[Political Junkie Too]

I think the argument is that Steele was hired by Fusion GPS after the unnamed Republican ceased funding the oppo research.

So, it's possible that some prior research was leveraged, but the "dirty work" that was done by Steele was funded by Clinton/DNC sources, because the Republican donor had dropped out by then.

-PJ

[RegulatorCountry]

... and the evidence for this claim, that the “dirty work” was not done by this Republican who so generously shared his oppo research with Democrats would be what?

I’m in no mood to protect anyone who had anything to do with this, and I’m surprised at how many FReepers are willing to just gloss over a Republican turncoat helping Democrats just because he lost in the primaries to Trump.

What possible reason would a Republican have, for sharing such a thing with the Clinton campaign? Is there an honorable explanation that’s on the up and up? No, there is not.