The U.S. firm that used Russian sources to create a disinformation campaign to discredit presidential candidate Donald Trump has been revealed to have close ties to Russia.
Fusion GPS, the firm behind the widely debunked Trump–Russia dossier that was spread around U.S. government, media, and intelligence agencies, was being paid by Russian officials and working alongside a Russian lobbying operation.
“In the spring and summer of 2016, they [Fusion GPS] were receiving money indirectly from a senior Russian government official,” said William Browder, CEO and founder of Hermitage Capital Management, testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on July 27.
Browder noted that Fusion GPS lobbied against the 2012 Magnitsky Act on Russia’s behalf, at the same time that the Russian government was lobbying against the act.
