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UK Spy ‘Gathered’ Trump Intel Without Going To Russia
The Daily Caller ^ | January 12, 2017 | By Michael Bastasch

Posted on 01/12/2017 2:22:25 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee

The former British spy hired to compile a compromising intelligence on President-elect Donald Trump did not set foot in Russia to compile his 35-page dossier.

Fusion GPS — a Washington, D.C.-based firm — hired Christopher Steele to investigate Trump’s past dealings in Russia. Steele is a former MI6 agent who was stationed in Moscow in the 1990s. A GOP donor who opposed Trump hired Fusion GPS in 2015, but Hillary Clinton supporters took over financing the research after Trump won the Republican primary. . .

Steele’s dossier claims Russian intelligence agents collected “compromising” information that could be used to influence Trump, including alleged tapes of the real estate mogul cavorting with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: 2015; 201701; 4chan; chrissteele; christophersteele; fusiongps; goldenshowersdossier; steele
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To: oldbrowser

I would guess Cruz.


21 posted on 01/12/2017 2:50:29 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Brad from Tennessee

They should have asked me, I need $$$$$


22 posted on 01/12/2017 2:51:34 PM PST by jennychase
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To: Brad from Tennessee

So who brokered the transfer of the investigation (collusion) from GOP supporters to Hillary???


23 posted on 01/12/2017 2:54:48 PM PST by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: Sasparilla

Snort... I wouldn’t be surprised if an element of that entered the mix. Good grief, collect any old rumor and breathlessly rush it to press. And reap the consequences, now that people have skeptical-colored glasses to don.


24 posted on 01/12/2017 2:55:28 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: rod1

Probably Steele himself.


25 posted on 01/12/2017 2:57:58 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: HiTech RedNeck

IIRC, Major Garrett was spewing Steele as a credible source...without naming him.


26 posted on 01/12/2017 2:58:59 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: RegulatorCountry

The sharing of the op-research may explain the video clip showing the elder Bush making the “cut-it-off” hand motion during the early Republican debates.

Shame on all of the individuals involved. How arrogant!


27 posted on 01/12/2017 2:59:36 PM PST by ptsal
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To: RegulatorCountry

Remember when Bob Beckel said he was headed to the UK for ‘oppo research’ on Trump? Wonder if he met with this kook? Anyhoo.....this guy’s business is OVER. MI6, my @ss. Wonder if he was fired?


28 posted on 01/12/2017 3:04:53 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

We need to be careful who we allow to asssume the status of “spy.” It is being used to allow leftists with an axe to grind — who have done no spying or who are mere CIA bureaucrats — to attack Republicans.


29 posted on 01/12/2017 3:07:10 PM PST by Socon-Econ
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To: ptsal

After Trump won the republican nomination, I asked a person ‘connected’ what the establishments end game was in being never Trumpers. He did not believe they had one, I now believe it is to destroy Trump and replace him with Pence.


30 posted on 01/12/2017 3:07:43 PM PST by All Blue State
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To: Brad from Tennessee

The same FusionGPS was hired by Planned Parenthood to discredit the lurid and incriminating videos that taped their executives making incredibly raunchy statements about fetus’s and selling fetus limbs.


31 posted on 01/12/2017 3:10:21 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Brad from Tennessee

So let me get this straight: Anti-Trump forces paid a private firm lots of money to dig up dirt on Trump. This guy couldn’t find any dirt so he essentially took stuff off the internet and made up a story so he could collect a paycheck. Does that sound right?


32 posted on 01/12/2017 3:16:15 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: oldbrowser

I would like to know who the Republican Candidate was as well.


33 posted on 01/12/2017 3:17:22 PM PST by usflagwaver
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To: Brad from Tennessee

So who was this “GOP Donor”??? McCain???


35 posted on 01/12/2017 3:21:44 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Am seriously curious as to why this wasn’t “leaked” before the election, if it’s truly all about discrediting/destroying Trump. Welcome Freeper thoughts on that.


36 posted on 01/12/2017 3:38:13 PM PST by nfldgirl
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To: nfldgirl

Because no one thought he could win.


37 posted on 01/12/2017 3:40:27 PM PST by petitfour (Americans need to repent.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

It is far from certain that the “spy” was responsible for all the fantastic crap in this report. In fact 4Chan claims that story began with their prank on Wilson, and that the “spy” angle was added later.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-10/4chan-claims-have-fabricated-anti-trump-report-hoax


38 posted on 01/12/2017 3:40:36 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: ptsal

It might explain the odd, subversive behavior of certain Republican also-rans, too. Cruz knew.


39 posted on 01/12/2017 3:45:51 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: nfldgirl

It’s been speculated that cockiness on the part of the Clinton campaign led them to believe that they didn’t need to publicize this.


40 posted on 01/12/2017 3:47:39 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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