In a statement, the Washington Free Beacon said it retained Fusion GPS to provide research on multiple Republican candidates in the 2016 presidential election. “None of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the Steele dossier,’’ said the statement from Free Beacon editor in chief Matthew Continetti and chairman Michael Goldfarb. Firms like Fusion GPS can charge tens of thousands of dollars for research on a single subject. After the Free Beacon stopped paying Fusion GPS, the research firm offered in April 2016 to continue researching Trump for the Clinton campaign and the DNC. Last week, Fusion GPS executives invoked their constitutional right not to answer questions put to them by the House Intelligence Committee.

Source: Washington Post October 28, 2017 00:00 UTC