Posted on 04/27/2020 7:46:15 PM PDT by bitt
Not only was the anti-Trump dossier fueled by Russian disinformation, but the FBI knew it was likely tainted at the time the bureau was citing the document to obtain secret spying warrants on a Trump campaign figure, according to information declassified Wednesday from an inspector general’s report.
One member of the FBI team investigating the Trump campaign even got information in January 2017 that Russian intelligence “may have targeted Orbis,” the company of Christopher Steele, according to Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz’s report.
The FBI learned in February 2017 that Russian intelligence managed to infiltrate a source into the network of informants Mr. Steele used. Indeed, Russian intelligence was aware of Mr. Steele’s anti-Trump efforts as far back as early July 2016, even before the FBI opened its investigation, the inspector general’s report says.
Those details were in footnotes that were redacted when the report was issued late last year. But under pressure from two top GOP investigative senators, the information was declassified Wednesday.
“As we can see from these now-declassified footnotes in the IG’s report, Russian intelligence was aware of the dossier before the FBI even began its investigation and the FBI had reports in hand that their central piece of evidence was most likely tainted with Russian disinformation,” said Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Ron Johnson.
That Russian disinformation found its way into Mr. Steele’s work had long been suspected, but the declassified information from Mr. Horowitz’s report is the first official confirmation.
Mr. Grassley and Mr. Johnson revealed some of the previously classified information late last week. The information released Wednesday comes from still more declassified information from the footnotes of Mr. Horowitz’s report.
The new information was declassified with the cooperation of the acting Director of National Intelligence Richard A. Grenell and Attorney General..
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the outrage is that it took 3 years to uncover to the crime.
Yawnshell.
Bullcrap. This is nothing more than an FBI/CIA cover story. You are supposed to read this and think,
“say, I guess the FBI wasn’t corrupt and launching a coup attempt after all. They were actually patriots that just trying to protect America! Maybe they were maybe a bit too sloppy or gullible, and they were tricked by Russians. And for that matter, even poor Christopher Steele was duped also!”
A bullshit cover story that has sprouted like mushrooms everywhere once it was introduced...kinda like the “dossier”.
“the outrage is that it took 3 years to uncover to the crime.”
The outrage is that absolutely nothing is being done about it.
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Wow, they better clear some space at whatever prison Lois Lerner is being incarcerated at.
The crimes of the Kenyanesian Usurpation are many and the will to do anything about any of them has been non-existent since Usurpation Day.
The Kenyan from Indonesia had carte blanche once he was sworn in.
A look at the writer and the paper selling this story is further proof that this is a coup participant cover story. Nothing happened in the FBI that 2 day training seminar can’t fix.
Complete garbage.
well, you can’t very well punish a crime until it has been discovered. but, yeah. there is that, as well.
If enough time passes, the evidence will go up to Obama.
FREE BEER TOMORROW!!!!
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