"Hillary Clinton always denied it, the Democrats always denied it," he added. "Well I think it's very sad what they've done with this fake dossier," Mr. Trump called the development a "disgrace." On Wednesday, speaking to reporters outside the White House, Mr. And he said that Republicans pouncing on the dossier story were in for a "self-own" when information about the Republican who hired Fusion GPS during the primary emerges. 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- Brian Fallon October 25, 2017įallon went on to defend Elias as the "best election lawyer" and "best voting rights lawyer" in the U.S.
The DNC also paid the firm $3.6 million in "legal and compliance consulting" fees from November 2015 onwards, but the same question of how much related to Fusion GPS applies. But it's impossible to say how much of that related to research for the dossier, and how much related to other work. According to campaign finance records obtained by The Washington Post, Clinton's campaign paid Perkins Coie $5.6 million in legal fees from June 2015 to December 2016. It's unclear how much the DNC and Clinton's campaign paid toward the research. By its terms, the engagement concluded prior to the November 2016 presidential election." To assist in its representation of the DNC and Hillary for America, Perkins Coie engaged Fusion GPS in April of 2016, to perform a variety of research services during the 2016 election cycle. ("Hillary for America") with respect to the 2016 elections, expressed interest in an engagement with the firm in connection with the 2016 presidential election to continue research regarding then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, research that Fusion GPS had conducted for one or more other clients during the Republican primary contest. "Fusion GPS approached Perkins-Coie in early March of 2016 and, aware that Perkins Coie represented the Democratic National Committee ("DNC") and HFACC, Inc.
One passage of the letter from Pekins Coie to William W. Trump that Fusion had already been conducting for clients during the GOP primaries. Who paid for it, Russia, the FBI or the Dems (or all)?" the president wrote.A letter obtained by CBS News shows Fusion expressed interest in engaging with Perkins Coie in connection with research about Mr. "Workers of firm involved with the discredited and Fake Dossier take the 5th. Two days earlier, he mused publicly on Twitter that Democrats may have funded the research. On Saturday, Trump tweeted that the Justice Department and FBI "should immediately release who paid for it." Trump has branded the dossier - which contains salacious, and partially unconfirmed, political, financial and sexual allegations - as "fake news." The 35-page political research dossier, prepared by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, has become central to congressional probes into Russian interference in the 2016 US elections.
That Republican's identity is not yet known.įusion GPS has asked that a federal judge to block a House Intelligence Committee request to gain access to the company's bank records, saying it would violate its constitutional rights. The payments continued until just days before the November 2016 election.Įven before that deal, Fusion GPS's research into Trump was funded by a rival in the Republican presidential primary election. In April 2016, lawyer Marc Elias, working on behalf of the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained Washington firm Fusion GPS to examine Trump's Russia links, according to the report.
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped pay for research that went into a salacious dossier on Donald Trump's alleged campaign ties to Russia, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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