Fishy subpoenas hit ‘dossier’ firm

A POLITICAL research firm behind a dossier of allegations about President Trump's connections to Russia has been subpoenaed by the House intelligence committee.

Joshua Levy, a lawyer for Fusion GPS, said in a statement Tuesday that the subpoenas were signed by Rep. Devin Nunes even though the Republican committee chairman stepped aside months ago from leading the panel's Russia probe.

Levy said the subpoenas to the firm reflected a “blatant attempt to undermine the reporting” of the dossier and came even as the firm was in the process of cooperating with congressional committees in their investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The co-founder of Fusion GPS, Glenn Simpson, spoke privately over the summer for about 10 hours to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The intelligence committee, Levy said, was given the same opportunity. He said he had concerns about trhe “legitimacy” of the subpoenas.