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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, in which, FISA applications would cite published news reports that were leaked to the news media to gain credibility.<ref name=20190320PSPerry />

''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, in which, FISA applications would cite published news reports that were leaked to the news media to gain credibility.<ref name=20190320PSPerry />

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 registered TDIP as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization and claims it's mission is "non-partisan".<ref>WMD, Media being fed 'total B.S.' in multimillion-dollar stealth campaign, https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/media-being-fed-total-b-s-in-multimillion-dollar-stealth-campaign/, March 20, 2019</ref>  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]].<ref>Chuck Ross | ''The Daily Caller'', Meet The Board Of The Fusion GPS-Linked Group Investigating Trump, https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/12/democracy-integrity-trump-fusion/, December 12, 2018</ref> TDIP has been and continues to be used as a backup plan to impeach [[President Donald Trump]] if the [[Mueller investigation]] report failed to expose any wrongdoing.<ref name=20190320PSPerry />   

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 registered TDIP as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization and claims it's mission is "non-partisan".<ref>WMD, Media being fed 'total B.S.' in multimillion-dollar stealth campaign, https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/media-being-fed-total-b-s-in-multimillion-dollar-stealth-campaign/, March 20, 2019</ref>  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]].<ref>Chuck Ross | ''The Daily Caller'', Meet The Board Of The Fusion GPS-Linked Group Investigating Trump, https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/12/democracy-integrity-trump-fusion/, December 12, 2018</ref> TDIP has been and continues to be used as a backup plan to impeach [[President Donald Trump]] because the [[Mueller investigation]] report failed to expose any wrongdoing.<ref name=20190320PSPerry />   

TDIP is funded by [[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> [[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]], 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 is funded by [[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> [[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]], 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>