Christopher Steele, the former British spy behind the infamous “dossier” on President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, was interviewed for 16 hours in June by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The interview was contentious at first, the sources added, but investigators ultimately found Steele’s testimony credible and even surprising. The takeaway has irked some U.S. officials interviewed as part of the probe — they argue that it shouldn’t have taken a foreign national to convince the inspector general that the FBI acted properly in 2016.
Seems Politico makes quite the assumption here...I'll wait for the report.Trump dossier author Steele gets 16-hour DOJ grilling - POLITICO
So what are trump supporters’ next great hope? They’ve been looking forward to Horowitz’s report for months now.
Seems Politico makes quite the assumption here...I'll wait for the report.
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Trump 'dossier' author grilled by Justice Department watchdogs: sources - ReutersOne of the two sources said Horowitz’s investigators appear to have found Steele’s information sufficiently credible to have to extend the investigation. Its completion date is now unclear.
Trump dossier author Steele gets 16-hour DOJ grilling - POLITICO
So what are trump supporters’ next great hope? They’ve been looking forward to Horowitz’s report for months now.
Trump dossier author Steele gets 16-hour DOJ grilling - POLITICO
So what are trump supporters’ next great hope? They’ve been looking forward to Horowitz’s report for months now.
Trump dossier author Steele gets 16-hour DOJ grilling - POLITICO
So what are trump supporters’ next great hope? They’ve been looking forward to Horowitz’s report for months now.
Not to worry. It will be dismissed as trump hating, deep state fake news hoax. Have a little faith.
Trump dossier author Steele gets 16-hour DOJ grilling - POLITICO
So what are trump supporters’ next great hope? They’ve been looking forward to Horowitz’s report for months now.
Who are these two sources?
Until I have their names and how they are connected to the investigation, color me skeptical.
I'm sure Barr will start another investigation for them to look forward to.
Or we could color you as an always Trump supporter, who wouldn't believe he has done anything wrong, even with video evidence.
Color me anything you want... I'll wait for the final report instead of reading into what two anonymous names allegedly connected to the investigation have to say.
WASHINGTON — Inside a London office building in early June, three investigators for the Justice Department’s inspector general took a crucial step toward clearing the political fallout from the Russia investigation: They spent two days interviewing Christopher Steele, the former British spy whose now-infamous dossier of purported links between Trump associates and Russia ended up in the hands of the F.B.I. ahead of the 2016 election.
The investigators pored over Mr. Steele’s old memos and his contemporaneous notes from meetings with F.B.I. agents in the fall of 2016, according to a person familiar with the investigation. They asked Mr. Steele to explain in detail how he had validated his sources inside Russia, how he communicated with them, and how he decided which of their claims to include in his reports. They spoke at length about Mr. Steele’s work with the F.B.I. on other Russia-related investigations and his contacts with a senior Justice Department official.
The interview was a key step in the investigation by the inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, into the facts underlying a bitter partisan feud: Did F.B.I. officials do anything wrong in 2016 when they sought to understand the Trump campaign’s links to Russia — including how they used information from Mr. Steele?
That question has hovered over the Russia inquiry for two years as President Trump and his allies repeatedly assailed the investigators who scrutinized him and his advisers. Attorney General William P. Barr, who has accused the F.B.I. of “spying” on the Trump campaign, has begun his own review that will include intelligence agencies as well.
In today's news.....
Justice Dept. Watchdog Is Preparing to Deliver Verdict on the Russia Investigation
Nothing about two anonymous sources close to the investigation LEAKED blah, blah, and blah in the above article....
In fact it reports:
Genuine question: what was the last news story by a respected news vendor that trump supporters dismissed as "fake news" or due to anonymous sources that actually turned out to be false?
Just to head you off at the pass, Buzzfeed isn't a respected news vendor.
You posted that as if it refuted the first two articles. If you believe that it does in fact refute them, how does it do so?
You're so desperate... Kinda' feel sorry for people who can't wait for the final Horowitz report to be released in a couple of weeks.
Carry on spreading rumor and innuendo.
I don't need to refute rumor and innuendo.
Your job is to prove that the above rumor and innuendo expressed in the O/P is valid.
Good luck!
Color me anything you want... I'll wait for the final report instead of reading into what two anonymous names allegedly connected to the investigation have to say.
So, right, I will color you someone who has their mind made up, and won't change it, and when the final report doesn't blow your socks off, you will then move the goalposts.
I eagerly await your goal moving process. Will you be lifting with your knees or will you strain your back? My god the possibilities are endless, even though you already think you know everything.
How do you know Steele gave testimony that is harmful to President Trump?
That appears to be the consensus.
Well, I guess it technically possible that he gave testimony that's harmful to somebody else, but considering that Trump was literally the subject of his dossier, that seems unlikely.
It's possible that he gave testimony that's harmful to the agents currently under investigation. Afterall, the IG extended the investigation. It probably wasn't because Steele's testimony cleared the FBI and condemned Trump.
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