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You obviously didn’t read the lawsuit.

I skimmed it. You're right that I didn't read the whole thing (116 pages or whatever it was) with careful attention to detail.

Presumably, the lawsuit is bolstered by the knowledge that the Democrats paid Perkins Coie which paid Fusion GPS which paid Steele. But all of that was, as I pointed out, already known.

If you did slog through the whole complaint, I commend you. Perhaps you would enlighten us as to which allegations in it are bolstered by the addition of the question of how the Clinton campaign and the DNC characterized their payments in their FEC filings?

Bear in mind that there was no finding of wrongdoing. The FEC brought the accusation. The Democrats settled the proceeding and, as is customary in such cases, claimed that they were paying the money only to be rid of the bother, and that they were not admitting anything about whether the FEC's accusation was true. I don't know whether the settlement will even be admissible in Trump's lawsuit.