| − | In April 2016 ''[[The Washington Free Beacon]]'' dropped FusionGPS whom they hired to do opposition research on Donald Trump. Two weeks later DNC General Counsel [[Marc E. Elias]] of [[Perkins Coie]] hired FusionGPS for their clients, the [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign]] and [[Democratic National Committee]].<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> Through FusionGPS, the Clinton campaign and DNC paid Russians for dirt on Donald Trump. None of the work Fusion did for the ''Free Beacon'' was related to Russia or the false allegations of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>"none of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the Steele dossier. The Free Beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the Steele dossier, did not pay for the dossier, and never had contact with, knowledge of, or provided payment for any work performed by Christopher Steele. Nor did we have any knowledge of the relationship between Fusion GPS and the Democratic National Committee, Perkins Coie, and the Clinton campaign." http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-free-beacon-responds-to-report-it-funded-fusion-gps-anti-trump-opposition-effort/article/2638855</ref><ref>http://truepundit.com/new-evidence-shows-mccain-helped-fund-fbi-plot-to-frame-trump-backed-bogus-russian-trump-dossier/</ref> | + | In April 2016 ''[[The Washington Free Beacon]]'' dropped FusionGPS whom they hired to do opposition research on Donald Trump. Two weeks later DNC General Counsel [[Marc E. Elias]] of [[Perkins Coie]] hired FusionGPS for their clients, the [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign]] and [[Democratic National Committee]].<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> Through FusionGPS, the Clinton campaign and DNC paid Russians for dirt on Donald Trump. None of the work Fusion did for the ''Free Beacon'' was related to Russia or the false allegations of the ''[[Steele dossier]]''.<ref>"none of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the Steele dossier. The Free Beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the Steele dossier, did not pay for the dossier, and never had contact with, knowledge of, or provided payment for any work performed by Christopher Steele. Nor did we have any knowledge of the relationship between Fusion GPS and the Democratic National Committee, Perkins Coie, and the Clinton campaign." http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-free-beacon-responds-to-report-it-funded-fusion-gps-anti-trump-opposition-effort/article/2638855</ref><ref>http://truepundit.com/new-evidence-shows-mccain-helped-fund-fbi-plot-to-frame-trump-backed-bogus-russian-trump-dossier/</ref> |
| − | On October 24, 2017 the ''[[Washington Post]]'' finally could no longer disguise the facts: the ''Steele dossier'' was opposition research paid for by the Clinton campaign and DNC.<ref>"Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about President Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin...The Clinton campaign paid [[Perkins Coie]] $5.6 million in legal fees from June 2015 to December 2016, according to campaign finance records, and the DNC paid the firm $3.6 million in “legal and compliance consulting’’ since November 2015." 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=.458088f4d37c</ref><ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/10/24/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-russia-dossier/WfYqXZf9lvbL5ujqnpp2FJ/story.html</ref> Christopher Steele took some of the money and paid Russians for information. The Russians were glad to take their money and tell them whatever they wanted to hear. In effect, ''both'' the Clinton campaign ''and'' the FBI paid Russia for dirt on Donald Trump.<ref>"Steele's dossier does include information it says was obtained from "a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure and a former top level Russian intelligence officer still active inside the Kremlin." In other words, the '''Clinton camp and the DNC were essentially paying for information allegedly obtained from inside the Russian government'''." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/25/the-clinton-camp-and-the-dnc-helped-pay-for-that-trump-russia-dossier-heres-what-it-means/?utm_term=.44ba2d3fe34b</ref> The [[hoax]] was exposed: the Clinton campaign, Obama FBI, and Democratic Party ALL colluded with Russia to meddle in an election and [[subversion|subvert]] [[democracy]]. | + | On October 24, 2017 the ''[[Washington Post]]'' finally could no longer disguise the facts: the ''Steele dossier'' was opposition research paid for by the Clinton campaign and DNC.<ref>"Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about President Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin...The Clinton campaign paid [[Perkins Coie]] $5.6 million in legal fees from June 2015 to December 2016, according to campaign finance records, and the DNC paid the firm $3.6 million in “legal and compliance consulting’’ since November 2015." 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=.458088f4d37c</ref><ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/10/24/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-russia-dossier/WfYqXZf9lvbL5ujqnpp2FJ/story.html</ref> [[Christopher Steele]] took some of the money and paid Russians for information. The Russians were glad to take their money and tell them whatever they wanted to hear. In effect, ''both'' the Clinton campaign ''and'' the FBI paid Russia for dirt on Donald Trump.<ref>"Steele's dossier does include information it says was obtained from "a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure and a former top level Russian intelligence officer still active inside the Kremlin." In other words, the '''Clinton camp and the DNC were essentially paying for information allegedly obtained from inside the Russian government'''." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/25/the-clinton-camp-and-the-dnc-helped-pay-for-that-trump-russia-dossier-heres-what-it-means/?utm_term=.44ba2d3fe34b</ref> The [[hoax]] was exposed: the Clinton campaign, Obama FBI, and Democratic Party ALL colluded with Russia to meddle in an election and [[subversion|subvert]] [[democracy]]. |
| | The scandal didn't stop there; the Obama FBI and [[Department of Justice]] willfully and knowingly lied to the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]] with cooked evidence to secure [[surveillance]] on the Trump team. | | The scandal didn't stop there; the Obama FBI and [[Department of Justice]] willfully and knowingly lied to the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]] with cooked evidence to secure [[surveillance]] on the Trump team. |