The Clinton campaign agreed to pay an $8,000 fine while the DNC agreed to pay $105,000, and both promised not to violate the requirements in the future. Investigators “found probable cause to believe” the improper labeling of the expenditure violated federal election law and reached a conciliation agreement, the letter stated. The commission found the campaign and DNC made total payments of slightly more than $1 million to the opposition research firm Fusion GPS through its law firm, labeling it as “legal and compliance consulting” when in fact it was for research related to the Steele dossier, according to the letter made public by the Coolide and Reagan Foundation that filed the original complaint. In August, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders cast blame on Russia and Democrats for the "phony" dossier, while an attorney for Fusion GPS said the firm is "proud" of the claims in the dossier.įusion GPS's research on Trump began during the Republican presidential primaries, when a still unknown GOP donor paid for the firm to investigate the real estate magnate's background.The Federal Election Commission has fined Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the Democratic National Committee for disguising payments through a law firm for the infamous Steele dossier that gave rise to the now-discredited Russia collusion allegations, according to a letter made public Wednesday. NEW YORK (AP) Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee have agreed to pay 113,000 to settle a Federal Election Commission investigation into whether. The 35-page dossier created by the firm contains salacious unverified allegations against Trump. Perez is the DNC chair, and Elias is the chair of Perkins Coie's political law practice. "But let's be clear, there is a serious federal investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, and the American public deserves to know what happened," the statement said. "Tom Perez and the new leadership of the DNC were not involved in any decision-making regarding Fusion GPS, nor were they aware that Perkins Coie (an international law firm) was working with the organization," said the statement. In response, the DNC issued a statement Tuesday evening, distancing its current leadership from Fusion GPS. The Clinton campaign and the DNC funded the firm's efforts through the end of October 2016, days before the Election Day on Nov. We don’t know how much Fusion GPS was paid, but. And the chair of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, also claimed the investigation was precipitated by this fake dossier paid for by the Hillary Clinton and the DNC.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Marc Elias, a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained a private research firm called Fusion GPS in April 2016 to probe Trump's background. Here, the Clinton campaign and the DNC retained the law firm of Perkins Coie in turn, one of its partners, Marc E. President Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russia, according to U.S. 24 (Xinhua) - Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) helped fund research for a controversial dossier about U.S.
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