--- title: Transcript of Fusion GPS's Trump Dossier Testimony Released description: Sen. Dianne Feinstein released a transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee's meeting with Glenn Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS. canonical: https://time.com/5095773/glenn-simpson-trump-dossier-senate-transcript-fusion-gps/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-09T20:56:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:49:00.163Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Glenn Simpson's Senate Testimony on the Trump Dossier og:description: Simpson is the co-founder of the firm that commissioned the Trump Dossier og:url: https://time.com/5095773/glenn-simpson-trump-dossier-senate-transcript-fusion-gps/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1850c6c311fa7857/6988f792fb4eac918d895391/trump-world-economic-forum.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Glenn Simpson's Senate Testimony on the Trump Dossier twitter:description: Simpson is the co-founder of the firm that commissioned the Trump Dossier twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1850c6c311fa7857/6988f792fb4eac918d895391/trump-world-economic-forum.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's the Senate Testimony of Fusion GPS's Co-Founder on the Trump Dossier ## Video: Trump Talks With Press Before Boarding Marine One [Watch (HLS stream): Trump Talks With Press Before Boarding Marine One](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Wc7GkjGB.m3u8) (2:25)  _Published 2017-10-25. Trump Talks With Press Before Boarding Marine One_  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jan 9, 2018 8:56 PM UTC  President Trump at the White House on Jan. 9, 2018 President Trump at the White House on Jan. 9, 2018Evan Vucci—AP  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jan 9, 2018 8:56 PM UTC California Senator Dianne Feinstein released a transcript Tuesday of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s closed door meeting with Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of Fusion GPS which was behind the unsubstantiated dossier containing explosive allegations of President Trump’s relationship with Russia. Feinstein’s decision to release the transcript came the day after two of her Democratic colleagues, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Sheldon Whitehouse, wrote a letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley, who chairs the Senate Judiciary committee, demanding he release the transcript. Feinstein said she released the transcript because Simpson had requested it be publicized. “The innuendo and misinformation circulating about the transcript are part of a deeply troubling effort to undermine the investigation into potential collusion and obstruction of justice. The only way to set the record straight is to make the transcript public,” Feinstein said in a statement Tuesday. A spokesman for Grassley criticized Feinstein’s decision, and said she had not consulted with Grassley. “Her action undermines the integrity of the committee’s oversight work and jeopardizes its ability to secure candid voluntary testimony relating to the independent recollections of future witnesses,” Taylor Foy, Press Secretary for the Judiciary Committee, said in a statement. Read the full testimony below. 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