Writer-author, none other than 'former' MI6 operator Mr. Christopher Steele, a man conveniently disappeared somewhere amidst the boggy moors.
The committee has learned that Bruce Ohr, an associate attorney general, not only spoke with dossier writer Christopher Steele but also met after the election with Glenn Simpson, whose Fusion GPS hired Mr. Steele with Democratic Party money.
Bruce, the envelopes please.
"Pursuant to the House Intelligence Committee’s prior subpoenas and information requests, the Department of Justice should have provided the committee with information on contacts that DOJ official Bruce Ohr had with Fusion GPS representatives and Christopher Steele.," said committee chairman Devin Nunes, California Republican. "The Committee will issue a subpoena to Bruce Ohr for information on this matter."
Soon to exercise his 5th Amendment rights no doubt.
The committee is investigating Fusion’s financial arrangements, including the reasons for paying three journalists. It was Mr. Nunes’ first subpoena for Fusion bank records that forced Democrats to admit that the party and Hillary Clinton campaign paid for the dossier beginning in June 2016.
Houston, we have a very significant problem aboard the Bureau orbiter. How your copy over ?
The dossier has taken on immense importance. The FBI relied on it in July 2016 to begin an investigation into the Trump campaign and any collusion with Russia over the hacking of Democratic Party computers. It relied on the dossier to obtain at least one eavesdropping warrant on a Trump associate.
If the Steele dossier was NOT used to support the FISA surveillance effort then why not end the tiring obfuscation and permit someone to simply say it was not used? Oh, I see. No one wants to be that someone.
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