Up until now, the only thing Fusion GPS has suffered from with their phony Trump-Russia dossier is a hit to whatever tiny bit of credibility they had. They have become a laughingstock, but still got paid by Hillary Clinton and the DNC. Now, the karma hits and Fusion GPS is being sued by three Russians who were alleged in the Trump-Russia dossier.
| Fusion GPS sued by three people for defamation over Trump-Russia dossier |
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Three Russian billionaires are hitting back after they say they were defamed by the opposition research firm Fusion GPS. The Russians’ lawsuit says the dossier’s assertions “falsely accuse” the three and Alfa “of criminal conduct and alleged cooperation with the ‘Kremlin’ to influence the 2016 presidential election.” It says Fusion recklessly spread the charges to journalists.
FUSION GPS FEELS THE KARMA:
Fusion GPS, the producer of the infamous fake Trump dossier, is fending off in court three of Russia’s richest oligarchs by painting them as corrupt bankers in bed with President Vladimir Putin.
The three primary investors in Moscow’s Alfa Bank — Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan — filed a libel lawsuit against Fusion in October. Fusion’s dossier, written by former British spy Christopher Steele, says two of them engineered cash bribes to Mr. Putin. The dossier also implies that the bank colluded with Mr. Putin to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election by hacking Democratic Party computers.
The lawsuit describes the three billionaires as international businessmen who became “collateral damage” in Fusion’s war to destroy the Donald Trump campaign.
“This is a defamation case brought by three international businessmen who were defamed in widely disseminated political research reports commissioned by political opponents of candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election cycle,” says a Dec. 12 filing in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.