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==The Democracy Integrity Project==

==The Democracy Integrity Project==

{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}

{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}

[[The Democracy Integrity Project]] (TDIP), was a multimillion-dollar stealth organization launched in late January 2017, just days after [[President Donald Trump]]'s inauguration, that provided a daily "research" bulletin known as "TDIP Research" to recognizable Washington journalists, and congressional staff members, to keep the Russia "collusion" hoax alive.  TDIP is funded by [[Rob Reiner]],<ref>Sarah Lee | ''Red State'', Rob Reiner’s Role in Russia Collusion Smear, https://www.redstate.com/slee/2019/03/21/rob-reiners-role-russia-collusion-smear/, March 21, 2019</ref> [[Tom Steyer]], [[George Soros]],<ref>''New York Times'', How Vilification of George Soros Moved From the Fringes to the Mainstream, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/politics/george-soros-bombs-trump.html, October 31, 2018</ref><ref>Chuck Ross | ''The Daily Caller'', Soros Has Given $1 Million To Group Linked To Fusion GPS For Trump-Russia Investigation, https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/31/george-soros-fusion-gps-trump-funding/, October 31, 2018</ref> 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."  The nonprofit, 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, ''Fund for a Better Future'' (FBF),<ref>Fund for a Better Future | About Us, http://fundforabetterfuture.org/</ref> donated $2,065,000 to TDIP in 2017.<ref>Georgette | Conservative Daily Post, 'Shadow Media's' Dark Money Funded $2 Million To 'Investigate' Donald Trump, https://conservativedailypost.com/shadow-medias-dark-money-funded-2-million-to-investigate-donald-trump/, March 11, 2019</ref>

[[The Democracy Integrity Project]] (TDIP), was a multimillion-dollar stealth organization launched in late January 2017, just days after [[President Donald Trump]]'s inauguration, that provided a daily "research" bulletin known as "TDIP Research" to recognizable Washington journalists, and congressional staff members, to keep the Russia "collusion" hoax alive.  TDIP is funded by Rob Reiner,<ref>Sarah Lee | ''Red State'', Rob Reiner’s Role in Russia Collusion Smear, https://www.redstate.com/slee/2019/03/21/rob-reiners-role-russia-collusion-smear/, March 21, 2019</ref> [[Tom Steyer]], [[George Soros]],<ref>''New York Times'', How Vilification of George Soros Moved From the Fringes to the Mainstream, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/politics/george-soros-bombs-trump.html, October 31, 2018</ref><ref>Chuck Ross | ''The Daily Caller'', Soros Has Given $1 Million To Group Linked To Fusion GPS For Trump-Russia Investigation, https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/31/george-soros-fusion-gps-trump-funding/, October 31, 2018</ref> 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."  The nonprofit, 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, ''Fund for a Better Future'' (FBF),<ref>Fund for a Better Future | About Us, http://fundforabetterfuture.org/</ref> donated $2,065,000 to TDIP in 2017.<ref>Georgette | Conservative Daily Post, 'Shadow Media's' Dark Money Funded $2 Million To 'Investigate' Donald Trump, https://conservativedailypost.com/shadow-medias-dark-money-funded-2-million-to-investigate-donald-trump/, March 11, 2019</ref>

TDIP raised some $7 million mainly from Silicon Valley tech executives and hired computer researchers, as well as [[FusionGPS]] opposition researchers and [[Christopher Steele]], the foreign author of the discredited ''[[Steele dossier]]'', to “prove” the rumors in the dossier.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/23/biden_security_adviser_sullivan_tied_to_16_clinton_plan_to_co-opt_cia_and_fbi_to_tar_trump_795498.html</ref>  In March 2019, it was reported that [[Paul Sperry]] had exposed TDIP, which is essentially a "Trump-Russia 2.0: Dossier-Tied Firm Pitching Journalists Daily news on Collusion" spreading lies and fake news to keep the "Trump-Russian collusion" false news narrative alive in main stream media reporting.<ref name=20190320PSPerry>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><ref>''The Federalist'', Soros-Funded PR Shop Constructing Media Echo Chamber To Push Impeachment, https://thefederalist.com/2019/03/21/soros-funded-pr-shop-constructing-media-echo-chamber-push-impeachment/, March 21, 2019</ref>  As they sought new dirt on Trump, they fed their information to [[fake news]] [[media]] outlets, leading [[Democrat]]s on the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]], namely Sens. [[Mark Warner]] and [[Ron Wyden]], and the FBI.  

TDIP raised some $7 million mainly from Silicon Valley tech executives and hired computer researchers, as well as [[FusionGPS]] opposition researchers and [[Christopher Steele]], the foreign author of the discredited ''[[Steele dossier]]'', to “prove” the rumors in the dossier.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/23/biden_security_adviser_sullivan_tied_to_16_clinton_plan_to_co-opt_cia_and_fbi_to_tar_trump_795498.html</ref>  In March 2019, it was reported that [[Paul Sperry]] had exposed TDIP, which is essentially a "Trump-Russia 2.0: Dossier-Tied Firm Pitching Journalists Daily news on Collusion" spreading lies and fake news to keep the "Trump-Russian collusion" false news narrative alive in main stream media reporting.<ref name=20190320PSPerry>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><ref>''The Federalist'', Soros-Funded PR Shop Constructing Media Echo Chamber To Push Impeachment, https://thefederalist.com/2019/03/21/soros-funded-pr-shop-constructing-media-echo-chamber-push-impeachment/, March 21, 2019</ref>  As they sought new dirt on Trump, they fed their information to [[fake news]] [[media]] outlets, leading [[Democrat]]s on the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]], namely Sens. [[Mark Warner]] and [[Ron Wyden]], and the FBI.