Charles E. Grassley postpones anti-Donald Trump dossier hearingWashington Times, Jul 18, 2017
Senate Judiciary Committee members seeking to to shine light into one of the sleaziest, darkest corner of the Russian election meddling saga will have to wait a little longer.
On Wednesday, they were scheduled to question the figure who supported the anti-Donald Trump dossier, Washington political operative Glenn Simpson, but committee Chairman Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, late Tuesday postponed the hearing. Mr. Grassley’s office offered no explanation for the delay but sources told The Washington Times that Mr. Simpson never intended to comply with the request to appear, which was voluntary.
Mr. Simpson’s name cropped up earlier this month amid news that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer during the presidential campaign after being promised information helpful to his father’s effort. On Wednesday it emerged that Mr. Trump Jr.’s meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya also included a representative of the Russian developer who partnered with his father to bring the Miss Universe pageant to Moscow. The Russian developer is also suspected of money laundering.
Mr. Simpson has been a central figure in the Russia story since it emerged early this year that he hired former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele in 2015 to compile opposition research on then-candidate Trump. The dossier shook Washington with a lurid and largely discredited tale of a years-long Kremlin conspiracy to elect the former reality TV star and property developer, in addition to colorful sex stories.
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