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Does bolster Trump’s lawsuit.

Sorry, but I don't see this. It was already public knowledge that never-Trump Republicans hired Fusion GPS for oppo research on Trump; that, after Trump became the presumptive nominee, the Democrats took over Fusion GPS's work (and paying Fusion GPS); and that the payments to Fusion GPS were made through the Perkins Coie law firm. And all of that was perfectly legal.

The basis for this fine is only misreporting. In the Democrats' filings with the FEC, these payments were included, but all the payments to the law firm were lumped in as "legal services" instead of being broken out for what was just a pass-through for oppo research.

Whether that was careless or deliberate, it doesn't support any of the allegations in Trump's lawsuit.