Article snippet: The revelation that MORE’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) helped fund an explosive dossier about President Trump has roiled the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Republicans are on the offensive, claiming the new funding revelations as evidence the investigations into whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia were fixed against them from the start. Democrats are trying to keep the focus on the contents of the memo and say it doesn’t matter who paid for it. The saga took another bizarre twist on Friday when the conservative news outlet Washington Free Beacon said it paid the same opposition research firm used by the Democrats for dirt on Trump and other GOP candidates about six months earlier. Here is a look at what we know about the controversial document at the center of the Russia investigation after the latest turn of events. What is the dossier? The 35-page opposition research document compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele has the look of an official government intelligence report. It carries the title: “U.S. presidential election: Republican candidate MORE’s activities in Russia and compromising relationship with the Kremlin.” The document was passed around in Washington during the 2016 election, but was not widely known about until CNN reported that former FBI director James Comey had briefed President Trump and former President Obama on its existence. Shortly after that, Buz... Link to the full article to read more