CNN Falsely Reports that ‘Parts of Salacious [Trump] Dossier Proven True,’ GOP Initially Funded Report

EXCERPT:

SCIUTTO (voice-over): “After endless debate in Washington and countless denials and dismissals by President Trump...”
TRUMP: “Fraud of the fake dossier, the phony dossier.”
SCIUTTO (voice-over): “...parts of the now infamous dossier on Trump have proven to be true. The dossier began as opposition research on Trump first funded by his Republican opponents and then Hillary Clinton’s campaign. It was then retired British intelligence officer Christopher Steele began to take part, later compiling a series of raw intelligence leads which formed the 35-page document. The dossier included salacious and unverified claims about Trump as well as broader allegations of a potential conspiracy between members of the Trump campaign and Russian nationals tied to the Kremlin and Russian intelligence, which Trump has repeatedly denied.”
TRUMP: “I have nothing to do with Russia.”
SCIUTTO (voice-over): “However, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russian investigation as well as probes by committees on Capitol Hill have in fact corroborated some aspects of the dossier. Take the claim that Russians tried to develop a closer relationship with Trump by offering him fruitful real estate deals."
TRUMP: “I have nothing to do with Russia, folks, okay.”
SCIUTTO (voice-over): “During the campaign, Trump repeatedly and emphatically denied that he had any deals in or involving Russia.”
TRUMP:” Zero. I will tell you right now, zero. I have nothing to do with Russia. Zero. Zero.”
SCIUTTO (voice-over): “Despite denying it for months, Trump’s one-time fixer and personal attorney Michael Cohen testified in December that he and Trump were in fact negotiating a potential deal with a Russian company that would bring a Trump Tower to Moscow, with efforts continuing as late as the summer of 2016 as Trump was clinching the Republican nomination for president. With his earlier denials proven false, Trump now brushes the project aside....”