS's Glenn Simpson refuses to testify before investigators… and the only option we have now is to hold him in contempt. pic.twitter.com/Mxv4ysF1mT

— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) October 12, 2018

Glenn Simpson may not say anything next week, but his silence given his previous testimony doesn’t look well for what little credibility he has left.

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