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A former State Department official told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he destroyed records in January 2017, the month President Donald Trump took office, at the request of former British spy Christopher Steele, according to a new report.
Jonathan Winer, who served as special envoy to Libya through early 2017, was Steele’s contact at the State Department. Winer arranged a meeting for Steele in October 2016 with another State Department official at Foggy Bottom to share findings of research on Trump, then the Republican presidential nominee in the November 2016 election.
BJ's Pull Quote:
lawmakers long have been interested in Winer because of his interactions with Steele and his handling of the dossier of opposition research on Trump. The Senate report offers a scathing assessment of the dossier, which the FBI used to obtain warrants to surveil then-Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
The report says that Steele displayed “poor” tradecraft. It also says that Steele “repeatedly” refused the committee’s requests for interviews.
Jonathan Winer, who served as special envoy to Libya through early 2017, was Steele’s contact at the State Department. Winer arranged a meeting for Steele in October 2016 with another State Department official at Foggy Bottom to share findings of research on Trump, then the Republican presidential nominee in the November 2016 election.
State Department Official ‘Destroyed’ Records at Foreign Agent's Request
Jonathan Winer arranged for a State Department colleague to meet in fall 2016 with former British spy Christopher Steele about his research on Donald Trump.
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BJ's Pull Quote:
lawmakers long have been interested in Winer because of his interactions with Steele and his handling of the dossier of opposition research on Trump. The Senate report offers a scathing assessment of the dossier, which the FBI used to obtain warrants to surveil then-Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
The report says that Steele displayed “poor” tradecraft. It also says that Steele “repeatedly” refused the committee’s requests for interviews.