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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.”

May 2019

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

AG Barr: It’s not ‘entirely speculative’ that the Steele dossier was part of a Russian disinformation campaign

John Sexton May 01, 2019 3:01 PM

“…that is one of the areas that I’m reviewing.”

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!

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.”

MSNBC guest: Let’s face it, the bogus Steele dossier created unrealistic expectations for Mueller’s investigation

Allahpundit Mar 27, 2019 8:01 PM

Hoo boy.

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!

Meghan McCain to Trump: It’s pathetic that you spend your weekends obsessing about my father

Allahpundit Mar 18, 2019 3:31 PM

“I genuinely feel bad for his family.”

Dec 2018

Buzzfeed faces setback in defamation case stemming from its publication of the Steele dossier (Update: Buzzfeed wins)

John Sexton Dec 19, 2018 4:01 PM

“…you just published fake news.”

Annoyed Comey: When will these Republicans find their spines and stand up to Trump and Fox News?

Allahpundit Dec 17, 2018 5:31 PM

“You need to stand on your feet, overcome your shame, and say something.”

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”

Jul 2018

NYT: Trump was briefed in detail last January on how Russia interfered in the 2016 campaign

Allahpundit Jul 19, 2018 11:21 AM

Sources and methods.

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.”

Andrew McCabe knew CNN was ready to publish dossier story two days after Trump was briefed

John Sexton May 22, 2018 1:01 PM

“The trigger for them is they know the material was discussed in the brief and presented in an attachment.”

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.”

Clapper claims he didn’t leak info on the dossier to CNN

John Sexton May 03, 2018 1:01 PM

“I did not leak the dossier.”

Apr 2018

Sunday morning talking heads

Allahpundit Apr 29, 2018 8:01 AM

Him again.

Clapper leaked the dossier to CNN after ordering Comey to brief Trump (Update: Clapper hired by CNN)

John Sexton Apr 27, 2018 1:21 PM

“When initially asked about leaks…former DNI Clapper flatly denied ‘discussing the dossier…'”

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: Why, no, I didn’t tell Trump the dossier material came from research funded by Hillary Clinton

Allahpundit Apr 13, 2018 12:31 PM

Motives.

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

Is BuzzFeed about to blow up Stormy Daniels’s NDA?

Allahpundit Mar 15, 2018 1:31 PM

Unleashed.

Unpublished Steele dossier: Russia intervened to “block” Romney’s choice as Secretary of State

Allahpundit Mar 05, 2018 10:01 PM

Influence.

Feb 2018

Tom Cotton to Chris Wray: Does the FBI still believe the Steele dossier is “salacious and unverified”?

Allahpundit Feb 13, 2018 1:31 PM

Credibility.

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.”

Russian hoaxsters pranked Adam Schiff, told him Putin had naked photos of Trump

Allahpundit Feb 06, 2018 10:01 PM

“[Schiff] was pretty serious. He wrote all what we said on the paper. Remembered all the details.”

Nunes: Well, technically, maybe the DOJ did disclose the dossier’s political bias to the FISA Court

Allahpundit Feb 05, 2018 8:41 PM

Wut.

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

Ed Morrissey Feb 05, 2018 1:31 PM

Manipulation.

Trey Gowdy: The Memo has no impact on the wider Russiagate probe and Rod Rosenstein shouldn’t be fired

Allahpundit Feb 04, 2018 11:01 AM

“There is a Russia investigation without the dossier.”

“Salacious and unverified”: Did the Memo misquote Comey on the dossier?

Allahpundit Feb 02, 2018 6:41 PM

Hmmmm.

Revealed: The Memo! Update: Russiagate didn’t start with Page and the dossier? Update: “That’s it?” says Comey

Allahpundit Feb 02, 2018 12:36 PM

Soon.

Jan 2018

Oh my: FBI working on second Trump dossier?

Ed Morrissey Jan 30, 2018 12:01 PM

Embarrassment — but for whom?

Yes, #ReleaseTheMemo — and the FISA docs it’s based on

Allahpundit Jan 19, 2018 6:01 PM

All in.

Meadows: You won’t believe what’s in this House Intel report

Ed Morrissey Jan 19, 2018 10:01 AM

“Worse than Watergate”?

Fusion GPS: We never told dossier author who was paying the bills

John Sexton Jan 03, 2018 4:01 PM

“we did so without informing him whom we were working for…”

NRO: Whatever happened to Carter Page as the person responsible for the collusion investigation?

John Sexton Jan 02, 2018 8:41 PM

“It is an explosive problem, this use of the dossier by the Obama Justice Department…”

Dec 2017

Trump: The FBI used a bogus dossier to come after my campaign

Allahpundit Dec 26, 2017 12:31 PM

“this Crooked Hillary pile of garbage…”

House Republicans investigating corruption at DOJ, FBI

John Sexton Dec 20, 2017 8:41 PM

“The group hopes to release a report early next year…”

Grassley to DoJ: You’d better explain Strzok’s “insurance policy” against Trump

Ed Morrissey Dec 14, 2017 5:21 PM

Dossiers and coincidences.