Thanks for the back ground info.
But how can any of this be used against the Trump campaign?
I think the full story works in Trump’s favor, actually, because it shows Fusion GPS and allied forces in the U.S., British, and Ukranian intelligence communities were colluding with the Clinton campaign to promote a smear against Trump’s campaign. But as for how Trump’s enemies are trying to use the story, they’re trying to spin it as if Donald Trump, Jr. and Manafort were seeking dirt on Clinton from Russia via Natalia Veselnitskaya; this spin ignores the significance of Fusion GPS’ role in the affair—a role the NYT coverage of the story mentions briefly but buries in the fine print without elaborating on its implications.