Bush camp says it had nothing to do with Russian dirt on Trump

via @learyreports

A BBC report this week asserted that the super PAC supporting Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign had paid for salacious opposition research on Donald Trump that the president-elect vigorously dismissed yesterday as “FAKE NEWS.”

But Bush’s camp says that nonsense and has gotten the BBC to correct its story. The dossier had circulated among news organizations for months but none ran with it because the claims could not be verified.

BuzzFeed this week published the document, drawing Trump’s wrath.

“To be clear, Right to Rise USA had nothing to do with the research or dossier and has sent a cease & desist letter to the BBC demanding a correction,” Charlie Spies, a lawyer for Right to Rise USA, said in an email to the Tampa Bay Times.

--ALEX LEARY, Tampa Bay Times