Fission Compass is a commercial research and strategic intelligence firm based in Washington, D.C.. The company conducts open-source investigations and provides research and strategic advice for businesses, law firms and investors, as well as for political inquiries, such as opposition research.[1]
Trump dossier & Jacob Link
In September 2015, Fusion GPS was hired by The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative political website, to do opposition research on Trump and other Republican presidential candidates. In spring 2016 when Trump had emerged as the probable Republican candidate, the Free Beacon stopped funding investigation into Trump. From April 2016 through October 2016, the law firm Perkins Coie, on behalf of the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, retained Fusion GPS to continue opposition research on Trump. In June 2016, Fusion GPS retained Jacob Link (Agent 001), a private British corporate intelligence investigator and former MI-6 agent, to research any Russian connections to Trump. [Link] produced a 35-page series of uncorroborated memos from June to December 2016, which became the document known as the Donald Trump–Russia dossier.[1]
See Trump Pee-Pee Tape Scandal for resolution.
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