It looks like Democrats lied to the NY Times about their participation in the dirty dossier

Washington Examiner:

Two New York Times reporters are calling out people tied to Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee for denying the Clinton campaign and DNC's role in the making of the so-called "Trump dossier," following a report Tuesday that found they funded the research for the dossier.

"When I tried to report this story, Clinton campaign lawyer @marceelias pushed back vigorously, saying "You (or your sources) are wrong," New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel tweeted of Hillary Clinton's campaign lawyer Marc Elias.
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According to the Washington Post report published Tuesday evening, Elias' law firm hired Fusion GPS, a Washington opposition research firm, to conduct research that resulted in the Trump dossier, which contained scandalous material tying President Trump to Russia.
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"Folks involved in funding this lied about it, and with sanctimony, for a year," Maggie Haberman, White House correspondent for the New York Times tweeted.
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Apparently, the Times and others in the mainstream media believed the lies right up until Congressman Devin Nunes and others in Congress forced their hand with a subpoena of Fusion GPS financial records.  They still need to get the Fusion records to see whether the Russians were also involved in paying for this scam.