I said “used.”
Because once the election ended the FBI
used the Steele Dossier to pursue Trump likely because Hillary wanted to get revenge for her loss.
Newly released FBI notes from interviews with Justice Department official Bruce Ohr about British ex-spy Christopher Steele show the bureau continued
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I said “used,” The Steele Dossier didn’t initiate the investigation but it was used to continue it.
Because once the election ended the FBI
used the Steele Dossier to pursue Trump likely because Hillary wanted to get revenge for her loss.
Here are the major findings from IG Michael Horowitz’s review of the FBI’s handling of its investigation of the Trump campaign in 2016.
www.politico.com
FBI’s receipt of Steele’s dossier ‘played a crucial role’ in seeking surveillance order, but no evidence political bias was a factor
The Crossfire Hurricane team initially was waved off from applying for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant for Carter Page by high-level Justice Department officials.
The officials said the team first needed more evidence that Page was an agent of a foreign power. But after receiving Steele’s report, which detailed alleged coordination between Page and the Kremlin in the summer of 2016, the team asked again and was allowed to move forward.
Would you try to justify an investigation by citing unreliable claims from a person who behaved in a "crazy" way? You might, if it involved an opposing political candidate.
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