The funding of the so-called 'dossier' went -- through several 'buffers' -- to entities involved with Russia and/or Russian Govt. (as well as at least one British intelligence agent)... It's pretty obvious the money was laundered in the manner it was, rather than direct payment, in order to thwart direct connection.... And of course there's all the foreign money influence in the Clinton Foundation... Servers were wiped and 'bleached', cellphones smashed with hammers, and emails were hidden and deleted (sounds like something that would happen on 'Breaking Bad') -- all with no consequence -- so we may never know the full story, but they were worried about something being seen.