Posted on 08/17/2018 10:01:39 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
FULL TITLE: DOJ's Bruce Ohr wrote Christopher Steele was 'very concerned about Comey's firing -- afraid they will be exposed'
A collection of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr's emails, texts and handwritten notes, reviewed by Fox News, reveals that he was deeply connected to the unverified Steele dossier as well as its author and, during the presidential election campaign, the alleged government surveillance abuses involving a Trump campaign official.
The dossier, which was used by federal officials to justify the surveillance of a top Trump aide, Carter Page, was created by Fusion GPS and paid for by Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
Ohr wrote that Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy who wrote the salacious dossier, was "very concerned (abt) about [former FBI Director James] Comey's firing -- afraid they will be exposed."
The Ohr documents shed more light on Steele's activities before the presidential election. While Steele shopped the dossier to multiple media outlets, he also appeared to ask Ohr for help with a Russian oligarch -- Oleg Deripaska -- after rumors the U.S. might impose sanctions.
Ohr had a conflict of interest during the presidential campaign and transition, congressional investigators say, because his wife Nellie worked for Fusion GPS. Steele, an ex-British spy, was a key source cited by the FBI and Department of Justice to obtain a FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) warrant to monitor Page.
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One aspect of this entire debacle that no one seems to question is how corrupt are the FISA judges? <<
Bingo!!!.....and I question WHY and HOW we have them at all!!!
My reading of the Constitution expressly forbids them
Secret courts are antithetical to every principle our founders cherished.
Secret courts are antithetical to every principle our founders cherished.
Guillotine! Guillotine!
Very much so. The idea of any of those govt warts dropping tro and being exposed is most alarming.
These people used their government positions to spy on Trump and his campaign/administration and frame him with fake evidence. Their goal was to oust President Trump and vindicate HRC. There is no question about it.
Clearly this is illegal.
The way they went about it would not survive an editor if presented as fiction.
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