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Hillary Clinton is telling her side of the story of the now-infamous Donald Trump dossier. The former presidential candidate spoke to Trevor Noah on The Daily Show on Wednesday, days after news emerged that her campaign and the Democratic National Committee had helped pay for the dossier, a document that describes salacious ties between the Trump camp and the Russian government. In her conversation with Noah, Clinton defended her involement, making a point to distinguish between her campaign’s funding of the research and the alleged efforts of the Trump campaign “to influence the election” with the help of the Russians....

Hillary Clinton downplayed the money her campaign and the DNC paid to foreign agents to compile a dossier containing unsubstantiated smears against GOP nominee Donald Trump. “Of course there is [a difference between the paying for the dossier and Russian collusion],” Clinton told Comedy Central host Trevor Noah. Hillary bleated the Democratic talking point that the seedy “Trump dossier” was merely “opposition research.” She pointed out that the oppo research (that later spawned the dossier) was originally launched by Never-Trumper Republicans at the Washington Free Beacon.

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...

Russian government hackers penetrated DNC, stole opposition research on Trump By Ellen Nakashima June 14 at 11:30 AM Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to committee officials and security experts who responded to the breach. The intruders so thoroughly compromised the DNC’s system they also were able to read all e-mail and chat traffic, said DNC officials and the security experts. The intrusion into the DNC was one of several targeting American political organizations. The networks of...

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NEW YORK – Imagine going to work each day and hearing people call your mother a Nazi. Nazi Pelosi. Alexandra Pelosi, the filmmaker daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, heard it frequently last fall in speeches meant to fire up the crowds at McCain-Palin campaign rallies. She attended many such events to make a film about the people who attended, those who fought against a Barack Obama presidency. "Right America, Feeling Wronged," debuts Monday at 8 p.m. EST on HBO. The work wasn't easy. Pelosi was spat upon at the Iowa State Fair, leading her to enlist her husband as...