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==FusionGPS==

==FusionGPS==

FusionGPS was hired by BakerHostetler to investigate Bill Browder who helped push through the [[Magnitsky Act]], or Russia sanctions bill. Simpson, a founding partner of Fusion GPS, compiled the research for the anti-Browder project. He worked closely with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer. Denis Katsyv, a Russian businessman, and Prevezon sought to limit the impact of the Magnitsky Act sanctions. BakerHostetler, the law firm acting on behalf of Prevezon Holdings and its owner Katsyv, made a payment to FusionGPS on March 7, 2016, court records show. Through October 31, 2016 BakerHostetler paid FusionGPS $523,651.

FusionGPS was hired by BakerHostetler to investigate Bill Browder who helped push through the [[Magnitsky Act]], or Russia sanctions bill. Simpson, a founding partner of Fusion GPS, compiled the research for the anti-Browder project. He worked closely with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/News/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jr-russian-lawyer-steele-dossier-natalia-veselnitskaya-gps-fusion-a7834541.html</ref> Denis Katsyv, a Russian businessman, and Prevezon sought to limit the impact of the Magnitsky Act sanctions. BakerHostetler, the law firm acting on behalf of Prevezon Holdings and its owner Katsyv, made a payment to FusionGPS on March 7, 2016, court records show. Through October 31, 2016 BakerHostetler paid FusionGPS $523,651.

On March 15, 2016 FusionGPS's contract with the  Washington FreeBeacon terminated after [[Marco Rubio]] dropped out of the [[Republican]] primaries. FreeBeacon hired FusionGPS six months earlier on October 15, 2015 to perform opposition research on Donald Trump and other Republican candidates. None of the research done for FreeBeacon is related to the ''Steele dossier'' or Russia. Two weeks laters Hillary Clinton hired FusionGPS through various fronts, the Clinton presidential campaign and [[DNC]], whose financial affairs the Clinton campaign controlled.<ref>http://www.wbur.org/npr/561768006/book-reveals-clinton-campaign-effectively-controlled-dnc-as-early-as-2015 </ref> Clinton's personal lawyer, Mark  E. Elias, through the lawfirm of Perkins Coie were the designated payee. Additionally, Perkins Coie employs former Obama White House Chief Legal Counselor, Robert Bauer.<ref>Confessore, Scott Shane, Nicholas; Rosenberg, Matthew (11 January 2017). "How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump". The New York Times.</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.10bece00087f</ref> When Simpson was subpeaonaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee, Simpson claimed attorney-client privilege to cover-up the relationships.<ref>FusionGPS has in the past sheltered its clients’ true identities by filtering money through law firms or shell companies (Bean LLC and Kernel LLC). https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-paid-for-the-trump-dossier-1501193386</ref> Perkins Coie paid FusionGPS a total of $1,024,408 on behalf of Hillary Clinton for the bogus ''Steele dossier''. The dossier was passed off to mainstream journalists as an authentic [[KGB]] and used by the Obama Dept. of Justice to secure Foreign Intelligent Surveillance Act warrants against domestic opponents.

On March 15, 2016 FusionGPS's contract with the  Washington FreeBeacon terminated after [[Marco Rubio]] dropped out of the [[Republican]] primaries. FreeBeacon hired FusionGPS six months earlier on October 15, 2015 to perform opposition research on Donald Trump and other Republican candidates. None of the research done for FreeBeacon is related to the ''Steele dossier'' or Russia. Two weeks laters Hillary Clinton hired FusionGPS through various fronts, the Clinton presidential campaign and [[DNC]], whose financial affairs the Clinton campaign controlled.<ref>http://www.wbur.org/npr/561768006/book-reveals-clinton-campaign-effectively-controlled-dnc-as-early-as-2015 </ref> Clinton's personal lawyer, Mark  E. Elias, through the lawfirm of Perkins Coie were the designated payee. Additionally, Perkins Coie employs former Obama White House Chief Legal Counselor, Robert Bauer.<ref>Confessore, Scott Shane, Nicholas; Rosenberg, Matthew (11 January 2017). "How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump". The New York Times.</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.10bece00087f</ref> When Simpson was subpeaonaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee, Simpson claimed attorney-client privilege to cover-up the relationships.<ref>FusionGPS has in the past sheltered its clients’ true identities by filtering money through law firms or shell companies (Bean LLC and Kernel LLC). https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-paid-for-the-trump-dossier-1501193386</ref> Perkins Coie paid FusionGPS a total of $1,024,408 on behalf of Hillary Clinton for the bogus ''Steele dossier''. The dossier was passed off to mainstream journalists as an authentic [[KGB]] and used by the Obama Dept. of Justice to secure Foreign Intelligent Surveillance Act warrants against domestic opponents.