No conflict of interest there. "Hey, here's some money so you can do some "research" (wink wink, nudge nudge)." A week later, "wow wouldn't you know it, look what we found, and it's a doozy!"
I am so glad the voters saw through the bs that was pushed. From the conveniently leaked Access Hollywood tape, to women coming out of the woodwork a week before the election, to this fake dossier.
This is why as much as there was probably some Russian operations to harm Clintons presidential run (which I am sure they didn't think would help much anyways as she was such a favourite), I say it is nothing new. Everyone plays dirty in politics nowadays, some just do it through mainstream media who are pretending not to be carrying the water for them.