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Trump dossier firm's 'smear' tactics unveiled: Fusion GPS labeled critic a 'pedophile...
fox news ^ | 10/17/17 | y Catherine Herridge Pamela K. Browne,Cyd Upson

Posted on 10/17/2017 5:26:34 PM PDT by dontreadthis

FULL TITLE:Trump dossier firm's 'smear' tactics unveiled: Fusion GPS labeled critic a 'pedophile,' 'extortionist' and 'drug trafficker' The self-described “strategic intelligence” firm Fusion GPS that was behind the controversial anti-Trump dossier has a track record of intimidation and smear tactics, according to congressional testimony and the firsthand account of a London-based Venezuelan journalist who said he was labeled a “pedophile,” “extortionist” and “drug trafficker” after criticizing one of Fusion’s clients.

“I believe that Fusion GPS’s business is to do basically whatever the paymasters tell them to do,” Alek Boyd, the Venezuelan journalist, told Fox News in his first American TV interview. “They are particularly good at spreading misinformation, disinformation and smears.”

Boyd says he was targeted after his 2012 reporting on Derwick Associates, a power company with close ties to the Venezuelan government. The company allegedly skimmed nearly a billion dollars from rigged contracts with the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez.

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1 posted on 10/17/2017 5:26:34 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: dontreadthis

This firm is sleazier than most. How are they still in business?


2 posted on 10/17/2017 5:31:18 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: dontreadthis

Isn’t this what they accused the Russians of doing? Hmm.


3 posted on 10/17/2017 5:31:41 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: Nifster

McCain had part in this...I hope he gets looped in.


4 posted on 10/17/2017 5:35:18 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (The Left's family value: 'The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind!' (Che Guevara, 1961))
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To: Nifster

“This firm is sleazier than most. How are they still in business?”

The democrats love them.

As do GOPe, such as McCain.

They pay this firm, then deliver the work to the FBI to smear their political enemies.

Leak some of the info to the msm. And off we go...


5 posted on 10/17/2017 5:37:21 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: CincyRichieRich

So do I.


6 posted on 10/17/2017 5:41:45 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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To: dontreadthis

Pack of liars


7 posted on 10/17/2017 5:42:08 PM PDT by seastay
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To: Nifster

People in high places that they work for provide them with protection & cover.


8 posted on 10/17/2017 5:43:38 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote Hardcover – June 27, 2017

https://www.amazon.com/Smear-Shady-Political-Operatives-Control/dp/0062468162

its all here...we have been had for thirty years..


9 posted on 10/17/2017 5:49:22 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Yep, though I think it started more than 30 years ago. I would peg it at around the time of Watergate when the smear artists started gaining control of the press and realized those who control the news, possess power to install whomever they want into other positions of power. This is why corruption is rampant in this country. They even invaded and took over the education system which is why so many children are anti-American, though they see themselves as pro-American. They do not know the real truth about America and see it only as the world’s aggressor. They have been being brainwashed for almost 50 years now, with each generation becoming even more anti-American then the previous generation.


10 posted on 10/17/2017 6:13:10 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: dontreadthis

Who hired them? That’s what we want to know? DNC? Hillary? McCain? Who?


11 posted on 10/17/2017 8:48:29 PM PDT by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: Nifster

You answered your own question.


12 posted on 10/17/2017 10:23:47 PM PDT by PTBAA
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To: PTBAA

It was rhetorical


13 posted on 10/18/2017 12:34:02 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: dontreadthis

bbb


14 posted on 10/18/2017 4:20:10 AM PDT by thinden
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