Ohr worked as associate deputy attorney general during the Obama administration’s final year. He was demoted by the Justice Department (DOJ) ‐ but not fired ‐ following revelations of his meetings with Glenn Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS.
Fusion GPS describes itself as a firm providing "strategic intelligence." The company was hired by the Hillary Clinton campaign to produce opposition research on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Ohr’s wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS in 2016.
The "Steele dossier" ‐ composed in 2016 by former British Intelligence officer Christopher Steele as a compilation of accusations against Trump and commissioned by the Clinton campaign via Fusion GPS ‐ was used as a basis by the DOJ and FBI procure warrants for surveillance of Trump campaign persons via the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) described the potential provision of the "Steele dossier" to the Obama administration’s DOJ and FBI via the Ohrs as politically incestuous.