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October 24, 2017 I 

VIA EMAIL

William W1 Taylor, 111
Zuckennan Spaeder LLP
1800 Street, NW
Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20036

RE: FUSION GPS
Dear Mr. Taylor:

Iwrite on behalf of Perkins Coie LLP as its General Counsel. We understand that your
client, Fusion GPS, has received a number of requests for information regarding the identity of
clients who engaged Fusion GPS to conduct research during the 2016 Presidential campaign.
We further are aware that Fusion GPS is currently engaged in litigation in the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia in an effort to prevent the compelled disclosure of its
bank records which would reveal confidential client information.

We recognize the important principle of client confidentiality, and we appreciate your
efforts to fulfill your obligation to maintain client confidentiality. In the circumstances,
however, we believe it is appropriate to release Fusion GPS from this obligation as it relates to
the identity of Perkins Coie. Further, given the interest in this issue, we believe it would be
appropriate for all parties who hired Fusion ops in connection with the 2016 presidential
campaign to re1ease Fusion GPS from this obligation as well. Finally, now that the appropriate
client representatives have been informed of the specifics of our engagement with Fusion GPS,
and with their consent, Perkins Coie therefore authorizes you to disclose the following:

-- Fusion GPS approached Perkins Coie in early March of2016 and, aware that
Perkins Coie represented the Democratic National Committee and
HFACC, Inc. ("Hillary for America") with respect to the 2016 elections.
expressed interest in an engagement with the Firm in connection with the 2016
presidential election to continue research regarding then-Presidential candidate
Donald Trump, research that Fusion GPS had conducted for one or more other
clients during the Republican primary contest.

 

 

 

 

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—To assist in its representation of the DNC and Hillary for America, Perkins
Coie engaged Fusion GPS in April of 2016, to perform a variety of research
services during the 2016 election cycle. By its terms, the engagement concluded
prior to the November 2016 Presidential election.
Nothing in this consent to the disclosure above authorizes Fusion GPS to disclose or
waive any privilege with respect to communications or other information otherwise protected by
this Firm's or its clients’ attorney-client privilege and work product protections, nor does this
authorization constitute a waiver of any applicable privilege of this Firm or its clients.

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