Its Official: Clinton Campaign Tied to Russian "Dossier"

[whell]

The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said.

Marc Elias, a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained Fusion GPS, a Washington, D.C., firm, to conduct the research. Fusion GPS hired dossier author Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer with ties to the FBI and the U.S. intelligence community.

Elias and his law firm, Seattle-based Perkins Coie, retained the firm in April 2016 on behalf of the Clinton campaign and the DNC. Before that agreement, Fusion GPS’ research into Trump was funded by a still unknown Republican client during the GOP primary.

The Clinton campaign and the DNC, through the law firm, continued to fund Fusion GPS’ research through the end of October 2016, days before Election Day.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-...sia-and-trump/

The entire "Russian collusion" angle is nothing more than Clinton / DNC bull shit that started as a way to undermine the Trump campaign. It has now morphed into political cover for the Clintons and the DNC to excuse their "unexpected" loss in the 2016 election.

If there was any "Russian collusion", it more likely was between the Clinton State Dept and Russian interests, with the Clinton Foundation as the money-laundering operation.

Oh, and remember a week or so ago when Trump was skewered by the media for suggesting that the FBI paid Steele? From the linked article:

After the election, the FBI agreed to pay Steele to continue gathering intelligence, but the bureau pulled out of the arrangement after Steele was publicly identified.

[finnbow]

Opposition research is normal in political campaigns and this oppo research started with funding by the GOP. Even Trump and his son both supported going to a room in Trump Tower to have Russians help them directly with oppo research against Hillary. Above all, any oppo research that shows that Trump and his minions are beholden to Russian interests is good oppo research. I, for one, am not particularly happy about having a Russian apparatchik as President.

That said, I'm fine with Hillary or any of her people being investigated/prosecuted for any crimes they committed, as I am with Trump and his minions. Paying for oppo research by an American firm isn't illegal though. Accepting it as a quid pro quo from the Russian government for changing American foreign policy is (as the Trumps did), however.

[Chicks]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz. Another non-issue for the right wingnuts like Whell to whine about. Mommy, mommy! Hillary tried to find the truth about Donny! Wahhhhh!

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Chicks

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz. Another non-issue for the right wingnuts like Whell to whine about. Mommy, mommy! Hillary tried to find the truth about Donny! Wahhhhh!

Meanwhile, Manafort and the Kushner companies are the subject of new money-laundering probes.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...ing-probe.html

[Chicks]

[Pio1980]

So what if they did? So it produced results.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

So what if they did? So it produced results.

Indeed. The issue is not who paid for (the perfectly legal and bi-partisan funded) opposition research against Trump, a guy with obvious shady ties to Russia. The issue is what findings in the dossier are true (and reportedly many have been thus far corroborated). Trump and his minions are using this as yet another smokescreen.

[bobabode]

Poor Whell has been listening to Sean Hannity's conniption fits, again.

[Chicks]

This is going to leave Rush in a bit of a quandary. I mean, the “drive by” media are soooo biased, they NEVER report anything that might be construed as negative against the “left”, right? How will Rush ‘splain this to his idiot listeners, including Whell?

[finnbow]

Donnie Dotard tweeted:

“Clinton campaign and DNC paid for research that led to the anti-Trump Fake News Dossier. The victim here is the president.”

Poor baby.