This is called intelligence. The campaigns, both Republican and Democratic, had REASONS to believe an effort such as this was NECESSARY.
It is called leadership and concern for the country. They must have had suspicions to carry out such an effort. They didn't mess around. They asked the best possible agent to carry out the investigation. They should be proud of themselves.
This is an example of how the DNC runs away from facts because FOX News has been able to scandalize it. Get over it. This is the extent that was necessary. I am confident the continuing investigations were well served to have this document. Is anyone going to say this was a mistake? It is not a mistake to me.
The facts are intact. If this wasn't part of the post election documents and testimony, it would have all been lost. The DNC did the right thing to pick up an investigation abandoned by a Republican primary candidate. It's the country. That is a deep concern for the people. That is leadership and prudent leadership.
October 24, 2017
By Adam Entous, Devlin Barrett and Rosalind S. Heldman
The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (click here) 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.
Elias and his law firm, Perkins Coie, retained the company in April 2016 on behalf of the Clinton campaign and the DNC. Before that agreement, Fusion GPS’s research into Trump was funded by an unknown Republican client during the GOP primary....
