Posted on 10/27/2017 4:05:08 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
Lawyers for the conservative publication Washington Free Beacon informed the House Intelligence Committee Friday that the organization was the original funder for the anti-Trump opposition research project with Fusion GPS.
The Free Beacon funded the project from the fall of 2015 through the spring of 2016, whereupon it withdrew funding and the project was picked up by the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Say that Steele came in after they were out.
Seriously???
I would think that the Republican that was involved with Fusion GPS was doing his/her own opposition research.
Well this just got curiouser
A Jeb Cutout?
Just guessing. I have no idea.
WTH? Ok, so who’s the money behind the Beacon?
Fronting for someone else?
Free Beacon statement:
http://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/fusion-gps-washington-free-beacon/amp/
Basically deny Steele dossier involvement, say they researched many Republicans, not just Trump.
Where did they get the money?
I don’t think they are the source, but a front group.
No, it wasn't just "picked up." Permission was granted by the party or parties who contracted the research, which means a Republican or Republicans gave their dirt on Trump to Hillary Clinton.
Bill Kristol
Never-Trumper sleazebags.
Wow. Steele and the dirty FAKE dossier happened once the Free Beacon dropped it and Clinton and the democRATs took over however...
Since its launch in February of 2012, the Washington Free Beacon has retained third party firms to conduct research on many individuals and institutions of interest to us and our readers. In that capacity, during the 2016 election cycle we retained Fusion GPS to provide research on multiple candidates in the Republican presidential primary, just as we retained other firms to assist in our research into Hillary Clinton. All of the work that Fusion GPS provided to the Free Beacon was based on public sources, and none of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the Steele dossier. The Free Beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the Steele dossier, did not pay for the dossier, and never had contact with, knowledge of, or provided payment for any work performed by Christopher Steele. Nor did we have any knowledge of the relationship between Fusion GPS and the Democratic National Committee, Perkins Coie, and the Clinton campaign.
Representatives of the Free Beacon approached the House Intelligence Committee today and offered to answer what questions we can in their ongoing probe of Fusion GPS and the Steele dossier. But to be clear: We stand by our reporting, and we do not apologize for our methods. We consider it our duty to report verifiable information, not falsehoods or slander, and we believe that commitment has been well demonstrated by the quality of the journalism that we produce. The First Amendment guarantees our right to engage in news-gathering as we see fit, and we intend to continue doing just that as we have since the day we launched this project.
Matthew Continetti
Editor in ChiefMichael Goldfarb
Chairman
1. When did the FBI first pay Steele?
2. In what manner did the FBI pay Steele?
3. For what activities did the FBI pay Steele?
4. Did the FBI know what other sources of income Steele was receiving?
5. Did the FBI know the information that Steele was receiving in any other projects he was working on during the time they paid him?
6. Please produce ALL documentation and information that Steele gave to the FBI.
7. Was Steele ever an official employee of the FBI?
This is just a starting point for what Steele needs to testify to in front of Congress.
Editor-In-Chief Matthew Continetti is married to Bill Kristol’s daughter.
CNN is acting crazier than Anthony Perkins in Psycho. They are sort of admitting it’s all important, but they are attacking Trump for supposedly using the government to settle political scores with Hilary. They want to know why he is obsessed with “Clinton, Clinton, Clinton”.
I still wanna see the bank records. I don’t necessarily believe this confession.
Actually, I have never seen anything by Kristol in the Free Beacon. Kristol is Weekly Standard.
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