Glenn Simpson
The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Glenn Simpson is a seasoned journalist and co-founder of Fusion GPS, known for his deep dives into political corruption and the intersection of money and power. This interview reveals his strategic mindset in navigating the challenges of modern journalism and the political landscape.
“Yes, I wouldn't say very consciously, but I think that experience and the experience of dealing with people as human beings over many years definitely affected the way I treated them. No matter what you think of somebody, they usually love their spouse and their children and in most respects are decent, loving human beings.”
“I was at the University of Delaware, which is in a small town in Delaware called Newark, and it was a big agricultural school. You could study animal husbandry and big football team and all that. And I was decided I was more interested in sort of urban life.”
“Right. So that's something that we keep trying to correct the record on because, of course, we're depicted as some sort of black PR firm. We don't really do PR and we don't sign contracts to sell stories to journalists.”
“Force of a union, to be really clear, the problem of kleptocracy is common to all of the former Soviet Union because really it's a rule of law problem, which is you had communism was a system where you couldn't really survive if you obeyed all the rules. And so everyone learned to not obey any rules.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 364 — Fusion GPS (Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch)
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