TPM "Right Wing Site Tied Billionaire First Funded Fusion GPS Trump File"

[NRaleighLiberal]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/right-wing-site-tied-billionaire-first-funded-fusion-gps-trump-file

By STEVE PEOPLES Published OCTOBER 27, 2017 9:27 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A conservative website with strong ties to the Republican establishment first retained the firm that investigated Donald Trump’s past — and ultimately produced a dossier that alleged a compromised relationship between the president and the Kremlin.

The Washington Free Beacon on Friday confirmed it had originally funded research compiled by the firm Fusion GPS. But leaders from the Free Beacon, which is funded in large part by the Republican donor Paul Singer, insisted that none of the early research it received appears in the dossier released later in the year detailing explosive allegations, many uncorroborated, about Trump compiled by a former British spy.

“During the 2016 election cycle we retained Fusion GPS to provide research on multiple candidates in the Republican presidential primary, just as we retained other firms to assist in our research into Hillary Clinton,” wrote the site’s editor-in-chief, Matthew Continetti, and chairman Michael Goldfarb.

They continued: “The Free Beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the Steele dossier, did not pay for the dossier, and never had contact with, knowledge of, or provided payment for any work performed by Christopher Steele.”

Earlier in the week, reports revealed that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee continued funding Fusion’s work after the original GOP source lost interest.


snip - more to read at the link above. Original funding Source of the pee-gate document work.

[emulatorloo]

1. Kick and Rec

I think FreeBeacon knew more than they're claiming to know.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Paul Singer was the money bag behind the

original Dossier as per MSNBC. Wow,talk about a true dirty trickster.