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Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier
Clinton’s campaign helped fund the research that led to the Russia dossier
The Washington Post’s Adam Entous looks at the role that Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the DNC played in funding the research that led to the Russia dossier.(Video: Bastien Inzaurralde, Patrick Martin/Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
By Adam Entous, Devlin Barrett and Rosalind S. HeldermanOctober 24
The 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, people familiar with the matter said.
Marc E. Elias, a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained Fusion GPS, a Washington firm, to conduct the research.
After that, Fusion GPS hired dossier author Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer with ties to the FBI and the U.S. intelligence community, according to those people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Elias and his law firm, Perkins Coie, retained the company in April 2016 on behalf of the Clinton campaign and the DNC. Before that agreement, Fusion GPS’s research into Trump was funded by an unknown Republican client during the GOP primary. |
