The The Washington Free Beacon reportedly told Fusion GPS to stop doing research on Trump in May of 2016 as he was close to clinching the Republican nomination. (No Christopher Steele or Russia).
In April of 2016, according to the New York Times, Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee retained Fusion GPS and the company enlisted the services of a former British spy named Christopher Steele who produced the infamous Steele dossier. (Christopher Steele and Russia).