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| | + | 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. |
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| | + | 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. 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. |
| | [[File:Obama-plouffe-2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Obama and one of his reliable henchmen, David Plouffe. Plouffe was urging action against Donald Trump even before Trump was nominated.]] | | [[File:Obama-plouffe-2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Obama and one of his reliable henchmen, David Plouffe. Plouffe was urging action against Donald Trump even before Trump was nominated.]] |
| − | 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. 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.
| + | FusionGPS then hired Christopher Steele, a former British Intelligence Officer, of Orbis Business Intelligence (Steele's London-based firm) to begin compiling anti-Trump "Dossier" showing ties between Trump and Russia. Steele disclosed this and his period of employment with FusionGPS (12 Jun 2016 through 30 Oct 2016) in later court filings stemming from a lawsuit against him and his "Dossier."<ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/how-the-explosive-russian-dossier-was-compiled-christopher-steele</ref> |
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| − | FusionGPS hired Christopher Steele, a former British Intelligence Officer, of Orbis Business Intelligence (Steele's London-based firm) to begin compiling anti-Trump "Dossier" showing ties between Trump and Russia. Steele disclosed this and his period of employment with FusionGPS (12 Jun 2016 through 30 Oct 2016) in later court filings stemming from a lawsuit against him and his "Dossier."<ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/how-the-explosive-russian-dossier-was-compiled-christopher-steele</ref> | |
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| | Throughout July, August, and Sept 2016 Fusion GPS was paying journalists from the ''New York Times'', ABC, NBC, ''Washington Post'' and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shopping the fake ''Steele dossier'' to them. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref> | | Throughout July, August, and Sept 2016 Fusion GPS was paying journalists from the ''New York Times'', ABC, NBC, ''Washington Post'' and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shopping the fake ''Steele dossier'' to them. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref> |