About the Author

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 lives in Washington, D.C., with his family.

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 with his family.

Reviews

“A fascinating read. An extraordinary book.”—Andrea Mitchell

“A master class in how Washington works.”—The Atlantic 

“I hope some talented filmmaker makes a movie out of the new book by Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, Crime in Progress . . . the best procedural yet written about the discovery of Trump’s Russia ties. It demolishes a number of right-wing talking points, including the claim that the Steele dossier formed the basis of the F.B.I.’s counterintelligence inquiry into Trump.”—Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times

“[Simpson and Fritsch] present a mountain of evidence that Trump’s dealings with corrupt foreign players—particularly those from the former Soviet Union—are both real and go back decades.”—Jane Mayer, The New Yorker

“Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch’s Crime in Progress untangles one of the great mysteries of the Trump era—the full story of the Steele dossier—and provides a fascinating insight into the investigatory mind at work. It’s an indispensable guide to the Russia scandals—and a reminder of the redemptive power of facts over lies.”—Jeffrey Toobin
 
“We just got a really, really, really, really good new account of how [it] all came together. . . . I feel fairly steeped in this matter and I learned something on every page.”—Rachel Maddow