Executives of Firm Tied to Trump Dossier Take the Fifth at Committee Meeting

  • Fusion GPS officials invoke Fifth Amendment before House panel
  • Lawyer says ‘Trump cabal’ is trying to demonize his clients

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Two executives of a firm that helped produce an opposition-research dossier that makes salacious claims about President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia refused to answer questions Wednesday in a private meeting with the House Intelligence Committee.

Fusion GPS partners Peter Fritsch and Thomas Catan invoked their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination, said their lawyer, Joshua Levy. He said they would cooperate with "serious" investigations and also claimed that a "Trump cabal has carried out a campaign to demonize our client for having been tied to the Trump dossier."