Posted on 02/28/2017 3:07:30 PM PST by mandaladon
A former British spy who prepared a dossier on unsubstantiated allegations of President Donald Trump's Russian activities was to be paid by the FBI to continue his work while he was getting money from Hillary Clinton supporters to dig deeper into Trump's past, according to news reports on Tuesday.
But the agency ultimately ended up not paying former MI6 agent Christopher Steele, The Washington Post reports, and the newspaper "was not able to determine how much the FBI intended to pay Steele had their relationship remained intact."
The Post cited "several people familiar with the arrangement."
The FBI was investigating Russian involvement in the presidential election at the time the deal was struck — and officials knew Steele had been gathering information on Trump for a Washington research firm that had been hired by Clinton operatives.
"The firm was due to stop paying Steele as Election Day approached, but Steele felt his work was not done," according to the Post.
The FBI knew of Steele, 53, because of his investigation into alleged corruption by FIFA, the world soccer association. He also has spent nearly two decades probing Russia for British intelligence agencies.
A spokesman for the FBI declined to comment Tuesday, the Post reports.
In London, Steele’s attorney did not respond to questions about the agreement.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer also declined to comment.
Steele began investigating Trump in June 2016 after working for another client that was developing a report on Russian involvement in political events in Europe, the Post reports.
He has gone underground since the unsubstantiated Trump dossier was reported in January after the FBI had presented it to Trump before his inauguration.
The intelligence agency had included the document in a report presented that week to former President Barack Obama on Russian-related hacking activities.
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Why would a former British spy do this?!?!?!
Seems to me the FBI was trying to help Hillary
That is unethical.
Plus I think rank and file like Trump but those at the top don’t/didn’t??
Plus I think rank and file like Trump but those at the top don’t/didn’t??
Because they were compromised by lawless Obama. Russia is Obama’s scandal.
Why would the FBI do this?
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They’re leftist big government political operatives?
Unnamed sources are no longer credible
And in Compost
Seems to me the FBI was trying to help Hillary
Absolutely! If Trump had done what Hillary did, he would be in jail.
The President’s people really need to lay hands on Mr. Steele before he turns up hanging under a bridge in Rome or Stockholm, etc.
Over half the treachery on earth comes from the UK and their secret agencies.
Trump should have fired Comey first thing. He can’t trust anyone who worked for Obama.
What a sweet deal that would have been for Steele. He almost got paid twice for doing the same job.
None of this type of crap will stop until people start going to jail.
I won’t hold my breath.
Well, yeah . .TWO “investigations” in her corrupt, traitorous email scandal and no referral to DOJ.
It wasn’t anything you or me or anyone else would have gotten away with. Not even close.
So yes, the FBI was on hilLIAR’s side.
Pay me FBI, you’ll be amazed at the reports I’ll generate for you. LOL morons, we are “protected” by morons.
I know, I know, “if we only really knew what they do”.
Unreal.
Never would have thought that.
Why? Post colonialist meddling?
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