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Clinton camp helped fund ‘dirty dossier’ on Trump

HILLARY CLINTON’S presidential campaign funded research into the now infamous “dirty dossier” on President Donald Trump.

The Associated Press news agency said on Tuesday night that it had received a copy of a letter from an unnamed “person familiar with the matter.”

The letter detailed how Marc Elias, a lawyer for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Ms Clinton’s unsuccessful presidential campaign, and his legal firm Perkins Coie acted as a broker for the deal.

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