Senate Democrats released the full transcript after they interviewed the CEO of the firm that commissioned a dossier on President Donald Trump's ties to Russia Tuesday. Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Senate Democrats release full transcript of interview with firm behind Trump-Russia dossier

Politics

WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has released a transcript from an interview with the co-founder of Fusion GPS, the firm that commissioned a dossier of allegations about President Donald Trump's ties to Russia.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein released the transcript from an August closed-door committee interview with Glenn Simpson after the Republican chairman of the committee, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, declined to. Simpson's firm commissioned the dossier, which was initially paid for by a conservative website and later by Democrats.

Feinstein posted the full transcript on her website. Read here.

The dossier was written by former British MI6 agent Christopher Steele.

Trump has derided the dossier as politically motivated, and several GOP-led committees are investigating whether it formed the basis for the FBI's initial investigation into Russian election interference.

Democrats says those investigations are a distraction.

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