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Bill Kristol’s Son-in-Law: I Hired Fusion GPS in Primary
PoliZette ^ | Updated 29 Oct 2017 at 10:54 AM | Margaret Menge |

Posted on 10/29/2017 4:16:30 PM PDT by Eddie01

A news website funded by hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer says it contracted the firm to research 'multiple candidates'

Matthew Continetti, the editor of the neoconservative website Washington Free Beacon, wrote in a letter posted online just after 7 p.m. on Friday that the Free Beacon hired Fusion GPS during the Republican primary to do research on Republican candidates. That research kicked off what became known as the “dossier” used to smear Donald Trump.

The Washington Free Beacon is funded by New York hedge fund manager Paul Singer, who backed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in the Republican primary, and was vigorously opposed to Donald Trump.

Continetti is the 36-year-old editor-in-chief. He started the website with Michael Goldfarb after marrying the daughter of Never-Trumper Bill Kristol. Goldfarb previously worked for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

The letter signed by Continetti starts off by saying that the Free Beacon has regularly retained "third-party firms" to conduct research since its founding in 2012 — a declaration that most people working in journalism would find odd, even bewildering, given that research is at the core of what journalists do and so is not normally contracted out, and given the cost of such outsourcing. Fusion GPS was reportedly paid $9 million for the opposition research on Trump that it produced in the general election for the DNC and the Clinton campaign.

"Since its launch in February of 2012, the Washington Free Beacon has retained third-party firms to conduct research on many individuals and institutions of interest to us and our readers. In that capacity, 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. All of the work that Fusion GPS provided to the Free Beacon was based on public sources, and none of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the Steele dossier. 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. Nor did we have any knowledge of the relationship between Fusion GPS and the Democratic National Committee, Perkins Coie, and the Clinton campaign."

Continetti goes on to write that representatives of the Free Beacon contacted the House Intelligence Committee on Friday and offered to answer questions about Fusion GPS, a controversial firm founded by three former employees of the Wall Street Journal.

"They get paid to destroy people," Venezuelan human rights activist Thor Halvorssen said on "Fox & Friends" this week, referring to his personal experience with the firm when he tried to expose corruption in U.S. companies operating in Venezuela.

Continetti ended the letter by defending the hiring of Fusion GPS.

"But to be clear: We stand by our reporting, and we do not apologize for our methods," he wrote. "We consider it our duty to report verifiable information, not falsehoods or slander, and we believe that commitment has been well demonstrated by the quality of the journalism that we produce. The First Amendment guarantees our right to engage in news-gathering as we see fit, and we intend to continue doing just that as we have since the day we launched this project."

Roger Stone: Marco Rubio Donor Paid Fusion GPS in Primary

Longtime GOP operative and friend of the president says Paul Singer was the 'money man' responsible for the dossier's origins.

Legendary political operative Roger Stone reported on Wednesday that it was Singer who had paid for the dossier, though he did not mention the Washington Free Beacon or Continetti.

Singer and his company, Elliott Management Corp., contributed more than $5 million to the presidential campaign of Marco Rubio in 2016. But when contacted by LifeZette on Friday morning, Rubio's Washington office said the senator and his staff do not know who had paid for Fusion GPS' work during the primary campaign.

In the general election, Fusion GPS subcontracted with a firm run by a former British spy, Christopher Steele, to research Trump's connections to Russia. This research resulted in the "Steele dossier" — a collection of memos that contain many unverified claims. Steele did not travel to Russia himself, but obtained the information third- or fourth-hand, working from an office in the United Kingdom.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016gopprimary; continetti; dossier; freebeacon; fusiongps; halvorssen; kristol; kristolsil; paulsinger; squirrel; stone; thorhalvorssen
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To: af_vet_1981

Nope not him ... I just can’t believe you are getting on your high horse about what the guy said and also call him out on his religious background.


41 posted on 10/29/2017 5:24:46 PM PDT by terart
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

This is why many of us don’t give a damn about the so-called “leading conservatives” and their propaganda outlets such as National Review and WFB.


42 posted on 10/29/2017 5:29:48 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: af_vet_1981

Ummm...

Is he wearing lipstick in that photo?


43 posted on 10/29/2017 5:33:47 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
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To: terart
Nope not him ... I just can’t believe you are getting on your high horse about what the guy said and also call him out on his religious background.

What religious background ? Apparently I mistook him for another. No everyone who posts here is a Christian.

This is no requirement that one be holy to post. That is a requirement for the people of God.
44 posted on 10/29/2017 5:36:34 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981

You posted the pic of Kristol’s ugly daughter and husband with the
big hooker lips and nose.

If you did not like my comment, either don’t post the pic
or ask the moderator to remove my comment.


45 posted on 10/29/2017 5:38:02 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: tennmountainman
If you did not like my comment, either don’t post the pic or ask the moderator to remove my comment.

No; I would rather shine a light of truth on the ugly comment in your post. Neither Bill Kristol's daughter, nor her husband Matthew, are ugly. I do not agree with Matthew's political tactics, nor his father in law's. The photo establishes the in law relationship between Matthew and Bill Kristol, nothing more.
46 posted on 10/29/2017 5:46:21 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: chris37

I filed this complaint to the DOJIG. make a copy and file it with the DOJ.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B98gBgsg4VB3YjB3c3Z2dFFqMEE


47 posted on 10/29/2017 5:48:54 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (spooks won on day 76)
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To: Eddie01
"Continetti is the 36-year-old editor-in-chief. He started the website with Michael Goldfarb after marrying the daughter of Never-Trumper Bill Kristol. Goldfarb previously worked for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)."

I am sure these 30 somethings are marvelous, however why partake in these careers and become part of the beltways incestuous cabal? Where are the parents to say no, choose Accounting/ CPA, Engineering, Medicine and or all it's sub/Careers, anything but politics.

48 posted on 10/29/2017 5:52:11 PM PDT by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry of Men!....)
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To: af_vet_1981

Shine the light brother. Shine the light.
Although I did speculate about what he did with his big lips.
I stand behind the comment of the pic that they are both ugly,
at least in my eyes. That’s my opinion and I am sticking with it.


49 posted on 10/29/2017 6:01:55 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: Ann Archy
Goldfarb previously worked for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

probably 'splains McCain eventually having the dossier.
No way shape or form does Goldfarb not tell McCain.
50 posted on 10/29/2017 6:06:07 PM PDT by stylin19a (Best.Election.Ever)
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To: Eddie01

Even Rinos will fall on their swords for the Clintons.


51 posted on 10/29/2017 6:19:46 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: Eddie01
So Free Beacon just has 9 million laying around ?

John McCain...Sounds familiar as a guy with a huge hard on for President Trump.

Little Marco.

All these people are dirty and scared to death the Trump is going to expose them !

52 posted on 10/29/2017 6:24:22 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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To: af_vet_1981
Neither Bill Kristol's daughter, nor her husband Matthew, are ugly.

Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

53 posted on 10/29/2017 6:26:50 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

I UNliked WFBeacon on FB.


54 posted on 10/29/2017 6:35:09 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Newbomb Turk

Trump has everything he needs to knock out the communists.

He moves in a calculated fashion. I trust him with this information.


55 posted on 10/29/2017 6:55:56 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Eddie01
...saying that the Free Beacon has regularly retained "third-party firms" to conduct research since its founding in 2012 — a declaration that most people working in journalism would find odd, even bewildering, given that research is at the core of what journalists do and so is not normally contracted out, and given the cost of such outsourcing. ..

In short, the Free Beacon buys their dirt. How charming... more money than brains and zero ethics...

56 posted on 10/29/2017 7:05:53 PM PDT by GOPJ (Fake hate crimes against traditional Americans: http://fakehatecrimes.org/)
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To: Eddie01
Continetti is the 36-year-old editor-in-chief. ...saying that the Free Beacon has regularly retained "third-party firms" to conduct research since its founding in 2012 — a declaration that most people working in journalism would find odd, even bewildering, given that research is at the core of what journalists do and so is not normally contracted out, and given the cost of such outsourcing. ..

In short, the Free Beacon buys their dirt. How charming... more money than brains and zero ethics... Calling Continette an 'editor in chief is an insult to every editor on the planet...

57 posted on 10/29/2017 7:09:04 PM PDT by GOPJ (Fake hate crimes against traditional Americans: http://fakehatecrimes.org/)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler
This is the narrative that the MSM will spin to exonerate Hillary and the DNC.

Yes. This is a diversion to allow the MSM to cover the story - while blaming Republicans - AND get Republicans fighting among themselves.

From a dem standpoint - it's a TWO-FER.

58 posted on 10/29/2017 7:34:55 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Eddie01

And the Obama Birth Cert issue was started by Hillary in the primary.


59 posted on 10/29/2017 7:35:33 PM PDT by TankerKC (If Mitt Romney is elected, everyone in the US will die!)
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To: rmlew
Matthew Continetti is someone who cares about ideology, but puts good journalism above ideology.

"Good journalism" doesn't square with the hiring of a firm like Fusion GPS.

60 posted on 10/29/2017 7:36:27 PM PDT by kabar
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