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kpete

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Fri Jan 19, 2018, 02:34 PM Jan 2018

The biggest news about Steeles network was this exchange:

MR. SIMPSON: I have·great trust in Mr. Steele's professional ability to find sources with credible information.

MR. ROONEY: Did you know how he paid these sources?

MR. SIMPSON : Yeah. You know, essentially, my -- what I was doing was corroborating the information they were providing -- or trying to -- or determining whether it was credible. So that was a lot of the work that we did there.

I think you asked about paying of sources. I think that's something that's erroneous that's been in the press.

MR. ROONEY: How so?

MR. SIMPSON: To my knowledge, Chris does not pay sources for information.



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From a really good diary at Daily Kos:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/19/1734108/-House-transcript-shows-how-Fusion-works-how-Steele-works-and-that-Trump-is-a-crook
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4355529/TranscriptFusion.pdf
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The biggest news about Steeles network was this exchange: (Original Post) kpete Jan 2018 OP
We've actually known all along that sources weren't paid -- but RandomAccess Jan 2018 #1
 

RandomAccess

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1. We've actually known all along that sources weren't paid -- but
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 05:33 PM
Jan 2018

it's always good to get a confirmation, and new coverage in the press.

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