It’s not even clear that there was any Republican at all as that story came from Fusion GPS but has no evidence backing it so far.
Via Daily Caller:
Reporting on the dossier tells us that a Republican was the first to pay Fusion GPS for opposition research, but that donor was out of the picture by the time Fusion contracted with Christopher Steele to create the dossier.
Host Wolf Blitzer said that a Republican “first established contact” with Fusion GPS, which is correct based on current reports, but the chyron floating below him during the interview claimed that Republican was also behind funding for the dossier.
“Who’s the anti-Trump Republican who helped fund the dossier?” the chyron misleadingly asks.