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The story of the Trump dossier: secret sources, an airport rendezvous, and John McCain
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Source: The Guardian
The extraordinary but unverified documents published on Tuesday on Donald Trump’s ties with Moscow began life as a piece of opposition research, which has become as much a part of US politics as yard signs and coloured balloons.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/11/trump-russia-report-opposition-research-john-mccain
I've only posted the intro because the article describes a long time-line and selecting only four paras could be misleading.
The take-away for me is that the docs are genuine but their content unverified and the 4-Chan claim is a red herring.
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