Clinton Claims She Didn't Know About The Dossier

Editor: Philip Ragner | Tactical Investor

Hillary Clinton claims she did not know about the dossier

The document containing unverified allegations of collusion between President Donald Trump and Russia was not made public until BuzzFeed News published it, despite recent reports suggesting that Clinton’s campaign funded it.

According to two associates of Clinton, she was frustrated that the controversial report had not been shared with the public until the final days of the 2016 presidential election, as reported by The New York Times on Wednesday.

Despite denials from former Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon and Clinton campaign lawyer Marc Elias, who have denied Clinton’s involvement in the anti-Trump research that underpins the allegations of collusion with Russia, recent reporting from The Washington Post suggests that Elias hired opposition research firm Fusion GPS on behalf of the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, making Elias’ denial appear intentionally misleading. Full Story

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The anticipation in Washington is palpable as the Mueller investigation continues to unfold, with many eagerly awaiting to see if there is evidence indicating collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. The meeting between Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort with a group of Russians who claimed to have damaging information on Hillary Clinton has become Exhibit A in this investigation. It is widely accepted that this meeting should never have taken place.

When one receives an email offering “very high level and sensitive information” from the “Crown prosecutor of Russia,” which implicates “Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump” and “incriminate Hillary” Clinton, the appropriate response is to contact the FBI, not to say “I love it.”

The president claims he did not know about the meeting.

His former lawyer Michael Cohen says he did. Whether he knew is beside the point. Senior officials of his campaign were willing to accept help from Vladimir Putin; they were saved only because the meeting was a bust. The Russians didn’t end up providing any dirt.

Despite the bad optics of the Trump Tower meeting, it was actually the Russians who initiated contact with the Trump campaign, not the other way around. On the other hand, the Clinton campaign took a more proactive approach by seeking damaging information on Trump from Russian government sources through intermediaries.

In April 2016, Clinton campaign lawyer Marc Elias hired opposition research firm Fusion GPS to compile incriminating information on Trump, which in turn hired Christopher Steele, a former British MI6 operative with sources within the Russian government.

The infamous dossier was the end result, which contained information from “a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure” and “a former top-level intelligence officer still active in the Kremlin.” The Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee paid for Steele’s work, meaning that a paid agent of the Clinton campaign was involved in seeking out damaging material on Trump from Russian officials.. Full Story

Clinton Claims She Didn’t Know About The Dossier

Hillary Clinton claims she did not know about the dossier

The president claims he did not know about the meeting.

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