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'''FusionGPS''' (aka '''Bean LLC''') is a media and opposition research firm founded by [[Glenn Simpson]].

'''FusionGPS''' (aka '''Bean LLC''') is a media and opposition research firm founded by [[Glenn Simpson]].

At the time of the Trump Tower meeting in June of 2016 FusionGPS had two clients: (1) the Democratic party and [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Clinton campaign]] (through the firm of [[Perkins Coie]]); and (2) Prevezon Holdings owned by the Russian Katsyv family (through the firm of BakerHoestetler); the Katsyv family is headed by Pyotr Katsyv, Vice President of ‘Russian Railways’, a huge Russian transportation company in which the Russian government is the sole shareholder.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/checking-facts-there-evidence-fusion-gps-was-paid-russia-while-compiling-trump</ref> The Katsyv's hired a Russian lawyer, [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]], to come to the [[United States]] in early 2016 to represent their Prevezon Holdings company in an [[asset forfeiture]] settlement case of a [[Manhattan]] building seized under Russian sanctions. When the case was completed she had a second task - lobbying against sanctions which were coming up for renewal that summer. She overstayed her visa and did not register not register as a foreign lobbyist. Veselnitskaya, as Prevezon  and the Katsyv's agent, did however employ the law firm of BakerHostetler, which in turn hired FusionGPS and Glenn Simpson to lobby for Russian interests on their behalf. Simpson did not register as a Russian agent either.

At the time of the Trump Tower meeting in June of 2016 FusionGPS had two clients: (1) the Democratic party and [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Clinton campaign]] (through the firm of [[Perkins Coie]]); and (2) Prevezon Holdings owned by the Russian Katsyv family (through the firm of BakerHoestetler); the Katsyv family is headed by Pyotr Katsyv, Vice President of ‘Russian Railways’, a huge Russian transportation company in which the Russian government is the sole shareholder.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/checking-facts-there-evidence-fusion-gps-was-paid-russia-while-compiling-trump</ref> The Katsyv's hired a Russian lawyer, [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]], to come to the [[United States]] in early 2016 to represent their Prevezon Holdings company in an [[asset forfeiture]] case of a [[Manhattan]] building seized under Russian sanctions. When the case was settled she had a second task - lobbying against sanctions which were coming up for renewal that summer. She overstayed her visa and did not register as a foreign lobbyist. Veselnitskaya, as Prevezon  and the Katsyv's agent, did however employ the law firm of BakerHostetler, which in turn hired FusionGPS and Glenn Simpson to lobby for Russian interests on their behalf. Simpson did not register as a Russian agent either.

<!--In a bizarre twist how power elites will do anything for cash without principle, as the Clinton campaign and Obama Justice Department sought to frame Donald Trump with the charge of "colluding with Russia" in violation of U.S. sanctions, FusionGPS used [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]] who represented the Katsyvs, to engage in illegal unregistered lobbying for repeal of the same Russian sanctions.-->

<!--In a bizarre twist how power elites will do anything for cash without principle, as the Clinton campaign and Obama Justice Department sought to frame Donald Trump with the charge of "colluding with Russia" in violation of U.S. sanctions, FusionGPS used [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]] who represented the Katsyvs, to engage in illegal unregistered lobbying for repeal of the same Russian sanctions.-->