British ex-spy Christopher Steele spread other accusations against President Trump not included in his well-publicized election dossier, according to the Justice Department’s recent report on FBI misconduct.
The report by Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz shows at least three little-noticed Steele assertions that went to Crossfire Hurricane, the bureau’s Trump probe headquarters. And like 13 of his dossier’s accusations of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, those three didn’t pan out either.
The three allegations had to do with supposed Trump campaign cash from Moscow via Azerbaijan, a Russian intelligence officer, and a purported intervention by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the next secretary of state.
Mr. Steele was hired in June 2016 by Fusion GPS with money from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
In September, he met with a gaggle of Washington reporters to spread his contentions that Mr. Trump was a Kremlin spy and that the Trump campaign was aiding Moscow’s efforts to interfere in the U.S. election.
In October, he returned to Washington for more dossier spreading to reporters, the State Department and the FBI.
He had first met an FBI handler in early July at his Orbis Business Intelligence in London. In October, he met a group of agents and an intelligence analyst in Rome as the FBI was writing a warrant to surveil Trump adviser Carter Page using Mr. Steele’s evidence.
Meanwhile, Mr. Steele met with and communicated with Bruce Ohr, at the time the fourth-ranking Justice Department official, who then ferried his anti-Trump accusations to the FBI hierarchy.
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In December, with Mr. Trump the president-elect, Mr. Steele switched strategies and targeted Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. The senator received a dossier copy and hand-delivered it to FBI Director James B. Comey. McCain aide David Kramer began anew to distribute Mr. Steele’s claims to news outlets, one of which, BuzzFeed, posted the entire 35-page report.
I recall a weird cloak and dagger tale of derring-do in London involving a mysterious man holding a newspaper being bandied about by the McCain camp! McCain supposedly "dispatched an aide" to London to retrieve this earth-shaking document.
So the old NOT SUCH A HERO McCain was working directly with Steele all along.
McCain had “It” in His own greasy
Paws,...Rot in HELL McStain!
The report by Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz shows at least three little-noticed Steele assertions that went to Crossfire Hurricane, the bureau’s Trump probe headquarters. And like 13 of his dossier’s accusations of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, those three didn’t pan out either.
The three allegations had to do with supposed Trump campaign cash from Moscow via Azerbaijan, a Russian intelligence officer, and a purported intervention by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the next secretary of state.
Mr. Steele was hired in June 2016 by Fusion GPS with money from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
In September, he met with a gaggle of Washington reporters to spread his contentions that Mr. Trump was a Kremlin spy and that the Trump campaign was aiding Moscow’s efforts to interfere in the U.S. election.
In October, he returned to Washington for more dossier spreading to reporters, the State Department and the FBI.
He had first met an FBI handler in early July at his Orbis Business Intelligence in London. In October, he met a group of agents and an intelligence analyst in Rome as the FBI was writing a warrant to surveil Trump adviser Carter Page using Mr. Steele’s evidence.
Meanwhile, Mr. Steele met with and communicated with Bruce Ohr, at the time the fourth-ranking Justice Department official, who then ferried his anti-Trump accusations to the FBI hierarchy.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com .
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In December, with Mr. Trump the president-elect, Mr. Steele switched strategies and targeted Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. The senator received a dossier copy and hand-delivered it to FBI Director James B. Comey. McCain aide David Kramer began anew to distribute Mr. Steele’s claims to news outlets, one of which, BuzzFeed, posted the entire 35-page report.
I recall a weird cloak and dagger tale of derring-do in London involving a mysterious man holding a newspaper being bandied about by the McCain camp! McCain supposedly "dispatched an aide" to London to retrieve this earth-shaking document.
So the old NOT SUCH A HERO McCain was working directly with Steele all along.
McCain had “It” in His own greasy
Paws,...Rot in HELL McStain!
