This Week in the Russian Connection

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The co-foundar of Fusion GPS, the Washington security firm that spawned the now famous Steale Dossier, Glenn Simpson, is refusing to testify to the House Judiciary Committee on the grounds of hisn 1st and 5th Amendment privileges.  He was subpoenaed to appear on October 16th at a private deposition by the Committee's chairman Bob Goodlatte, a Trump ally.  Stimpson's attorney said in a letter his client declined to answer committee questions,  because "This Committee’s inquiry is not designed to discover the truth. The obvious – and at times explicitly stated – goal of this Committee is to discredit and otherwise damage witnesses to Russia’s interference in the 2016 election..."

On another front, George Pappadopoulos, a former Trump aide whose campaign activities triggered an FBI counter-espionage investigation, has agreed to appear before the Committee voluntarily to testify.  His testimony is likely to provide more fodder for Repugnants who have accused former officials at the bureau of letting anti-Trump sentiment fuel the investigation.  To US Person these developments indicate that the Russian Connection has entered a primarily political arena in anticipation that Robert Mueller will issue an investigative memo showing the Rich Kid's culpability for obstruction of justice, and possibly conspiracy with foreign agents to illegally influence the outcome of the 2016 election.  In the words of one prominent Hollywood celebrity, "Our federal government has become a freak show."