A committee spokesman also criticized Fusion GPS for not answering follow-up questions and renewed calls on them to testify at a public hearing. Joshua Levy, a lawyer for Fusion GPS, said Grassley was giving a false impression of the group's interactions with the committee. Fusion GPS remains under pressure from the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee -- and is tied up in a related court fight -- to turn over a larger portion of its financial records. After Fusion GPS commissioned Steele to assemble the dossier, Simpson and Fritsch said they were "shocked" with what he found. Clapper also reiterated that the dossier did not launch the investigation into Russian interference in the election.

Source: CNN January 03, 2018 14:19 UTC