Marc Elias worked for the law firm Perkins Coie during the period involving the Steele dossier.
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VINCEAug 18, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources show Marc Elias was a partner at Perkins Coie in 2016, when the firm engaged Fusion GPS for the Clinton campaign and DNC, which led to the Steele dossier. The post's 'Perkins Cooney' is a misspelling of Perkins Coie, and the claim's correction is a faithful resolution of the referent, not an addition.
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… In case you forget, Mark Elias, whose website I was just quoting from, he was the guy who cooked up the Steel dossier. That's right, Hillary Clinton took campaign funding, gave it to a law firm called Perkins Cooney, where Mark Elias was working. Mark Elias turns around and gives it to Fusion GPS. Fusion GPS gives it to Christopher Steele. Christopher Steele cooks up a whole packet of lies about President Trump colluding with Russia, and the rest, as you know, is history. …
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Supports. The AP reported that Marc Elias, a lawyer for the Clinton campaign and the DNC, and his law firm Perkins Coie brokered the arrangement that funded the dossier research beginning in spring 2016.[1]
Supports. FactCheck.org states that in 2016 Perkins Coie, and specifically Elias, represented the Clinton campaign and the DNC and hired Fusion GPS, which subsequently hired Steele.[2]
Supports. A primary case analysis states that in 2016 Marc Elias, then of Perkins Coie's Political Law group, represented Clinton's campaign, and the firm engaged Fusion GPS, producing the Steele dossier.[4]
Supports. The Washington Post, as reported by Snopes, said the DNC and Clinton campaign funded the dossier investigation through a law firm, with Perkins Coie retaining Fusion GPS in April 2016.[3]
Context. Elias left Perkins Coie in 2021 to found the Elias Law Group, so his employment at the firm ended after the dossier period.[5][6]
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6 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1AP source: Clinton camp helped fund Trump dossier researchapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Bogus Voter Fraud Claims - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Report: DNC and Clinton Campaign Helped Fund Trump/Russia 'Steele Dossier'snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 4Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justiceglobalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Trump targets prominent Democratic-linked law firmpolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 6Marc Elias - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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