well well well famous reverend say obama chickens come home roost mike huckabee say govmikehuckabee think 's easy find bigfoot amelia earhart find collusion russians donald trump pic.twitter.com/ra68qqd9kg fox news foxnews october 29 2017obama america ofa former president political organization direct nearly million dollars law firm funnel money fusion gps firm behind infamous steele dossier.since april 2016 obama america ofa pay 972,000 perkins coie record file federal election commission fec show.the washington post report last week perkins coie international law firm direct democratic national committee dnc hillary clinton campaign retain fusion gps april 2016 dig dirt then-candidate donald trump fusion gps hire christopher steele former british spy compile dossier allegations trump campaign actively collude russian government 2016 election though many claim dossier directly refute none dossier allegations collusion independently verify lawyers steele admit court file last april work verify never mean make public.fec record well federal court record show marc elias perkins coie lawyer washington post report responsible payments fusion gps behalf clinton campaign dnc also previously serve counsel ofa shamblin v. obama america 2013 case federal court florida federal court record list elias simultaneously serve lead attorney ofa dnc.ofa manage obama successful re-election campaign 2012 retool campaign focus enact president agenda final term office group reorganize 2016 election plan use staff resources oppose president donald trump entire 2016 campaign cycle group spend 4.5 million accord fec records.federal record show hillary clinton official campaign organization hillary america pay 5.1 million perkins coie 2016. dnc pay nearly 5.4 million law firm 2016.the time nature payments perkins coie obama official campaign arm raise significant question whether ofa fund fusion gps much obama team know content provenance dossier long content make public whether president government lieutenants knowingly use partisan political document justify official government action target president political opponents name dossier accord washington post fusion gps first retain perkins coie behalf democratic national committee dnc hillary clinton presidential campaign april 2016.at time hillary campaign obama campaign organization dnc simultaneously pay perkins coie spouse one fusion gps key employees work directly obama west wing shailagh murray former washington post reporter-turned-political operative serve top communications adviser obama obama administration reportedly use information dossier justify secret surveillance trump campaign staff murray marry neil king former wall street journal reporter hire fusion gps december 2016. wall street journal king work alongside fusion gps core team even share bylines glenn simpson fusion gps executive personally hire steele probe trump allege russia connections.as might suspect neil king thick thieve cnn wsj washington post line investigate truth fake news blur big way king catan jump wsj fusion gps daily caller report cnn report trump-russia dossier leave least one crucial fact close tie network opposition research firm center dossier controversy.cnn report dossier lead justice correspondent evan perez favorable firm fusion gps hype dossier credibility leave perez report rely largely unnamed source personal closeness fusion gps operatives fusion repeatedly describe senate testimonies smear-for-hire operation manufacture mislead false media narratives clients another fusion founder tom catan work reporter journal time perez simpson third fusion co-founder peter fritsch work perez simpson senior national security editor.king fusion gps right -photo post facebook perez cnn simpson fritsch leave wsj 2011 launch fusion perez jump paper cnn 2013. another longtime journal reporter neil king leave paper join fusion december 2016.perez leave fusion importance fake dossier shop around press come focus realize obama clinton dnc fusion gps create smear campaign trump also open door phony russia collusion investigation whereby trump campaign family members spy something fake.read federalist obama campaign secretly pay 972,000 fund creation fake trump dossier