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Laura Seago (Fusion GPS) testimony
-Started working for Fusion in July 2015
-reported to Fusion parters
-around 8 people worked for Fusion at the time
Seago says Fusion worked for "anti-Trump republicans" in fall 2015 and early 2016, then changed to Democrats.
Seago says in summer/fall 2016, Fusion client was the Democrats. Primary client contact Marc Elias of Perkins Coie.
Seago met Sussmann in summer 2016
Seago: Summer 2016 meeting was attended by Elias, Fritsch, Sussmann, Joffe and her "to discuss allegations of communications between the Trump organization and Alfa-Bank."
Seago exchanged emails with Joffe after the summer 2016 meeting about Trump and Alfa Bank
Seago became aware of the Trump-Alfa Bank allegations at the summer 2016 meeting with Elias, Sussmann, Joffe and Fritsch
Seago started working on Trump-Alfa following the Fusion--Perkins Coie--Joffe meeting in summer 2016
Seago refuses to answer what her emails with Joffe were about but they clearly were about Trump-Alfa Bank
Fusion (employed by Hillary through Perkins Coie cut out) fed Trump stories to the media
Seago (Fusion GPS) went with Fritsch (Fusion founder) and Berkowitz to reporter Frank Foer's home in Sept 2016 regarding Trump-Alfabank story.
Shows what an important story it was for them to send such a big crew.
Fusion crew discussed the "highly-credible scientists" who stood up the Alfa allegation.
Notably silent on the DNC involvement.
Seago (Fusion) admits that the purpose of the meeting at Foer (Slate) home is to get him to publish the Trump-Alfa article.
Foer did so one week before the election.
Seago admits that Fusion did next to nothing to verify the Alfa Bank claims.
Seago said that Fusion didn't try to find out where Alfa Bank DNS data came from
Seago (Fusion) testified that she communicated with Joffe following the summer meeting with him, Elias, Sussmann and Fritsch.
Seago was shown headings of her numerous emails with Joffe, did not deny they were about Trump-Alfa bank
The emails between Fusion's Seago and Joffe are dated end of August 2016. Some include Sussmann.
Seago was shown emails with Fusion GPS founders confirming that they were working on Trump-Alfa secret communications channel allegation weeks prior to presidential election
A week before presidential election, Fusion GPS analysts and founders were managing the Trump-Alfa story that they fed to the media, dampening down any criticism of it.
Following publication of the Trump-Alfa Bank secret communications channel story by Franklin Foer of the Slate, Hillary highlighted the story
Having fed the article, and after the Hillary campaign used it as its "October Surprise", Fusion are working overtime to prop the story up
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