Clinton Campaign, DNC Paid for Research that Led to Russia Dossier

The Washington Post ^ | 6:21 p.m. EDT Tuesday, October 24, 2017 | Adam Entous, Devlin Barrett and Rosalind S. Helderman

[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.

[kristinn]

More at the source link.

[RooRoobird20]

My my my.........

[lapsus calami]

 

 

And in the Washington ComPost of all places - okay, what's the catch......

 

 

[dirtboy]

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.

Captain Obvious, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

[dirtboy]

And in the Washington ComPost of all places - okay, what's the catch......

Maybe the Clintons have become too big a liability to the Deep State.

[ClearCase_guy]

When they say “the Hillary campaign”, they mean John McCain, right?

[mazda77]

Who are they protecting now is the question.

[Chuckster]

That top won’t spin

[apocalypto]

bump

[conservative98]

That only makes it sweeter.

[Ann Archy]

Pinch me....I thought it was Friday Night!!!

[Mercat]

Well, they say it was a Republican during the primary.

[Chuckster]

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.

Taking bets...

[mandaladon]

People involved in the matter said they would not disclose the dollar-amounts paid to Fusion GPS, but said the campaign and the DNC shared the cost.~~~~~~~~~~This is no surprise...

[Parley Baer]

“Prior to that agreement, Fusion GPS’s research into Trump was funded by a still unknown Republican client during the GOP primary.”

John McCain???

[grey_whiskers]

Pardon my French and all that, kristinn, but wtf?

Not about the news, I mean; about the fact that the Washington Compost *published* it.

[juggernaut]

Uh Oh........

[Parley Baer]

Karl Rove and Company.

[grey_whiskers]

My guess is, Jeb?, and/or Soros, and/or the Bamster.

[be-baw]

Probably Jeb.