SEC chairman stunned by question about paying for Steele dossier for Hillary Clinton campaign

President Biden's Securities and Exchange Commission chairman appeared caught off guard by a Republican congressman's questions about his time on the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. The chairman was asked if he facilitated the payment for the infamous Christopher Steele dossier.

The Steele dossier was a document procured by an British ex-spy that claimed that former President Trump had colluded with Russian interests, along with claims that he participated in lewd sex acts in Russian hotels.

As reported by the Daily Wire, House Republican Byron Donalds questioned SEC Chairman Gary Gensler about whether or not he facilitated the payment for the dossier when he worked for Clinton's campaign.

"You were Hillary Clinton's CFO in the campaign, right?" Donalds asked.

"It's part of my history —" Gensler replied before Donalds interjected, "Were you, yes or no?"

"In 2016?" Gensler clarified.

"Did you facilitate the payment for the Steele dossier since you were CFO of the Hillary Clinton campaign?” the congressman asked.

Donalds continued to ask "yes or no?" repeatedly and finlly reminded the SEC chairman that he was under oath.

"It was not something I was aware of," Gensler answered before the congressman yielded his time.

Gensler previously worked as under secretary of the Treasury for domestic finance during the Clinton presidency from 1999 to 2001. He also worked as the CFO for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign.

The Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign were fined by the Federal Election Commission in 2022 for allegedly lying about funding the dossier. Clinton’s treasurer was fined $8,000 and the DNC’s treasurer $105,000.

The DNC paid over approximately $850,000 to Fusion GPS, the research firm behind the documents, while Clinton's campaign gave $175,000.

However, FusionGPS was originally hired by the Washington Free Beacon, according to the New York Times. The funding was provided to find dirt on several Republican candidates including Trump, but later ceased in May 2016 once it became clear that Trump was going to win the Republican nomination.

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