Thread by @SeekerOTL, 1\Is he wrong?h/t @nick_weil 2\Indeed, the Free Beacon was funding research into [...]

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Is he wrong?

h/t @nick_weil

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Indeed, the Free Beacon was funding research into Manafort at the same time his name was appearing in the Steele dossier.

$2\Indeed, the Free Beacon was funding research into Manafort at the same time his name was appearing in the Steele dossier.$

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Now, there& #39;s no evidence that the WFB knew about Christopher Steele or the dossier.

But we also don& #39;t know for a fact that they didn& #39;t know.

Unless you want to take their word for it.

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Comey is a long-time Republican. He was a financial donor to the Mitt Romney campaign.

$4\Comey is a long-time Republican. He was a financial donor to the Mitt Romney campaign.$

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And Romney& #39;s biggest financial backer was Paul Singer, who also happens to be the primary financial backer of the Washington Free Beacon. https://fortune.com/2012/03/26/mitt-romneys-hedge-fund-kingmaker/">https://fortune.com/2012/03/2...

Mitt Romney’s hedge fund kingmaker

Elite money manager Paul Singer is a passionate defender of the 1% and a rising Republican power broker. He’s determined to put a candidate who shares his views back in the White House. By Michelle...

https://fortune.com/2012/03/26/mitt-romneys-hedge-fund-kingmaker/

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So whatever you may think of Comey& #39;s statement about the source of funding for the Steele dossier, it& #39;s unlikely that his motivation is political.

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