Article snippet: A lawyer representing MORE's 2016 presidential campaign, as well as the Democratic National Committee (DNC), helped fund research for the controversial dossier about President Trump's alleged connections to Russia, according to a new report. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Marc Elias, a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained Fusion GPS in April 2016 to continue investigating Trump's background. Before that, a still unknown Republican donor funded the firm. Fusion GPS is a private research firm co-founded by former Wall Street Journal reporter Glenn Simpson in 2011. In the past, the firm has conducted opposition research on Republicans including Mitt Romney during his 2012 presidential bid. The Clinton campaign and the DNC funded the firm's efforts through the end of October 2016, days before Election Day, according to The Washington Post. Sources told the newspaper that Fusion GPS hired Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer with ties to the FBI, after Elias and his law firm Perkins Coie retained Fusion GPS to conduct research on Trump. The DNC issued a statement Tuesday evening distancing its current leadership from the private research firm. “reportedly interviewed about the dossier over the summer by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the federal investigation into ties between Trump campaign associates and Russia during last year's election. In August, an attorney for Fusion GPS said that the firm i... Link to the full article to read more