President Trump early Monday cited a report claiming the Obama campaign paid the law firm that routed money to the research firm behind the controversial and unverified dossier that alleges connections between Trump and Russia.

“Report out that Obama Campaign paid $972,000 to Fusion GPS," Trump wrote on Twitter.

"The firm also got $12,400,000 (really?) from DNC. Nobody knows who OK'd!”

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The president is referencing a report from the conservative website The Federalist that says Obama’s campaign paid $972,000 to the law firm that passed the transaction between the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden goes on offense MORE’s campaign, and the research firm Fusion GPS.

The tweet comes amidst anger from Trump and other Republicans following a report in The Washington Post that said the DNC and Clinton’s campaign assisted in funding the research that ultimately produced the dossier.

Last week, the conservative Washington Free Beacon confirmed that it began the funding for the research that lead to the document.

According to The New York Times, Clinton did not know about the dossier until BuzzFeed News published the document in January.