"Finally, the memo finishes up by confirming a much-disputed
recent New York Times report that FBI did
not, as conservatives have theorized, start its investigation into Trump associates and Russia because of the Steele dossier."
Except evidence presented has proven that not to be the case, that the dossier was and always has been the sole basis for the witch hunt.
Papadopoulos was indicted / convicted as a result, like almost all the others, of one of Mueller's Perjury TRAPS.
Papadopoulos, an unpaid Trump campaign volunteer, was approached by a foreign Ambassador who happened to be a HUGE Hillary supporter and donor, asking about / inferring they had Russian opposition research on Hillary.
(...Gee, this sounds a lot like the Russian lawyer - who had been banned from entering the US by Obama's own Immigration Department but who was overridden by Obama so she could enter the US for a meeting with Trump Jr (set-up) - reaching out to Trump Jr which resulted in a 7-minute meeting between Jr and the Lawyer with Jr walking out and no information ever being exchanged....as opposed to Hillary's colluding with and paying foreign spies and Russians for their help and a Russian-authored document)
This Aussie Hillary supporter then informed the FBI of the 'drunken conversation in the bathroom of a British Pub' between Papa and the Aussie. The FBI called Papa in for an interview, already knowing he had met with the Aussie. No info ever exchanged hands. Papa was not the one to bring up Russian opposition research - the Aussie was, but Papa foolishly denied the meeting ever took place...BAM - PERJURY TRAP!
Unless you are trying to make the case that the entire Mueller Witch Hunt was based on a MUELLER / FBI PERJUTY TRAP and ZERO evidence of any hint of non-existent Illegal Russian Collusion, you have failed to prove the Dossier was NOT the basis for the witch hunt.