Christopher Steele on HotAir

Christopher Steele

May 2020

Flynn attorney: Why hasn’t the defense ever heard the Kislyak call?

Ed Morrissey May 21, 2020 12:01 PM

Plus: FBI deputized Steele to target Flynn two months earlier?

Apr 2020

Christopher Steele deleted his notes and records related to the dossier

John Sexton Apr 24, 2020 1:01 PM

“they were wiped in early January 2017.”

Crossfire Hurricane team knew Steele dossier likely contained ‘Russian disinformation’

John Sexton Apr 10, 2020 6:43 PM

“there were ties between Russian intelligence and a presidential campaign – the Clinton campaign…”

Feb 2020

CBS: Hey, Graham’s serious about holding hearings into FISA abuse in Crossfire Hurricane, but …

Ed Morrissey Feb 10, 2020 6:01 PM

“I’m not going to be the Republican Christopher Steele.”

Jan 2020

Washington Post asks reporters to explain their ‘sunny remarks’ about the Steele dossier in light of the IG report

John Sexton Jan 08, 2020 7:21 PM

“No response to a request for comment.”

Dec 2019

Who was the confidential source mentioned in footnote 461 of the IG report?

John Sexton Dec 19, 2019 6:41 PM

“McCabe told the OIG he did not remember giving those instructions, and could not tell us why he might have done so.”

Say, does anyone remember Nadler calling Page “an agent of a foreign power”?

Ed Morrissey Dec 17, 2019 10:01 AM

“The chairman has no credibility left.”

Trump blasts FBI director: What report was he reading, anyway?

Ed Morrissey Dec 10, 2019 8:41 AM

Barr: Ahem.

The IG Report on the reliability of the Steele Dossier

John Sexton Dec 09, 2019 3:01 PM

“became frustrated…when Comey notified Congress…the FBI was reopening the Clinton email investigation”

Horowitz report: Sufficient predicate for Crossfire Hurricane — but probably not the Page FISA warrant;More: Ordering audit of all FBI FISA warrant processes; Rips Ohr; Update: Durham dissents?

Ed Morrissey Dec 09, 2019 2:01 PM

Plus: Steele discussed working for the Trumps a few years earlier?

Beltway battens down hatches for the Horowitz Report — and new reveal on Christopher Steele?

Ed Morrissey Dec 09, 2019 12:01 PM

As read by Adam Baldwin!

Nov 2019

Welcome to our nightmare, UK: Russia collusion in Brexit referendum?

Ed Morrissey Nov 05, 2019 5:21 PM

“Bogus.”

Sep 2019

IG Horowitz has submitted a draft of his report on FBI surveillance

John Sexton Sep 14, 2019 4:01 PM

“…reviewed over one million records”

RealClearInvestigations: Why didn’t FBI test Steele’s credibility on … Rick Wilson?

Ed Morrissey Sep 05, 2019 5:21 PM

Category errors?

Aug 2019

Ohr interviews: Steele agenda was to stop Trump presidency

Ed Morrissey Aug 09, 2019 12:01 PM

“… desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not becoming the U.S. president.”

Jul 2019

Christopher Steele was questioned for 16-hours by DOJ Inspector General’s office

John Sexton Jul 09, 2019 3:01 PM

“…the investigators’ sense that he offered new and important information, may dampen expectations among the president’s allies”

Jun 2019

Graham: Why aren’t Democrats outraged over Hillary hiring a foreign agent to dig up dirt?

Ed Morrissey Jun 13, 2019 2:01 PM

“I’m willing to make it clear if we need to.”

Hmmm: Steele agrees to DoJ questioning over FBI relationship

Ed Morrissey Jun 04, 2019 10:01 AM

Hannity: Barr already has the IG report on the FISA warrant.

May 2019

Report: British national security officials warned that Steele’s collusion claim was not credible

John Sexton May 30, 2019 4:41 PM

“They wanted Trump’s team to know they did not think Steele’s information was credible”

Christopher Steele will not cooperate with John Durham investigation

John Sexton May 28, 2019 5:01 PM

“…will not answer questions”

Hmm: CIA, DNI joining probe of FBI’s Russiagate activities

Ed Morrissey May 15, 2019 10:01 AM

Sometimes a review is … just a review?

Steele said his client was keen to get the ‘Russia/Trump connection’ out prior to the election

John Sexton May 07, 2019 7:01 PM

“that confession occurred 10 days before the FBI used Steele’s…dossier to justify securing a…(FISA) warrant

Apr 2019

NY Times: Say, this Steele dossier appears to be false (and maybe was a Russian disinformation effort)

John Sexton Apr 20, 2019 8:31 PM

Now it can be told!

Politico: IG Horowitz’ report will take aim at Christopher Steele

John Sexton Apr 17, 2019 8:31 PM

“…the Inspector General’s final report ‘is going to try and deeply undermine’ Steele”

Barr: You bet I’ll be looking into how this Russia investigation started

Jazz Shaw Apr 10, 2019 9:21 AM

Things just got interesting

Mar 2019

Atlantic: The publication of the Steele dossier by Buzzfeed was a mistake

John Sexton Mar 29, 2019 1:01 PM

“…its publication was the original sin.”

Graham: It’s time for another special counsel to get to the bottom of the Carter Page FISA warrant

Ed Morrissey Mar 25, 2019 6:01 PM

Graham to Comey: See you soon!

Graham: Hey, who’s up for another special counsel to investigate the DoJ?

Ed Morrissey Mar 14, 2019 8:01 PM

“Because they were maybe setting him up.”

Oct 2018

Glenn Simpson invokes Fifth Amendment right not to testify before House Judiciary Committee

John Sexton Oct 11, 2018 6:41 PM

“When the day of reckoning is on the horizon, he chooses to lose his voice.”

Aug 2018

Christopher Steele told Bruce Ohr in 2016 that Russia had Trump ‘over a barrel’

John Sexton Aug 31, 2018 5:21 PM

“That breakfast took place amid ongoing FBI concerns about Russian election interference…”

FBI leaked information to the media, then used the leaks to get FISA warrants

John Sexton Aug 28, 2018 1:01 PM

“FBI/DOJ have previously leaked info to the press, and then used those same press stories as a separate source to justify FISA’s”

May 2018

Crossfire Hurricane: Is the code name a reference to Christopher Steele?

John Sexton May 26, 2018 8:31 PM

“Investigation names…are designed to refer to facts, ideas, or people related to the investigation.”

Sen. Grassley requests documents on Bruce Ohr’s contacts with Christopher Steele

John Sexton May 21, 2018 9:21 PM

“Grassley also asked the Justice Department to arrange for Ohr to be interviewed…”

McCain: I gave the dossier to Comey because ‘duty demanded’ it

John Sexton May 09, 2018 9:21 PM

“I did what duty demanded I do.”

Apr 2018

James Comey still not sure who funded the Steele dossier

John Sexton Apr 26, 2018 8:41 PM

“I knew it was funded first by Republicans.”

Comey to Trump in 2017: CNN is looking for a ‘news hook’ to reveal the Steele dossier

John Sexton Apr 20, 2018 1:21 PM

“I said it was important that we not give them the excuse…”

Are the Comey memos a bust?

Ed Morrissey Apr 20, 2018 10:01 AM

Trump not too crazy about Flynn, but thinks he deserves better than Comey.

Comey: The pee tape could be real, you know

Ed Morrissey Apr 13, 2018 9:21 AM

Trump: Comey should be prosecuted for leaking.

Mar 2018

Four GOP Senators call for appointment of a second Special Counsel

John Sexton Mar 15, 2018 6:41 PM

“The Justice Department cannot credibly investigate itself…”

Feb 2018

Schiff’s “Demo” memo tackles tough questions and resolves… almost nothing

Jazz Shaw Feb 25, 2018 9:31 AM

Masking, unmasking and masquerades

Former State official: I was a teenage Steele-Blumenthal-FBI conduit, or something

Ed Morrissey Feb 09, 2018 12:01 PM

“I did not expect them to be shared with anyone in the U.S. government.”

Did the FBI use national security as an excuse to redact embarrassing info?

Ed Morrissey Feb 08, 2018 2:41 PM

Transparency.

Senate Judiciary memo: This Steele-Clinton-Obama admin connection certainly seems interesting

Ed Morrissey Feb 05, 2018 1:31 PM

Manipulation.

Jan 2018

Oh my: FBI working on second Trump dossier?

Ed Morrissey Jan 30, 2018 12:01 PM

Embarrassment — but for whom?