They continued: "The Free Beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the Steele dossier, did not pay for the dossier, and never had contact with, knowledge of, or provided payment for any work performed by Christopher Steele." Fusion GPS and the Washington Free Beacon. Trump this week called it a "disgrace" that Democrats had helped pay for research that produced the document. The Washington Free Beacon was initially founded as a project of the conservative non-profit group Center for American Freedom, as an alternative to liberal news sites run by progressive non-profits. Free Beacon is funded largely by Republican billionaire Paul Singer.

Source: CBC News October 28, 2017 02:42 UTC