Questions about the firm fusion gps in 2015 and 2016 for the purpose of conducting research into the life of then candidate donald trump. All of the work that they provided to the free beacon was based on public sources and none of the work appears in the steel dossier said free beacon founders. The free beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the steal dossier, did not pay for the dossier and never had contact with, knowledge of or provided payment for any work performed by Christopher Steele. Now the Christopher Steele dossier was compiled for fusion gps by this man, former british spy Christopher Steele Whos Research into mr. Trump in 2016 included interviews with top russian spies and diplomats. It brimmed with highly salacious rumors about mr. Trump but they went unverified. Buzz feed published the comments in total until january. The Washington Post published the steel dossier was bankrolled by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the dnc. It was formed to discredit mr. Trump and