GOP operative reportedly secretly raised $100,000 to obtain emails he believed were stolen from Hillary Clinton

An Illinois businessman long involved in Republican politics and opposition research secretly raised $100,000 from donors in his quest to purchase what he believed were emails stolen from Hillary Clinton, The Wall Street Journal reports. Peter W. Smith received $100,000 from at least four people in the weeks before the 2016 election, and donated $50,000 himself, the Journal reports. Smith discussed his efforts with the Journal in 2017, just 10 days before he died by suicide, but the extent of hi...