mpossible and how, henceforth, he would be exclusively focused on the nation’s business. But suddenly this turned out to be quite beside the point. Fusion GPS, an opposition research company (founded by former journalists, it provided information to private clients), had been retained by Democratic Party in

rity service. A second disclosure operation, this one involving supporters of the Clinton campaign, was more layered. The proximate intermediary was Fusion GPS, a research firm used by the law firm Baker Hostetler, and the secondary “cut-out” was the British firm Orbis, co-founded by former MI-6 officer Chri

ication. Steele was a longtime FBI source who was paid over $160,000 by the DNC and Clinton campaign, via the law firm Perkins Coie and research firm Fusion GPS, to obtain derogatory information on Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. a) Neither the initial application in October 2016, nor any of the renewals, dis