In 2017, it was disclosed that the Clinton campaign and DNC attorney Marc Elias paid the Washington research firm Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on Mr. None of the content of the dossier was ever proved, but it dominated media coverage of Mr. Trump urinating on a mattress in a Moscow hotel room with prostitutes. Trump with such infamous stories as the existence of a “pee tape” that showed Mr. Steele, a British national, to write and disseminate the salacious and unverified Steele dossier, which was produced using information from current and former Russian government officials. Trump, who was then the Republican presidential nominee.Īccording to the complaint, the Clinton campaign and the DNC used the law firm Perkins Coie to “scheme” with Mr. The group that filed the FEC complaint accused the Clinton campaign and the DNC of conspiring with foreigners in violation of federal campaign finance law to undermine Mr. Trump has not responded to a request for a comment about the FEC fines. Trump and his campaign,” the lawsuit said.Ī spokeswoman for Mr.

“This duplicitous arrangement existed for a singular self-serving purpose - to discredit Donald J. Clinton and other Democrats conspired to assemble it as a show of proof of collusion. It cites the Steele dossier and lays out how Mrs. Trump was colluding with Russia to win the 2016 election. The lawsuit said they “maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative” that Mr. Trump filed a sweeping lawsuit against Mrs. The FEC announced its decision a week after Mr.

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