The entire RusssiaRussiaRussia sick propaganda witch hunt nonsense is based on nothing more than two BIG LIES, the 'Russiahacked' LIE and teh FAKE "dossier"
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Much of this text written By Paul Sperry - NY POST (edited/amended by DTRI for accuracy, clarity and length)
Sketchy firm behind Trump dossier is stalling investigators. A secretive Washington firm that commissioned the FAKE intelligence "dossier" on Donald Trump is stonewalling congressional investigators trying to learn more about its connections to the Democratic Party.
The Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month threatened to subpoena the firm, Fusion GPS, after it refused to answer questions and provide records to the panel identifying who financed the error-ridden FAKE dossier, which was circulated during the election and was insanely used as an one of 2 FAKE excuse by the FBI and CIA- to claim "Russia Meddled" and 'Trump is connected to Russia" [The other excuse being 'Russia Hacked DNC emails" -- also a LIE the leaks came from within the DNC]...
Never mind that none of the rumors were backed by evidence or even credible sourcing (don't bother trying to confirm his bed-wetting yarn, dossier writer Christopher Steele advised, as "all direct witnesses have been silenced"). Steele reinforced his paying customers' biases about Trump, and they rewarded him for it with a whopping $250,000 in payments.
But it's now clear his "intelligence reports," which together run more than 35-pages long, were considerably worthless fakery. A hoax.
What is the company hiding? Fusion GPS describes itself as a "research and strategic intelligence firm" founded by "three former reporters." But congressional sources says it's actually an opposition-research group, and the founders, who are more political activists than journalists, have a pro-Hillary, anti-Trump agenda.
A congressional source familiar with the dossier probe said. "These guys had a vested personal and ideological interest in smearing Trump and boosting Hillary's chances of winning the White House."
Fusion GPS was on the payroll of an unidentified Democratic ally of Clinton when it hired a long-retired British spy to fabricate FAKE lies about Trump. In 2012, Democrats hired Fusion GPS to attack GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. And in 2015, Democrat ally Planned Parenthood retained Fusion GPS to investigate pro-life activists protesting the abortion group.
Plus, federal records show a key co-founder and partner in the firm was a Hillary Clinton donor and supporter of her presidential campaign.
In September 2016, while Fusion GPS was quietly shopping the dirty FAKE dossier on Trump around Washington, its co-founder and partner Peter R. Fritsch contributed to the Hillary Victory Fund and the Hillary For America campaign, Federal Election Commission data show. His wife also donated money to Hillary's campaign.
Property records show that in June 2016, as Clinton allies bankrolled Fusion GPS, Fritsch bought a six-bedroom, five-bathroom home in Bethesda, Md., for $2.3 million.
Fritsch did not respond to requests for comment. A lawyer for Fusion GPS said the firm's work is confidential.
Sources say Fusion GPS had its own interest, beyond those of its clients, in promulgating negative gossip about Trump.
Steele's most sensational allegations remain unconfirmed. For instance, his claim that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen held a "clandestine meeting" on the alleged hacking scheme in Prague with "Kremlin officials" in August 2016 unraveled when Cohen denied ever visiting Prague, his passport showed no stamps showing he left or entered the US at the time, witnesses accounted for his presence here, and Czech authorities found no evidence Cohen went to Prague.
Steele hadn't worked in Moscow since the 1990s and didn't actually travel there to gather info firsthand. He relied on third-hand "friend of friend" sourcing. In fact, most of his claimed Russian sources spoke not directly to him but "in confidence to a trusted compatriot" who, in turn, spoke to Steele - and always anonymously.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is also investigating the fact that the FBI and CIA based all their 'Russia Meddled" claims on the lie about hacking and on this FAKE Trump dossier - to slime the Trump campaign and insinuate possible ties to Moscow.
The FBI received a copy of the Democrat-funded dossier in August, during the heat of the campaign. Senate investigators are demanding to see records of communications between Fusion GPS and the FBI and the Justice Department, including any contacts with former Attorney General Loretta Lynch,
Like Fusion GPS, the FBI has failed to cooperate with congressional investigators seeking documents.