HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge has denied a bid by the private investigation firm Fusion GPS to prevent the House Intelligence Committee from obtaining the firm’s bank records, as part of a congressional probe into the funding and creation of a so-called dossier containing a variety of accurate, inaccurate and salacious claims about President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled Thursday that the House panel’s work appeared to be legitimate. He also rejected Fusion GPS’ claims that confidential information about its clients and sources would be in jeopardy of being leaked if the committee obtained the banking records it is seeking…
Leon dismissed as ‘conclusory’ Fusion GPS’ assertion that its work for political clients would be chilled if the information the House panel demanded was provided to it…
A lawyer for Fusion GPS, Theodore Boutrous Jr., said the firm will appeal. Such a move would need to come quickly since the House panel demanded the records from Fusion’s bank, which is now under a legal obligation to turn them over…
Despite the legal fight that Leon ruled on Thursday, some of Fusion’s most prominent clients have already been identified.”
-Josh Gerstein, “Judge: House panel entitled to Fusion GPS bank records,” Politico, Jan. 4, 2018 07:17pm