Opposition research firm behind Trump-Russia dossier now says it didn't give it to BuzzFeed

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October 11, 2017 2:56 PM

The firm that produced the explosive dossier alleging ties between Donald Trump's campaign team and Russia says it did not provide the dossier to BuzzFeed.

The opposition research firm that produced the explosive dossier alleging ties between President Donald Trump's campaign team and Russia has claimed in new court filings that it did not provide the dossier to BuzzFeed, which published the document in full in January.

The filings were part of Fusion GPS's efforts to quash a subpoena issued in late August by

Fusion's attorneys wrote in the court filings that Gubarev's attempts to "open the door to wide-ranging discovery" of the firm were "unpersuasive" because Fusion "did not create or author the December memo, and did not give it to BuzzFeed."

Evan Fray-Witzer, an attorney for Gubarev, said during a discovery hearing on September 28 that "the one thing that [Fusion] have told us is BuzzFeed didn't get the dossier from them. BuzzFeed went to them and tried to get the dossier from them and they refused to give it to BuzzFeed."

A spokesperson for Fusion GPS repeated that claim on Wednesday.

"While there may have been a request by BuzzFeed, no documents were shared," the spokesperson told Business Insider.

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