GLENN SIMPSON, Co-Founder, Fusion GPS; Co-Author, _Crime in Progress:
Inside the STEELE DOSSIER AND THE FUSION GPS INVESTIGATION OF DONALD
TRUMP
_PETER FRITSCH, Co-Founder, Fusion GPS; Co-Author, _Crime in Progress:
Inside the Steele Dossier and the Fusion GPS Investigation of Donald
Trump_
Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia’s government
and some of its wealthy oligarchs has become one of the defining
stories of his presidency. His recent impeachment had deep connections
to the multiple investigations surrounding the Trump–Russia
relationship, including the FBI investigation and the Mueller Report.
While the famous Steele Dossier didn’t start any of the official
inquiries, its memos are essential to the Trump–Russia story. Not
surprisingly, Fusion GPS, the political opposition research company
that commissioned the Steele Dossier, has found itself at the center
of the biggest news story on the planet—a story that would lead to
accusations of witch hunts, a relentless campaign of persecution by
congressional Republicans, bizarre conspiracy theories and even an
investigation of the original FBI investigation launched by Attorney
General William Barr.
In their recent book, _Crime in Progress_, the founders of Fusion
GPS—GLENN SIMPSON AND PETER FRITSCH, two former reporters at _The
Wall Street Journal_—tell their side of the story. In the fall of
2015, Fusion GPS was hired to look into Donald Trump’s
finances. The deeper Fusion dug, the more it began to notice names
that Simpson and Fritsch had come across during their days covering
Russian corruption. It also became clearer that the focus of
Fusion’s research going forward would be Trump’s entanglements
with Russia. To help them make sense of what they were seeing,
Simpson and Fritsch engaged the services of a former British
intelligence agent and Russia expert named Christopher Steele. He
would produce a series of memos that raised deeply alarming questions
about the nature of Trump’s ties to a hostile foreign power.
Come hear Simpson and Fritsch tell their story for the first time in
the Bay Area—a tale of the high-stakes pursuit of one of the
biggest, most important stories of our time, no matter the costs.
LOCATION: 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, SAN FRANCISCO
TIME: 11:30 a.m. check-in, NOON PROGRAM, 1 p.m. book signing
NOTE: SIMPSON PHOTO BY NEIL KING; the authors will appear in Marin at
7 p.m.
ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL AND NONREFUNDABLE.
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