https://consortiumnews.com/2019/04/02/consortium-news-record-on-russia-gate-how-cn-covered-the-scandal-no-4-the-democratic-money-behind-russia-gate/

As Russia-gate continues to buffet the Trump administration, we now know that the “scandal” started with Democrats funding the original dubious allegations of Russian interference, wrote Joe Lauria on Oct. 29, 2017.