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The ‘dossier’ and the uranium deal: A guide to the latest allegations

The following article by Glenn Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website October 29, 2017:

Fusion GPS is an opposition research firm run by ex-journalists, but how is it connected to the Trump dossier, Donald Trump Jr.’s Trump Tower meeting and the 2016 election? The Fact Checker’s Glenn Kessler explains. (Video: Meg Kelly/Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

As a service to readers bound to be confused by an increasingly complex story, here’s a brief guide to the latest developments in the tangled allegations involving Russia, President Trump and Hillary Clinton.

The Dossier

Background: The “dossier” is a collection of 17 memosconcerning President Trump and Russia written by Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, between June 20 and Dec. 13, 2016. Steele produced his memos under a contract with Fusion GPS, a strategic intelligence firm run by former journalists. Continue reading “The ‘dossier’ and the uranium deal: A guide to the latest allegations”

Clinton, Trump and the Russia dossier: What you need to know

The following article by Jonathan Easley, Katie Bo WIlliams and Morgan Chalfant was posted on the Hill website October 28, 2017:

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The revelation that Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) helped fund an explosive dossier about President Trump has roiled the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Republicans are on the offensive, claiming the new funding revelations as evidence the investigations into whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia were fixed against them from the start. Democrats are trying to keep the focus on the contents of the memo and say it doesn’t matter who paid for it.

The saga took another bizarre twist on Friday when the conservative news outlet Washington Free Beacon said it paid the same opposition research firm used by the Democrats for dirt on Trump and other GOP candidates about six months earlier.

Here is a look at what we know about the controversial document at the center of the Russia investigation after the latest turn of events.

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