The fact that Harvey Weinstein was a sexual predator was reportedly the biggest open secret in Hollywood — and on Tuesday night, the Washington Post broke what is probably one of the biggest open secrets of the 2016 campaign: that the Hillary Clinton campaign was in part behind the infamous “pee tape” dossier that the Russians had supposedly compiled on Donald Trump.
Exclusive: The Clinton campaign and the DNC helped fund research that resulted in the now-famous Trump dossier https://t.co/La4uIJVvp1
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 24, 2017
Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier https://t.co/lkS3bkxAMU
— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 24, 2017
Fusion GPS was working for the Clinton campaign and the Democratic party. https://t.co/lkS3bkxAMU
— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 24, 2017
BIG: Clinton campaign lawyer @marceelias helped facilitate and fund the Trump/Russia dossier. https://t.co/lL90uVtlj7
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 24, 2017
Folks involved in funding this lied about it, and with sanctimony, for a year https://t.co/vXKRV1wRJc
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 24, 2017
This is a wow: WP: Hillary campaign, DNC funded research that led to unsubstantiated dossier trying Trump to Russia https://t.co/OLdUfm7uCP
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) October 24, 2017
Here it comes #LockHerUp… Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier https://t.co/XFI439Aftp
— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) October 24, 2017
Remember? This was the 35-page dossier of supposed Russian intel that BuzzFeed News eventually printed after it had been shopped around to (and passed over by) by just about every other news outlet?
The Washington Post reports:
The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about President Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said.
Marc E. Elias, a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained Fusion GPS, a Washington firm, to conduct the research.
After that, Fusion GPS hired dossier author Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer with ties to the FBI and the U.S. intelligence community, according to those people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
It’s not a shocker of a report, but it’s nice to finally see in print what most everyone suspected. Cue the “sad trombone” sting for everyone counting on the release of the “pee pee tapes” to bring down the administration.
Everyone pretty much knew already, but now confirmed that Hillary and DNC paid to continue Russia dossier research. https://t.co/q5UOqVlCE1
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 24, 2017
That sound you hear is the so-called Russia dossier crashing and bursting into flames. There is zero chance it will ever be used against Trump now. https://t.co/uum6vKfMhZ
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) October 24, 2017
Collusion. Dossier of Russian-generated dirt on @realDonaldTrump was paid for by @HillaryClinton & funneled thru Comey. Priceless.
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) October 24, 2017
There's more evidence of Hillary colluding with Russia than there is of Trump doing so https://t.co/QjPrNg5xI9
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) October 24, 2017
Correct. https://t.co/ieDt9Q8cG6
— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) October 24, 2017
So the whole Russia conspiracy theory was paid for by @HillaryClinton & @TheDemocrats — plus a Republican — & amplified by the liberal media
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) October 24, 2017
Hillary/DNC fake dossier was amplified by complicit MSM. They knew it was DNC lies.
Used by Comey & Obama to wiretap Trump.
— Google "CNN,175,Sue" (@NolteNC) October 24, 2017
Clinton campaign/DNC funding "research" for dossier, did FBI use it to obtain warrant in FISA ct to spy on DJT team? https://t.co/tJx6pabOR1 pic.twitter.com/VRJzhhsJC7
— Nick Short ?? (@PoliticalShort) October 24, 2017
If it is proven that the FBI mislead the FISA ct in order to obtain warrant using FusionGPS "research", then how can Mueller probe continue? https://t.co/pbOwZNhETR
— Nick Short ?? (@PoliticalShort) October 24, 2017
So how much money did the Clinton campaign and DNC… er, piss away on the dossier?
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) October 24, 2017
Urine trouble nowhttps://t.co/BLPcbMnFmw
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 24, 2017
Pee dossier! pic.twitter.com/nve1QWgPKk
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 24, 2017
The good news for whomever inside the Clinton campaign paid for the pee dossier is that she lost and they won't be Vince Fostered over it.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 24, 2017
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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Related:
So … that super-secret Trump dossier no serious journalist would touch helped secure that FISA warrant? https://t.co/i0RbGOAye3
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 19, 2017
Co-founder of Fusion GPS, firm behind infamous Trump dossier, won’t testify next week after all https://t.co/fmE0KBzb3i
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 13, 2017
Court docs show opposition firm’s attempt to shop fake Trump dossier to multiple news outlets https://t.co/4dLI1x3ZcI
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 23, 2017
