15 Facts About Fusion GPS

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Fusion GPS is a commercial research and strategic intelligence firm based in Washington, DC The company conducts open-source investigations and provides research and strategic advice for businesses, law firms and investors, as well as for political inquiries, such as opposition research.

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Fusion GPS was hired in 2012 to do opposition research on US presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

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Fusion GPS hired video and transcription experts to analyze the videos and summarized the findings in a forensic report.

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4.

On July 27,2017, Fusion GPS accused the White House of trying to "smear" it for investigating the president's alleged ties to Russia.

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Fusion GPS countered that it worked only with a law firm in New York "to provide support for civil litigation" unrelated to Russian efforts to do away with the Magnitsky Act, saying it had no reason to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

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Browder lodged a complaint with the US Justice Department in 2016 that Fusion GPS may have lobbied "for Russian interests in a campaign to oppose the pending Global Magnitsky Act [and] failed to register under [US law]".

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Fusion GPS denied the claims that they were engaged in lobbying or had violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

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In September 2015, Fusion GPS was hired by The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative political website, to do opposition research on Trump and other Republican presidential candidates.

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In June 2016, Fusion GPS retained Christopher Steele, a private British corporate intelligence investigator and former MI-6 agent, to research any Russian connections to Trump.

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Fusion GPS provided Marc Elias, the lead election lawyer for Perkins Coie, with the resulting dossier and other research documents.

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11.

Fusion GPS pleaded guilty to one count and in April 2018 was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a fine of $20,000.

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On October 23,2017, Fusion GPS filed for a court injunction against Nunes' subpoena seeking the firm's bank records for a period of more than two years, arguing it would damage and possibly destroy the business as well as violate their First Amendment rights.

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On January 4,2018, US District Court Judge Richard J Leon struck down Fusion's application, ruling that Fusion's bank must turn over the financial records subpoenaed by the House Intelligence Committee; Fusion asked the judge to stay his order because they plan to appeal.

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Fusion GPS said through their attorney that they were not required to register under FARA.

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The Committee did not release a transcript of the hearing, but indicated that Fusion GPS had given more than 40,000 documents for the investigation.

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