Posted on 03/30/2017 4:16:50 PM PDT by NoLibZone
The BBC has learned that US officials "verified" a key claim in a report about Kremlin involvement in Donald Trump's election - that a Russian diplomat in Washington was in fact a spy.
So far, no single piece of evidence has been made public proving that the Trump campaign joined with Russia to steal the US presidency - nothing.
But the FBI Director, James Comey, told a hushed committee room in Congress last week that this is precisely what his agents are investigating.
Stop to let that thought reverberate for a moment.
"Investigation is not proof," said the president's spokesman.
Trump's supporters are entitled to ask why - with the FBI's powers to subpoena witnesses and threaten charges of obstructing justice - nothing damning has emerged.
Perhaps there is nothing to find. But some former senior officials say it is because of failings in the inquiry, of which more later.
The roadmap for the investigation, publicly acknowledged now for the first time, comes from Christopher Steele, once of Britain's secret intelligence service MI6.
He wrote a series of reports for political opponents of Donald Trump about Trump and Russia.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Good call
[Several sources have told me that late last year Steele himself grew increasingly disillusioned with the FBI’s progress. “He really thought that what he had would sway the election,” said one.]
Steele was paid to affect public opinion against Trump. The problem was the dossier was such obvious claptrap that even the Trump-hating news media saw it as garbage. Steele, a con man, delivered the dossier to major news media before the FBI ever saw it. Afterwards, Steele staged a huge drama by “hiding out” with his family in a secret location claiming the Russians had sent assassins after him.
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