Article snippet: In their new book, Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, co-founders of the controversial Fusion GPS opposition research outfit, admit their firm’s infamous anti-Trump dossier was not a “finished product.” Yet that same dossier reportedly served as a roadmap for the FBI’s investigation into unsubstantiated and unproven allegations of collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. And, according to a Republican House Intelligence Committee memo, the dossier authored by ex-British spy Christopher Steele served as part of the basis for FBI warrant requests under James Comey to conduct surveillance on Carter Page, who served as a tangential adviser to Trump’s campaign. That memo stated: “Neither the initial application in October 2016, nor any of the renewals, disclose or reference the role of the DNC, Clinton campaign, or any party/campaign in funding Steele’s efforts, even though the political origins of the Steele dossier were then known to senior and FBI officials.” Fusion GPS was paid for its anti-Trump work by Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the Democratic National Committee via the Perkins Coie law firm. The book by Simpson and Fritsch, Crime in Progress: Inside the Steele Dossier and the Fusion GPS Investigation of Donald Trump, was released last week. The duo claim their dossier was “a series of contemporaneous human intelligence reports—notes from conversations with well-placed sources—intended to inform additional investigation, not... Link to the full article to read more