Two New York Times reporters are calling out people tied to Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee for denying the Clinton campaign and DNC’s role in the making of the so-called “Trump dossier,” following a report Tuesday that found they funded the research for the dossier.
“When I tried to report this story, Clinton campaign lawyer @marceelias pushed back vigorously, saying “You (or your sources) are wrong,” New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel tweeted of Hillary Clinton’s campaign lawyer Marc Elias.
When I tried to report this story, Clinton campaign lawyer @marceelias pushed back vigorously, saying “You (or your sources) are wrong.” https://t.co/B5BZwoaNhI
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 24, 2017
According to the Washington Post report published Tuesday evening, Elias’ law firm hired Fusion GPS, a Washington opposition research firm, to conduct research that resulted in the Trump dossier, which contained scandalous material tying President Trump to Russia.
Folks involved in funding this lied about it, and with sanctimony, for a year https://t.co/vXKRV1wRJc
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 24, 2017
“Folks involved in funding this lied about it, and with sanctimony, for a year,” Maggie Haberman, White House correspondent for the New York Times tweeted.
Fusion GPS was hired by the Clinton campaign and DNC lawyer Mark Elias in April 2016 to oversee the research, the Post reported, citing unnamed sources. Fusion GPS then hired former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, who authored the dossier.
The research firm had already been conducting research on Trump during the Republican primaries, work that was funded by an unknown Republican client.
Most of the scandalous allegations included in the document have not been verified.
