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mcar

(42,278 posts)
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 08:26 PM Oct 2017

WaPo: Conservative website first paid Fusion GPS for Trump research

I expect the media to cover this as diligently as they have the DNC connection...but I won't hold my breath.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/conservative-website-first-paid-fusion-gps-for-trump-research/2017/10/27/ee05c1d6-bb6f-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.5d7f56e132ad#comments

A conservative publication said Friday it paid a Washington research firm to start probing Donald Trump’s background — a move that set in motion a chain of events leading to an explosive dossier alleging ties between Trump associates and Russia.

In a statement, the Washington Free Beacon said it retained Fusion GPS to provide research on multiple Republican candidates in the 2016 presidential election. Two people familiar with billionaire GOP donor Paul Singer said he provides financial support to the publication....

The Free Beacon’s lawyers notified the House Intelligence Committee of its role in the matter Friday.

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Washington Free Beacon's Editor-in-Chief, Matthew Continetti is married to... EL34x4 Oct 2017 #1
 

EL34x4

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1. Washington Free Beacon's Editor-in-Chief, Matthew Continetti is married to...
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 08:32 PM
Oct 2017

... Anne Elizabeth Kristol, the daughter of Weekly Standard founder (and unapologetically anti-Trump) William Kristol.

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