Alleged 'GOP donor' who funded anti-Trump research remains a media mystery

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Alleged 'GOP donor' who funded anti-Trump research remains a media mystery
by Eddie Scarry | Oct 26, 2017, 12:01 AM


An explosive new report on the infamous "Trump dossier" asserted three times that the tawdry files that were used by Democrats to try to take down Donald Trump started out as opposition research funded by an unnamed Republican donor.

But no media outlet has been able to confirm the identity of the supposed donor, or if he or she even exists.

The new report, published Tuesday night by the Washington Post, focuses on funding for the dossier from the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, which was not previously known. Information in the article is attributed anonymously to "people familiar with the matter" and nothing more.

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[DiogenesLamp]

It's Jeb.   

[endicom]

The reference is to a Republican donor and not candidate.

The Republican donor had apparently paid for a background check on Trump and not for the dossier.

[ConstitutionRose]

The reference is to a Republican donor and not candidate.

The Republican donor had apparently paid for a background check on Trump and not for the dossier.

That is different than what the media seems to be alleging.

[mountaineer]

Could be a donor who also had been a candidate, e.g., Mitt.

[endicom]

That is different than what the media seems to be alleging.

They all spin the story as they will. If we come away with the desired impression, despite what's written, then they've successfully spun the story.