Posted on 10/26/2017 11:26:52 AM PDT by mojito
Last night the Washington Post reported that the infamous “Russia dossier” was partly funded by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee. The dossier’s inflammatory and unsubstantiated claims about Donald Trump provided the framework for mainstream media treatment of the president for much of the last year and fueled multiple investigations. Here are 10 things to keep in mind about the dossier.
1) Russian officials were sources of key claims in dossier We’re in the midst of media frenzy over Russian disinformation campaigns, particularly as they apply to the 2016 election. It is worth noting that the sources of the “Russia-Trump dossier” were senior Russian officials....
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So The Federalist is claiming that there was no Republican, donor or otherwise, who initiated and funded this oppo research that was continued by Democrats, despite President Trump having said just yesterday that he had a pretty good idea who the Republican was?
I sense some scurrying about trying to cover some Republican backsides. I don’t care who it is, Republican, donor, candidate, Democrat, FBI or former President, expose them. This was used to try to negate a Presidential election.
Nice try, but the so-called “dossier” focused on Trump’s business trips to Russia. No splitting the baby on that one.
The republican candidate/donor intially started the oppo research within the borders of the US focusing on Trump’s business dealings. It was restricted to the primary period. They dropped it after the primaries. Fusion GPS was then hired by the DNC/Clinton campagin. Somewhere along the line Fusion had to get permission from the Republican Cadidate/Donor to allow the DNC to us pre-existing work...none of which apears to be in the Dossier that I can find as its all overseas sourcing.
So the Republicans turned to Fusion for oppo research against Trump...fair enough as long as it was dirty tricks above board if you know what I mean. The DNC/Clinton cabal went a few steps further down that road of collusion and perhaps treason and now here we are....
What about an frequently named Senate RINO?
So who was the oh-so-generous Republican who “allowed” the Democrats access to his oppo research, and why would any Republican want to help Democrats in opposing his own party’s candidate?
I still sense some scurrying about, trying to cover Republican backsides.
Which one? There are so many.
The American MSM IS the disinformation campaign
without any evidence of any kind
Obama and Co. hoped that lying accusations would be enough.
A Clinton campaign opposition research operation using information or disinformation from top Russian intelligence officials was used by the FBI, these sources say, to enable spying on an opposing political party’s campaign.
Corruption from stem to stern.
the FBI had tried to pay for the dossier and had, in fact, reimbursed expenses for the dossier
Obama's corrupt regime. What crimes are possibly involved here?
The principals at Fusion GPS are well-connected to mainstream media reporters. Fusion GPS was responsible for the dossier. But the group’s larger narrative push to reporters is even more influential, and a difficult story to unpack due to defensiveness, embarrassment, and outright media complicity.
The Lying Leftist Media.
Copy of the actual lying Dossier: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3259984-Trump-Intelligence-Allegations.html
Yet because of this dossier, and its selective use by intelligence agencies, we have a special prosecutor running a no-holds-barred investigation into Trump that, according to CNN, has gone into areas that have nothing to do with Russia or the 2016 election. We have two congressional investigations into alleged collusion of Trump and Russia. And we have had thousands of stories focused on supporting the Clinton campaign’s opposition research.
Total Lying Leftist confusion. We will beat them into the ground.
The Steele dossier was a Clinton/DNC-funded operation supported by the FBI and influenced heavily by Russian operatives in the Kremlin
After we beat them into the ground, there should be arrests, prosecutions, and prison for these bastards.
the Sr one from AZ
very nice list
I suppose burying Republican complicity would give Trump leverage but I don't think they'll stay knuckled under, they're just too crooked.
very nice list
I think many of you are missing the biggest point. If there was no GOP involvement, everything points to the FBI creating this dossier and “laundering” it through John McCain to legitimize it.
The FBI created a fictitious document in order to acquire a “legal” FISA warrant in order to wiretap a presidential candidate and provide that info to the other candidate.
In any sane universe, that would mean decades of jail time for many senior FBI officials.
John McCain laundered it no matter where it originated.
Fusion GPS couldn’t find anything so the Republican donor killed the investigation. Fusion was not happy about the money no longer coming in so they shopped it to the Clinton campaign.
Or there never was a Republican involved. The Clinton campaign is using this lie to make it look like they’re all in it together hoping it will scare the Republicans into stopping all the Congressional investigations.
“After the election, the FBI agreed to pay Steele to continue gathering intelligence about Trump and Russia, but the bureau pulled out of the arrangement after Steele was publicly identified in news reports.”
Not taking up for the Clintons, but isn’t paying for information about a candidate something everyone does?
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