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''RealClearInvestigations'' revealed that the organization has been running an elaborate media-influence operation intent on driving and shaping daily coverage of the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, including the pushing of stories regarding Trump in the national main stream media, intending to tie the president or his associates to the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin.  TDIP then provides the same "research" to the FBI and congressional investigators and then informs news reporters that "authorities" are investigating those items.  Thus, mirroring a strategy federal authorities used to secure [[FISA]] warrants that were then used to spy on the Trump presidential campaign.  FISA applicantions would cite published news reports that were leaked to the news media to gain credibility.

''RealClearInvestigations'' revealed that the organization has been running an elaborate media-influence operation intent on driving and shaping daily coverage of the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, including the pushing of stories regarding Trump in the national main stream media, intending to tie the president or his associates to the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin.  TDIP then provides the same "research" to the FBI and congressional investigators and then informs news reporters that "authorities" are investigating those items.  Thus, mirroring a strategy federal authorities used to secure [[FISA]] warrants that were then used to spy on the Trump presidential campaign.  FISA applicantions would cite published news reports that were leaked to the news media to gain credibility.

TDIP was founded in and is run by former [[Senate Intelligence Committee]] (SSCI)  staffer [[Daniel J. Jones]], who is a former FBI investigator, Clinton administration volunteer and was on the staff of [[California]] Democratic Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]].  Jones and TDIP hired [[opposition research]] firm [[Fusion GPS]] and [[Christopher Steele]], author of the ''[[Steele dossier]]'', to continue anti-Trump research and [[fake news]] [[leak]]s to [[mainstream media]].  TDIP has been and continues to be used as a backup plan to impeach President Trump if the Mueller investigation report fails to expose any wrongdoing.  TDIP is funded by [[George Soros]], [[Rob Reiner]], [[Tom Steyer]], with further donations from social media outlets.  Reportedly, "Social media titans including the founders of Facebook, Twitter and Google are indirectly funding the project through donations funneled through a Silicon Valley foundation."

TDIP was founded and is run by former [[Senate Intelligence Committee]] (SSCI)  staffer [[Daniel J. Jones]], who is a former FBI investigator, Clinton administration volunteer and was on the staff of [[California]] Democratic Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]].  Jones and TDIP hired [[opposition research]] firm [[Fusion GPS]] and [[Christopher Steele]], author of the ''[[Steele dossier]]'', to continue anti-Trump research and [[fake news]] [[leak]]s to [[mainstream media]].  TDIP has been and continues to be used as a backup plan to impeach President Trump if the Mueller investigation report fails to expose any wrongdoing.  TDIP is funded by [[George Soros]], [[Rob Reiner]], [[Tom Steyer]], with further donations from social media outlets.  Reportedly, "Social media titans including the founders of Facebook, Twitter and Google are indirectly funding the project through donations funneled through a Silicon Valley foundation."

"TDIP Research" daily e-bulletin recipients include the print media ''New York Times'', ''Washington Post'', ''BuzzFeed'', ''Pro Publica'', and ''McClatchy'', and broadcast media outlets that include ''CNN'' and ''MSNBC''.<ref>Rush Limbaugh, Anti-Trump Forces Haven’t Given Up on the Russia Collusion Narrative, https://news.iheart.com/featured/rush-limbaugh/content/2019-03-20-anti-trump-forces-havent-given-up-on-the-russia-collusion-narrative/, March 20, 2019</ref><ref>Paul Sperry | Real Clear Investigations, Trump-Russia 2.0: Dossier-Tied Firm Pitching Journalists Daily on 'Collusion", http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3736082/posts, March 20, 2019</ref>

"TDIP Research" daily e-bulletin recipients include the print media ''New York Times'', ''Washington Post'', ''BuzzFeed'', ''Pro Publica'', and ''McClatchy'', and broadcast media outlets that include ''CNN'' and ''MSNBC''.<ref>Rush Limbaugh, Anti-Trump Forces Haven’t Given Up on the Russia Collusion Narrative, https://news.iheart.com/featured/rush-limbaugh/content/2019-03-20-anti-trump-forces-havent-given-up-on-the-russia-collusion-narrative/, March 20, 2019</ref><ref>Paul Sperry | Real Clear Investigations, Trump-Russia 2.0: Dossier-Tied Firm Pitching Journalists Daily on 'Collusion", http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3736082/posts, March 20, 2019</ref>