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2/8/2019

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) lashed out at Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Friday for meeting with Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of Fusion GPS, an opposition research firm that has become embroiled in the ongoing national debate about Russian efforts to intervene in the 2016 presidential election.

In an interview with Hill.TV's Buck Sexton, Nunes, the ranking Republican on Intelligence who served as the panel's chairman in the last Congress, denounced the Simpson-Schiff encounter as "very troubling," adding that the Fusion GPS executive "is at the center of our investigation" due to his connections with figures who have been involved in government investigations.

Nunes said these figures include Kremlin-connected attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya and Christopher Steele, the author of a report which claimed that future president Donald Trump was substantially compromised by the Russian government.

Simpson has testified before both House and Senate intelligence committees. During his appearance before the House body, he mostly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights not to answer questions.

"What was talked about the meeting? Glenn Simpson is a central figure in all of this. He is the man behind the dossier," Nunes said.

The California Republican added that he wanted to bring Simpson back before the House intelligence panel. Now that Democrats control the committee, however, it is unclear when that may happen.

The Simpson-Schiff encounter, which took place at a security conference in July of last year, was disclosed in an opinion piece by Hill.TV's John Solomon on Thursday.

Simpson's company as well as Schiff have said that the meeting was not pre-planned, that they did not discuss anything of substance, and that the two men have not been in contact since.

Speaking to Sexton, Nunes accused Schiff of having met with Simpson on earlier occasions.

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