Some of the team was aggressively planting stories to willing media. And the Hillary campaign and DNC were suggesting Trump was colluding with Russia.
Durham’s filings have also claimed Sussmann, Rodney Joffe (tech executive) and the campaign took part in a “joint venture” to gather and spread dirt about Trump. And they paid Fusion GPS, hired by Perkins Coie.
Then Fusion paid ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele to create the Steele dossier. Which has contained completely debunked allegations about Trump’s links to the Russian government.
“Instead, contemporaneous communications and other evidence make it clear that the primary purpose of the [Fusion GPS’] work related to the [Steele] dossier, the [Alfa-Bank] allegations, and the other issues was to assemble and publicize allegations that would aid the campaign’s public relations goals.”
“When [Fusion GPS] employees communicated with [Joffe], they were doing so in furtherance of collaborating and promoting the [Alfa-Bank] allegations, not facilitating legal advice,” the filing reads.
