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Clinton campaign, DNC helped fund dossier research
Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that led to the now-infamous dossier of allegations about President Donald Trump and Russia, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
The source said the law firm Perkins Coie, as part of its representation of the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained the intelligence firm Fusion GPS and entered "into an engagement for research services that began in April 2016 and concluded before the election in early November."
The Washington Post was first to report the news Tuesday. {Poster comment: No other sources have been reporting this since February 2017}
The newspaper, citing people familiar with the matter, said a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC hired Fusion GPS, which in turn hired former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, whose research makes up the document. The Post said Perkins Coie lawyer Marc Elias retained the research firm in April 2016 as the GOP primary was winding down and Trump was increasingly likely to clinch his party's nomination.
CNN previously reported Fusion GPS's anti-Trump research was initially funded by anti-Trump Republicans during the GOP primaries, and Democrats began paying the research firm later on, after Trump became the presumptive nominee. The Washington Post reports that Fusion GPS hired Steele after the Democratic funding began and the general election picture grew clearer.
Brian Fallon, the Clinton campaign's national press secretary and now a CNN political contributor, tweeted Tuesday that he wasn't aware of the connection between the campaign and the dossier authored by Steele, but "if I had, I would have volunteered to go to Europe and try to help him."
"I have no idea what Fusion or Steele were paid but if even a shred of that dossier ends up helping Mueller, it will prove money well spent," he tweeted.
DNC communications director Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement Tuesday: "Tom Perez and the new leadership of the DNC were not involved in any decision-making regarding Fusion GPS, nor were they aware that Perkins Coie was working with the organization. But let's be clear, there is a serious federal investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, and the American public deserves to know what happened."
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday that the news of the Clinton campaign and DNC funding the dossier research was "the real Russia scandal."
"The real Russia scandal? Clinton campaign paid for the fake Russia dossier, then lied about it & covered it up," Sanders tweeted.
Clinton campaign, DNC helped fund Trump dossier research, report says - CNNPolitics
The real Russian collusion.
Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that led to the now-infamous dossier of allegations about President Donald Trump and Russia, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
The source said the law firm Perkins Coie, as part of its representation of the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained the intelligence firm Fusion GPS and entered "into an engagement for research services that began in April 2016 and concluded before the election in early November."
The Washington Post was first to report the news Tuesday. {Poster comment: No other sources have been reporting this since February 2017}
The newspaper, citing people familiar with the matter, said a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC hired Fusion GPS, which in turn hired former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, whose research makes up the document. The Post said Perkins Coie lawyer Marc Elias retained the research firm in April 2016 as the GOP primary was winding down and Trump was increasingly likely to clinch his party's nomination.
CNN previously reported Fusion GPS's anti-Trump research was initially funded by anti-Trump Republicans during the GOP primaries, and Democrats began paying the research firm later on, after Trump became the presumptive nominee. The Washington Post reports that Fusion GPS hired Steele after the Democratic funding began and the general election picture grew clearer.
Brian Fallon, the Clinton campaign's national press secretary and now a CNN political contributor, tweeted Tuesday that he wasn't aware of the connection between the campaign and the dossier authored by Steele, but "if I had, I would have volunteered to go to Europe and try to help him."
"I have no idea what Fusion or Steele were paid but if even a shred of that dossier ends up helping Mueller, it will prove money well spent," he tweeted.
DNC communications director Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement Tuesday: "Tom Perez and the new leadership of the DNC were not involved in any decision-making regarding Fusion GPS, nor were they aware that Perkins Coie was working with the organization. But let's be clear, there is a serious federal investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, and the American public deserves to know what happened."
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday that the news of the Clinton campaign and DNC funding the dossier research was "the real Russia scandal."
"The real Russia scandal? Clinton campaign paid for the fake Russia dossier, then lied about it & covered it up," Sanders tweeted.
Clinton campaign, DNC helped fund Trump dossier research, report says - CNNPolitics
The real Russian collusion.
