Posted on 08/04/2018 7:58:43 AM PDT by mandaladon
The FBI Friday released 71 heavily redacted pages describing that it had corresponded with former British spy Christopher Steele, the author of a dossier alleging collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, and revealed the agency was paying him to gather intelligence.
The records show Steele was being paid for work as a "confidential human source" for an unspecified amount of time, and that he'd told the FBI he had informed a third party he was acting as an agency source, reports NBC News.
In addition, the papers show the FBI had determined Steele was the source for an online news article.
Even though the FBI has labeled the released file as "Records between FBI and Christopher Steele Part 01 of 01," the former spy's name itself doesn't appear in the documents, notes the Washington Examiner.
The redactions make it impossible to tell when the FBI started paying Steele, NBC News reported. However, in February 2016, the agency "admonished" Steele. A federal law enforcement official explained that this simply means he was briefed on his duties of being an informant, not being punished or criticized.
Then, on Nov. 1, 2016, just a week before the presidential election, the FBI told Steele he should not "obtain any evidence whatsoever on behalf of the FBI," as it was not likely to keep working with him.
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bttt
Just think of the coincidence? Both the FBI and Hillary hired Steele to gather Russian dirt on Trump. Man, what a coincidence.
Yep!
I’m leaving him out because nothing will happen to him or Holder until the house begins to crumble.
We are a long way until that happens.
Hannity and Lou Dobbs have been at it too long. They talk over their guests and insult a listening audience that knows what THEY are going to say but wants to hear what their guests will say.
“Heavily redacted” There’s those two words again.
The FBI paid for made up information with the intent to affect the outcome of a Presidential election?
Pretty much the exact definition of the “deep state”.
Trump colluded with the Russians I tell ya!>>>>>>>>>>>
The FBI colluded with the Russians via Steele and other Dem operatives; the racketeering criminal syndicate should be subject to a RICO investigation by the NSA.
So, once again Comey lied when he said he had no idea who paid Steele/GPS-Fusion.
Heads need to start rolling.
Time to deep six the Deep State. Put these people into the general population at Leavenworth.
I sure hope I live long enough to see some Arrests, Trials, Prosecutions and Hanging of these TRAITORS.
*SPIT*
The wheels of Justice sure do grind S-L-O-W-L-Y when it comes to RATS! Grrrrr!
RR is dirty and who ever appointed RR has got to be an imbecile or just a plain old deep stater.....
I have no faith in this process....all these wrongs and nobody acting on them....
this entirely rests on Sessions.....
why has he not acted?...
the agency was paying him to gather intelligence.
What agency? FBI?
Would the payments be an illegal campaign contribution?
When Trey Gowdy subpoenas Nellie Ohr, that's it.
Taxpayer money used to undermine the choice of leaders of The People.
You left off the sarcasm tag. LOL.
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