Y’all, I have been busy so idk if this has been addressed but very interesting! In Marc Elias transcript, he says fusion gps came to him & it was his sole decision to hire them but later says he discussed stuff with Robbie Mook, like payments etc but he was the “sole gatekeeper” between them & Steele to his clients, the DNC & HRC campaign. Lays out an interesting timeline. Admits a partner at Perkins Coie recommended them but the main factor to hire them was all the previous research they had done for “a wealthy republican” as they told him. In question8ng later, it turns out the Washington free beacon was their prior client. Most intriguing is a meeting at his law firm Perkins Coie that involved Peter & Glen from FusionGps, Steele, someone else with Steele & an unknown young woman. Says he could prob get date/time of meeting but not woman’s ident, all rather odd. He places the meeting around Sept., said they discussed Steele going to the media & decided on that but he says no one from dnc or HRC campaign knew of meeting b4 or were told afterwards. Also talks about his partner being called in for dnc hack, sussman & eludes to knowing more but pesky client privelage blah blah blah Posting some screen grabs.
Here’s the link: https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/me13.pdf