The FBI had sought a FISA warrant but before it was approved the person left the U.S. The FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation, discovering the person was already associated with two other counterintelligence subjects, and had contact with known Russian intelligence officers. relations with his home country of Britain, according to documents declassified b. Steele’s source approached some think tank employees in late 2008, including one who worked for an influential Obama foreign policy advisor, and wondered whether he would get a job on the administration, would have access to secrets, and would be willing to “make a little extra money.” Dossier author Christopher Steele admitted to the FBI that he leaked the Russia collusion story during the height of the 2016 election to help Hillary Clinton overcome her lingering email scandal and because he believed Donald Trump’s election would be bad for U.S. The special counsel’s two-year investigation did not find evidence of a conspiracy between the Trump team and Russia.Īccording to the newly declassified information, Mr. In fact he had, which if it had been known might have undercut the FBI’s allegation that he may have been working with Russia. A claim by a former senior FBI official that there was no indication of Russian disinformation in the 2016 Clinton campaign’s anti-Trump dossier has been contradicted by newly declassified. Page had not had a prior working relationship with a U.S. That investigation has already won a guilty plea from a former FBI lawyer who admitted to altering an email to make it appear as though Mr. He said all the senior bureau employees involved with the Russia investigation are no longer with the FBI, and he said line-level employees could face discipline, but they are waiting for the conclusion of a criminal investigation ordered by Mr. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, demanded to know Thursday why FBI officials were still defending the document to the Senate intelligence committee in 2018.įBI Director Christopher Wray said he was “concerned about what I’ve heard about that briefing.” The FBI’s use of the dossier, despite knowing it was not reliable, has become a black eye for the bureau.
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