Clinton: 'Most Serious People' Understand Dossier Funding Was Legal

Source: Talking Points Memo




By NICOLE LAFOND Published NOVEMBER 2, 2017 7:54 AM

Former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on Wednesday defended Democrats and her campaign’s funding of an explosive, but still mostly unverified, dossier that alleged connections between President Trump’s campaign and Russia.

Appearing on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” Clinton claimed that “most serious people” would understand that the dossier was legal opposition research, and much different than allegations that the Trump campaign may have worked with Russians to influence the 2016 election.

“I think most serious people understand that,” she said. “This was research started by a Republican donor during the Republican primary, and then when Trump got the nomination for the Republican Party, the people doing it came to my campaign lawyer. … He said ‘yes.’ He’s an experienced lawyer, he knows what the law is, he knows what opposition research is.”

Touching on the investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election, she called Trump “ambivalent” and said her former opponent “had to know” that people who were working for him were making contacts with Russia.

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