Newly declassified intel document noted Steele dossier claims had 'limited corroboration'

Fox News ^ | June 11 2020 | Brooke Singman

[knighthawk]

A newly declassified footnote on the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian election interference noted that the reporting of Trump dossier author Christopher Steele had only "limited corroboration" regarding whether then-President-elect Donald Trump "knowingly worked with Russian officials to bolster his chances of beating" Hillary Clinton and other claims.

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe transmitted the declassified footnote, also known as "Annex A” of the 2017 ICA, to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., late Wednesday after the two requested last month that the ODNI release the document “to the fullest extent possible.”

Fox News obtained “Annex A," which spanned less than two pages and detailed reporting by Steele, the former British spy who authored the unverified anti-Trump dossier -- a document that helped serve as the basis for controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants obtained against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.

[Principled]

"The source collected this information on behalf of private clients and was not compensated for it by the FBI," it continued.

Yeah he was compensated for the info ... by the DNC!

[Rocky]

It’s not true. In addition to funding from the DNC and Hillary’s campaign, Steele received $50,000 from the FBI for this garbage.

[Boogieman]

Well, I guess “zero confirmation” technically qualifies as a form of “limited confirmation”.