Thread by @themarketswork

"The documents produced by Fusion GPS to date reflect hundreds of emails in which Fusion GPS employees shared raw, unverified, and uncorroborated information – including their own draft research and work product – with reporters."

https://twitter.com/TrustIsEarnd/status/1518786054169452549

"And they appear to have done so as part of a (largely successful) effort to trigger negative news stories about one [of] the Presidential candidates."

"the Fusion GPS co-founder urged the reporter to “call [a named U.S. Representative] or [a named U.S. Senator],” stating, “I bet they are concerned about what [Trump Advisor-1] was doing other than giving a speech over 3 days in Moscow.”

"Mook...could not recall any specific instances of legal advice that Perkins Coie provided based on Fusion GPS’s work. When asked if he would have remembered such advice if it had been given, Mook stated that such a question was difficult to answer given the passage of time."

Tech Executive-1 ignores the critical and dispositive fact that Perkins Coie hired Fusion GPS to assist HFA and the DNC, not Tech Executive-1. Indeed, Tech Executive-1 did not pay at all for Fusion GPS’s services, and Perkins Coie did not charge Tech Executive-1 for such services

"Indeed, Tech Executive-1 does not cite a single case in which a lawyer’s client validly claimed privilege or work product protections over materials prepared for the benefit of another client."

"The Fusion Witness is, to the Government’s knowledge, the only Fusion GPS employee who exchanged emails with Tech Executive-1 concerning the Russian Bank-1 allegations (or any other issue)."

"The Fusion Witness also (i) acted as the firm’s primary “technical” expert; (ii) worked for an extended time period on issues relating to the Russian Bank-1 allegations; (iii) was a part of the team that handled work under Fusion’s contract with HFA and the DNC;"

"and (iv) met in 2016 with various parties – including Law Firm-1, Tech Executive-1, and the media – about the Russian Bank-1 allegations. As such, the Fusion Witness undoubtedly possesses unique insight to the core issue to be decided by the jury."