Posted on 11/02/2017 7:18:20 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Hillary Clinton DEFENDS paying for the Steele dossier into Trump and says it's not the same as working with Russians to influence the election
Hillary Clinton was on The Daily Show when Trevor Noah asked about dossier
Clinton defended herself, saying 'of course' there is a difference between paying for that information and colluding with Russia to influence the election
She described the dossier as 'opposition research' and pointed out that it was not made public during the campaign
However, she said the public should have known the FBI started investigating Trump's ties to Russia in summer 2016
Hillary Clinton has defended her campaign for paying for the infamous Steele dossier into Donald Trump.
The former presidential candidate told Trevor Noah on the Daily Show that 'of course' there is a difference between paying for that information and colluding with Russia to influence the 2016 election.
Clinton said the dossier was simply 'opposition research' and pointed to the fact that it was not public knowledge during the election. But she added that the public should have been aware that the FBI started investigating Trump's ties to Russia in the summer of 2016.
Clinton has previously blamed her election loss on the fact that James Comey reopened the FBI investigation into her emails and made that fact public.
In her book What Happened, Clinton accused the former FBI director of 'shivving' her over the emails and causing a drop in the polls.
Speaking about the dossier, Clinton said: 'It was research that started by a Republican donor during the primary, and then when Trump got the nomination for the Republican Party, the people doing it came to my campaign lawyer [Marc Elias] and said, "would you like us to continue it?"
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Apt verbiage.
Nope.
Run her again. Third times a charm, right? LOL
Trump Tower was “wired” before and during the general election.
I’d wager she had something to do with it.
5.56mm
What is with this evil cow’s wardrobe? First Mao jackets, then Dr. Evil pantsuits, and now Turkish rugs. What’s next- Mexican black velvet Elvis paintings?
Who knows what is in that “cast”??
That is screen saver worthy!
She’s large.
Would she file the complaint with FEC?
Ohhhhhhh.
Impossible, she's on record as saying she didn't know about having paid for it. #lyinghitlery Thanks COUNTrecount.
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