From Fantasize-along-with-Fox-TV-News website, (secret and hard to google(?)): The actual source of the infamous dossier--which the Republicans attributed to Bill and Hillary: Was actually GOP Conservative Groups--themselves alarmed by all the Trump visits and likely business(es) in Russia. The Democrats came on board, at Steele's industrial espionage business: Later on.
Who is Christopher Steele? What to know about the ex-spy and the Trump dossier
Then FBI apparently came to use it, but after themselves having severed all further connections with Steele, and likely not knowing much about any other clients.
"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(Great Deity, "Seven Come Eleven: Be Praised!)
Who is Christopher Steele? What to know about the ex-spy and the Trump dossier
Then FBI apparently came to use it, but after themselves having severed all further connections with Steele, and likely not knowing much about any other clients.
"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(Great Deity, "Seven Come Eleven: Be Praised!)