Posted on 10/24/2017 3:50:36 PM PDT by kristinn
The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said.
Marc E. 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.
Elias and his law firm, Perkins Coie, retained the firm in April 2016 on behalf of the Clinton campaign and the DNC. Prior to that agreement, Fusion GPS’s research into Trump was funded by a still unknown Republican client during the GOP primary.
The Clinton campaign and the DNC through the law firm continued to fund Fusion GPS’s research through the end of October 2016, days before Election Day.
Fusion GPS gave Steele’s 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 weren’t informed of Fusion GPS’s role by the law firm.
The dossier has become a lightning rod amid the intensifying investigations into the Trump campaign’s possible connections to Russia. Some congressional Republican leaders have spent months trying to discredit Fusion GPS and Steele, and tried to determine the identity of the Democrat or organization that paid for it.
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Elias and Fusion GPS declined to comment on the arrangement.
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two days before jfk final docs release day
Probably Jeb during the primaries.
McCain was used later by the Clintons and Comey later to an FBI investigation.
Probably Jeb during the primaries.
McCain was used later by the Clintons and Comey to initiate an FBI investigation using the dossier.
So, if they "helped" fund it that implies that they didn't pay for ALL of it. Who paid for the rest of it? The FBI? the GOP? Who?
IIRC, the one with the stick was a Democrat. After this incident, members took to carrying pistols and Bowie knives on the floor of the House and Senate.
And today is only Tuesday.
Clock ran out for McLettuce to switch to the RAT party.
What will tomorrow bring?
two days before jfk final docs release day
Did Trump put the squeeze on Bezos,,,,,?
NDA voided and the witness gets to sing.
Interesting Times we live in..
Maybe Putin struck a deal where in the future the Clintons had to spend some of the Foundation bribe money to act in co-collusion in derailing a true ‘dissident’ like Trump hence the dossier..
He saw the direction our country was heading, even more corrupt than his own, rolled the dice,, but then Hillary literally imploded, lost a crucial election and now he ends up with egg on his face.. again.. but.. he got the uranium. Or did he?
The “catch...” is that the Neo-Marxist realize now that it is time to dispatch the Clintoons to the dustbin of history.
They are a liability now, to their plans of Socialism for all.
I’m sure that Soros has something to do with this.
The head of CIA department that deals with the Washington Post has changed hands(At least for 10 minutes)???????
"REPRESENTATIVE PRESTON BROOKS of South Carolina thought Sumner went too far. Southerners in the nineteenth century were raised to live by an unwritten code of honor. Defending the reputation of one's family was at the top of the list. A distant cousin of Senator Butler, Brooks decided to teach Charles Sumner a lesson he would not soon forget. Two days after the end of Sumner's speech, Brooks entered the Senate chamber where Sumner was working at his desk. He flatly told Sumner, "You've libeled my state and slandered my white-haired old relative, Senator Butler, and I've come to punish you for it." Brooks proceeded to strike Sumner over the head repeatedly with a gold-tipped cane. The cane shattered as Brooks rained blow after blow on the hapless Sumner, but Brooks could not be stopped. Only after being physically restrained by others did Brooks end the pummeling."
Tucker Carlson is breaking news tonight.
Has a Source that was a top guy at Tony Podesta’s firm.
Says the media has the entire story backwards.
It’s HRC/Obama that colluded
Let’s Void The CIA Annex 40 staff NDAs, too! Spread the pain.
I agree. Think of the Fusion GPS Dossier as Monica Lewinsky. The Uranium One stuff is Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick, Chinagate and all the rest of what was incriminating.
I learned a LONG time ago whenever Democrats accuse YOU of doing something its because THEY did it themselves
So true!
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