..... Ummmm .... Didn’t we already know there were payments made by DOJ to Steele??? I could swear this was revealed last summer.....
Records Between FBI and Christopher Steele Part 01 of 02 (Aug. 2018)
Pages 12-14...though it's all redacted.
Read the block headings/headers (payment request, etc)
No details, but the fact that he was paid is clear.
It would seem that the reactions have been cleared to a degree.