Remember Fusion GPS? That's the firm that compiled the famous Trump Dossier at the behest of Hillary Clinton and the Democrat National Committee. Fusion GPS was paid about 12 million dollars and it used some of that money to buy information made up by the Russians to discredit Trump. There's more information about Fusion's activities, however, in an affidavit put into court by the deputy counsel of the House Select Committee. Here are a few of the important items disclosed:
1. Fusion GPS acted as an agent for Russian interests but never registered as a Russian agent. So let's stop right here for just a moment. That fact means that Clinton and the Democrats worked together with an actual Russian agent on the campaign. That's something that the Democrats constantly accuse the Trump campaign of doing but never seem to find any evidence of it. The collusion with Russia, to the extent there was any, was done by the Democrats, not the Trump campaign.
2. Fusion GPS didn't just compile the dossier. It also made payments to journalists, something for which the House Committee is seeking relevant bank records. We do not yet know the names of the journalists on the payroll of this unregistered Russian agent, but it's probably safe to say that these journalists supported Clinton. The DNC and Clinton wouldn't have paid Fusion to funnel money to journalists who opposed them.
3. There are also companies that paid Fusion alongside the DNC and Clinton campaign. Since we are talking about political activities by Fusion, these payments would be political contributions in kind by corporations to the Clinton campaign. Such contributions could be illegal for a whole host of reasons. We need to know which companies made the contributions and how much they were. We also need to know what the funds were used for.
These are just glimpses into the inside of the House investigation. They don't look good for the Democrats and Clinton, however.
1. Fusion GPS acted as an agent for Russian interests but never registered as a Russian agent. So let's stop right here for just a moment. That fact means that Clinton and the Democrats worked together with an actual Russian agent on the campaign. That's something that the Democrats constantly accuse the Trump campaign of doing but never seem to find any evidence of it. The collusion with Russia, to the extent there was any, was done by the Democrats, not the Trump campaign.
2. Fusion GPS didn't just compile the dossier. It also made payments to journalists, something for which the House Committee is seeking relevant bank records. We do not yet know the names of the journalists on the payroll of this unregistered Russian agent, but it's probably safe to say that these journalists supported Clinton. The DNC and Clinton wouldn't have paid Fusion to funnel money to journalists who opposed them.
3. There are also companies that paid Fusion alongside the DNC and Clinton campaign. Since we are talking about political activities by Fusion, these payments would be political contributions in kind by corporations to the Clinton campaign. Such contributions could be illegal for a whole host of reasons. We need to know which companies made the contributions and how much they were. We also need to know what the funds were used for.
These are just glimpses into the inside of the House investigation. They don't look good for the Democrats and Clinton, however.
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