by Tristan Justice at The Federalist
A left-wing group backed by billionaire Democratic mega-donor George Soros that falsely claims to fight disinformation paid nearly seven figures to individuals behind the discredited Steele dossier, a Clinton campaign-funded disinformation document, new documents show.
Public IRS tax filings reveal the group paid a total of $926,000 to firms connected to former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, the author of the dossier, and Fusion GPS, the Democrat-backed consulting firm that sponsored the opposition research.
For years, the “dossier” littered with false accusations amplified Democrats’ conspiracy asserting President Donald Trump was an agent of the Russian government. From made-up allegations of a Moscow pee tape wherein Trump apparently relished the “golden showers” of Russian prostitutes to Michael Cohen’s undercover trip to Prague that never happened, the dossier’s salacious claims make it a top example of a massive and successful disinformation operation.
According to the newly released Democracy Integrity Project’s IRS 990 form for fiscal year 2020, the self-purported crusaders against disinformation paid $521,000 to Steele’s British firm, Walsingham Partners, and $405,000 to D.C.-based Fusion GPS as independent contractors.
The continued funding from the group led by Daniel Jones…
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