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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
GLENN SIMPSON is the co-founder of Fusion GPS. He is a former senior reporter for The Wall Street Journal who has specialized in campaign finance, money laundering, tax evasion, terrorism finance, securities fraud, and political corruption. He is also the author, with Larry J. Sabato, of Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics. He lives in Washington, D.C.
PETER FRITSCH co-founded Fusion GPS. He is a former reporter and bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, previously based in Mexico City, São Paulo, South and Southeast Asia, and Brussels. He finished his Wall Street Journal career as national security editor in Washington, D.C. He lives in Maryland.
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