Posted on 10/11/2022 5:26:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The FBI offered Christopher Steele $1 million if he could prove allegations recorded in his now-infamous dossier, a senior FBI analyst said in court on Tuesday.
FBI analyst Brian Auten testified in the trial of Igor Danchenko, the primary source of allegations in Steele’s dossier, that the bureau placed a $1 million price tag on confirmation of the dossier’s outlandish allegations. Steele was unable to provide any evidence.
Auten said he and a group of FBI agents met with Steele in October of 2021 and offered the former British spy $1 million for evidence supporting the dossier, according to Fox News. The FBI’s offer came years after it had used the dossier’s claims to secure FISA warrants to surveil former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
“On October 21, 2016, did you have any information to corroborate that information?” Durham asked Auten, referencing the date the first FISA application to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page was filed.
“No,” Auten responded, according to Fox News.
Auten testified that the FBI offered Steele “up to $1 million” for proof substantiating allegations made in a series of reports to the bureau over the course of several months in 2016. The analyst said Steele never received any money because he could not “prove the allegations,” according to CNN. Steel’s reports were eventually compiled into the dossier first published by BuzzFeed News in January 2017.
Danchenko has pleaded not guilty to lying to the FBI. His trial is the last scheduled as part of special counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the Trump/Russia collusion hoax before Durham issues his final report.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailywire.com ...
It does.
.
Because they absolutely Love him!
He’s beloved by the Senate.
This took 7 years to come out?
The Republicans had the Senate for the four years after it happened.
.
“not guilty to lying to the FBI” ... lying to the FBI is a crime. But the FBI can lie its ass off all day long, no problem. I would NEVER tell the truth to the FBI.
And as usual, no one will ever go to jail for this. This happens when you have a two-tier justice system. One for them and another for little peons like you and me. Remember Lois Lerner, weaponizing taxation. She probably still has her job and runs around scott free.
Such an appointment requires beforehand that a probable cause level case exist. It didn't. Cross-fire hurricane hadn't produced that, but not for lack of trying.
Somehow the FBI wasn't nearly as interested in pursuing Uranium One or Clinton's paying for fictional evidence of Trump-Russia collusion to prompt (or justify) use of federal taxpayer dollars to spy on her opposition's campaign.
lol
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.