A House Intelligence Committee memo shows Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved extending surveillance on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, based on allegations in the Steele dossier. The request was made shortly after Rosenstein took office last spring, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the department’s Russia investigation, said three people familiar […]
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Inside the battle between an anti-Putin banker and the firm that produced the Trump-Russia dossier
Thomson Reuters A fierce, but muted, battle erupted last year between banker-turned-human-rights activist Bill Browder and the opposition research firm Fusion GPS. Fusion is the organization that produced the explosive, unverified dossier that detailed President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to, and escapades in, Russia. That battle escalated on Tuesday when the ranking member of the Senate […]
Republicans ask DOJ for criminal probe of ex-British spy Steele who penned ‘Trump dossier’
Published time: 5 Jan, 2018 19:03 Edited time: 5 Jan, 2018 19:24 Leading members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) have sent a criminal referral to the Department of Justice for former UK spy Christopher Steele. The former MI6 intelligence officer authored the so-called “Steele Dossier,” commissioned […]
Kushner received emails from Sergei Millian — an alleged dossier source who was in touch with George Papadopoulos
Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images Jared Kushner was copied on emails sent to the Trump campaign last year from Sergei Millian, a Belarus-born businessman who was reportedly a key source in the explosive dossier alleging ties between Trump and Russia. Millian told associates last year that he was in regular touch with George Papadopoulos — a campaign […]
US senator wants former DNC head, Clinton campaign manager to testify on Trump-Russia dossier
Several top Democrats should be summoned to testify before the US Senate Intelligence Committee on the infamous Trump-Russia dossier, US Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has said. Her remarks were prompted by new revelations linking the file to the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign, Collins, who is a member of the Senate’s Intelligence Committee, was […]
Senate to examine financial records of firm behind notorious Trump-Russia dossier
Published time: 28 Oct, 2017 23:14 The US House Intelligence Committee has reached agreement to obtain the bank records of the Washington-based research firm Fusion GPS, responsible for the infamous Trump-Moscow collusion dossier which has reportedly been partly funded by the Clinton campaign. The congressional panel will get access to Fusion GPS bank account records […]
Conservative site funded Fusion GPS anti-Trump project before Steele dossier – report
Published time: 28 Oct, 2017 01:28 The Washington Free Beacon paid Fusion GPS for opposition research of then-candidate Donald Trump, before the project reportedly transitioned into a dossier funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC alleging collusion between Trump and Russia. Washington Free Beacon lawyers told the House Intelligence Committee Friday that the […]
A conservative website funded the anti-Trump research from the firm that produced the infamous dossier
Thomson Reuters The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website founded by a high-profile Republican donor, was the original funder for an anti-Trump opposition research project by the firm Fusion GPS. The Free Beacon informed the House Intelligence Committee of its funding Friday. The original project was not related to Russia or Christopher Steele, who eventually produced […]
Why the ‘Steele Dossier’ on Trump-Russia collision is a total nothingburger
The infamous “Steele Dossier,” which alleges collusion between Donald Trump and Russian operatives during the 2016 election campaign is back in the headlines, with revelations that Hillary Clinton’s campaign team paid the British spy for his research. The dossier was funded by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Clinton campaign, the Washington Post revealed […]
FEC complaint accuses Clinton camp, DNC of hiding Trump-Russia dossier payments
The Federal Election Commission is being asked to investigate “misleading” payment reports filed by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the DNC, in relation to the infamous Trump-Russia dossier. Read more Hillary for America and the Democratic National Committee violated campaign finance law, according to a Campaign Legal Center (CLC) complaint sent to the […]
