about jeff flake one minute after he s off the air. what a part of the research that eventually led to the dossier leading to allegations against then candidate donald trump and his ties to rug russia. service began in april last year and concluded before the november election. the washington post was first to report this story. of course, the post said the fusion s research was first funded by republicans, unknown republican client during the gop primary was trying to get information on donald trump and after donald trump won the republican primary, then democrats picked up on the republican research and moved forward. the rnc, of course, was quick to publicize the article. but it s interesting. they left willie, they left out a line. would you like to guess what line the rnc left out? that they initiated the research? yes, that this was a
news that perkins coy, a law firm representing the clinton campaign and dnc obtained washington-based firm fusion gps to conduct that research. that source says that the services began in april of last year and concluded before the elections in november. the washington post was first to report the story. the post says that before coy retained fusion gps on behalf of clinton campaign and dnc, fusion s research was funded by an unknown republican client during the gop primary. president trump has strongly denied the allegations in the dossier that that his campaign colluded with russia. and also contained other salacious allegations against him which mr. trump has vigorously denied as well. some of those claims debucked. hillary clinton has not commented on the matter but her former campaign spokesman brian faller rights i get i didn t know about christopher steele s hiring preelection. if i did i would have gone to
worst that the democratic donor who took over funding the dossier for the general election was a lawyer representing the clinton campaign and the dnc. quote, alias and his lawmaker retained fusion gps. prior to that agreement, fusion s research was funded by a still unknown republican client during the republican presidential primary. the clinton campaign and the dnc through that law firm continued it to fund fusion s research through the end of october 16, days before election day. gave steele s reports and other research documents to make elias. it s unclear how much of that information was then shared with the clinton campaign and the dnc. joining us now is devlin barrett. he s a national security reporter for the washington post who was part of the team who broke this story tonight. mr. barrett, thanks very much for being here.
republicans prying on this issue with a crowbar, tonight, the washington post was first to report that the democratic donor who took over funding the dossier for the general election was a lawyer representing the clinton campaign and the dnc. quote, alias and his lawmaker retained fusion gps. in april 2016. prior to that agreement, fusion s research was funded by a still unknown republican client during the republican presidential primary. the clinton campaign and the dnc through that law firm continued to fund fusion s reach through the end of october 16, days before election day. fusion gps gave steele s reports and erie research documents to mark elias. it s unclear how much of that information was then shared with the clinton campaign and the dnc. joining us now is devlin barrett. he s a national security reporter for the washington post who was part of the team who broke this story tonight.