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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat is WAPO reporting? Clinton, DNC Funded Research that Led to Russia Dossier
https://politicalwire.com/2017/10/24/clinton-dnc-funded-research-led-russia-dossier/The Clinton campaign and DNC helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trumps connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, the Washington Post reports.
Marc Elias, a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained Fusion GPS, a Washington firm, to conduct the research. Fusion GPS hired dossier author Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer with ties to the FBI and the U.S. intelligence community.
Fusion GPS gave Steeles reports and other research documents to Elias, the people familiar with the matter said. It is unclear how or how much of that information was shared with the campaign and DNC, and who in those organizations was aware of the roles of Fusion GPS and Steele. One person close to the matter said the campaign and the DNC werent informed of Fusion GPSs role by the law firm.
onecaliberal
(32,863 posts)MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)onecaliberal
(32,863 posts)brush
(53,787 posts)coolsandy
(479 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)And be sure to read the last sentence in the fourth paragraph of the OP
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Said DonViejo
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Republicans hired Fusion GPS to find dirt on Trump in 2015. By March 2016, they didnt want to pay Fusion anymore. A law firm hired by the DNC to dig up dirt on Trump then subcontracted the work to Fusion GPS apparently without telling the DNC. It was at that point Fusion hired Steele and then his memos were bundled into the infamous dossier. All according to their anonymous source.
MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)...well, Im not sure, exactly. Because she indirectly paid the law firm that subcontracted the research that further subcontracted the research to a former British spy, that the dossier is fake? Even though the article eventually points out that much of the stuff in the dossier is true?
They can drop that hint without saying it, then claim to be neutral and balanced because theyre reporting on both sides.
Literally the only new piece of information there was the exact month that Fusions funding switched from Republican to Democrat.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)4139
(1,893 posts)I think Im going to throw up
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Big THANK YOU to whomever got the goods on Trump/Putin's Organized Crime through the Steele Dossier.
Their foresight was honorable cuz the USA would have nothing to fight for our Govt, without it.
So Thank You All
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)Response to 4139 (Reply #9)
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octoberlib
(14,971 posts)then they handed the information over to the Clinton campaign/DNC who continued paying for it after Jeb dropped out. Old news.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Who knows.