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Grassley, Graham call for investigation into "Trump dossier" author

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Lindsey Graham are recommending that Christopher Steele, the author of the infamous "Trump dossier," be investigated by the Justice Department. The two Republicans told the Justice Department on Friday that they believed that Steele may have lied to FBI about "the distribution of claims from the dossier."

"Everyone needs to follow the law and be truthful in their interactions with the FBI," Grassley said in a statement. "If the same actions have different outcomes, and those differences seem to correspond to partisan political interests, then the public will naturally suspect that law enforcement decisions are not on the up-and-up. Maybe there is some innocent explanation for the inconsistencies we have seen, but it seems unlikely. In any event, it's up to the Justice Department to figure that out."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grassley-graham-call-for-investigation-into-trump-dossier-author/
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The actual refferal....

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/im...to DOJ FBI (Unclassified Steele Referral).pdf

From Page 6:

"(U) One memorandum by Mr. Steele that was not published by Buzzfeed is dated October19, 2016. The report alleges , as well as. Mr. Steele's memorandum states that his company "received this report fromUS State Department," that the report was the second in a series, and that the report wasinformation that came from a fore~gn sub-source who "is in touch with , a contactof , a friend of the Clintons, who passed it to ." It is troubling enoughthat the Clinton Campaign funded Mr. Steele's work, but that these Clinton associates werecontemporaneously feeding Mr. Steele allegations raises additional concerns about hiscredibility."

This is troubling...it looks like the so called dossier, was just a circular pile of BS put out by the Hillary campaign....Now, Steele may be in trouble for lying to the FBI, and the foundation that this whole ****storm seems to be built on, is falling apart..
 
its a crying shame that christopher steele cares more about the national security of our country then senators graham and grassley.
 
The traitorous cringeworthy desperation shown by the defenders of Putin's wayward stooge is palpable.
 
j-mac said:
The actual refferal....

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/im...to DOJ FBI (Unclassified Steele Referral).pdf

From Page 6:

"(U) One memorandum by Mr. Steele that was not published by Buzzfeed is dated October19, 2016. The report alleges , as well as. Mr. Steele's memorandum states that his company "received this report fromUS State Department," that the report was the second in a series, and that the report wasinformation that came from a fore~gn sub-source who "is in touch with , a contactof , a friend of the Clintons, who passed it to ." It is troubling enoughthat the Clinton Campaign funded Mr. Steele's work, but that these Clinton associates werecontemporaneously feeding Mr. Steele allegations raises additional concerns about hiscredibility."

This is troubling...it looks like the so called dossier, was just a circular pile of BS put out by the Hillary campaign....Now, Steele may be in trouble for lying to the FBI, and the foundation that this whole ****storm seems to be built on, is falling apart..
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the dossier is not the foundation of the investigation, there were other sources that provided the basis for the investigation.

also, there is a 2nd dossier that collaborates information from the first.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/trump-russia-collusion-fbi-cody-shearer-memo
 
So not only did Hillary pay for the dossier, she pretty much provided the talking points, too.
 
j-mac said:
The actual refferal....

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/im...to DOJ FBI (Unclassified Steele Referral).pdf

From Page 6:

"(U) One memorandum by Mr. Steele that was not published by Buzzfeed is dated October19, 2016. The report alleges , as well as. Mr. Steele's memorandum states that his company "received this report fromUS State Department," that the report was the second in a series, and that the report wasinformation that came from a fore~gn sub-source who "is in touch with , a contactof , a friend of the Clintons, who passed it to ." It is troubling enoughthat the Clinton Campaign funded Mr. Steele's work, but that these Clinton associates werecontemporaneously feeding Mr. Steele allegations raises additional concerns about hiscredibility."

This is troubling...it looks like the so called dossier, was just a circular pile of BS put out by the Hillary campaign....Now, Steele may be in trouble for lying to the FBI, and the foundation that this whole ****storm seems to be built on, is falling apart..
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Everyone is a liar
 
Manc Skipper said:
The traitorous cringeworthy desperation shown by the defenders of Putin's wayward stooge is palpable.
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LOL, you people cried like babies before it was released, even the Dems that read it. Screamed from the mountaintops.

Then it's released, and you try to dismiss it like it's no big deal.

People aren't buying your tired BS.
 
Erod said:
LOL, you people cried like babies before it was released, even the Dems that read it. Screamed from the mountaintops.

Then it's released, and you try to dismiss it like it's no big deal.

People aren't buying your tired BS.
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lol it isn't really that big of a deal
 
This whole fiasco is going from bad to worse.

The real crying shame is it looks like people in power both right and left care more about who controls these agencies than the fact that they have been politically weaponized.
 
Erod said:
So not only did Hillary pay for the dossier, she pretty much provided the talking points, too.
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Thought the GOP ponied up the down payment to start the dossier??? Typical rabid right crap, start the **** fest and then blame others seeing something through... :peace
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
the dossier is not the foundation of the investigation, there were other sources that provided the basis for the investigation.

also, there is a 2nd dossier that collaborates information from the first.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/trump-russia-collusion-fbi-cody-shearer-memo
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Right.

The second memo was written by Cody Shearer, a controversial political activist and former journalist who was close to the Clinton White House in the 1990s.
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The Steele dossier was, apparently, sourced at least in part by a friend of the Clintons and, according to the article you linked to, corroborated by a friend of the Clintons.
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
the dossier is not the foundation of the investigation, there were other sources that provided the basis for the investigation.

also, there is a 2nd dossier that collaborates information from the first.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/trump-russia-collusion-fbi-cody-shearer-memo
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So, let me get this straight...A Clinton hatchet man writes a memo corroborating (some of the aspects) in a dossier compiled, and paid for by the Clinton campaign, and we are supposed to take this seriously why?
 
notquiteright said:
Thought the GOP ponied up the down payment to start the dossier??? Typical rabid right crap, start the **** fest and then blame others seeing something through... :peace
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No, you have it wrong....While it is true that FusionGPS was hired by a DC center right group of news outlet types to compile information on Donald Trump, (probably for either Jeb, or Rubio), once the nomination was secured, they dropped the oppo research effort, and later when the Hillary/DNC picked it up, THAT'S when Steele was hired....
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
the dossier is not the foundation of the investigation, there were other sources that provided the basis for the investigation.

also, there is a 2nd dossier that collaborates information from the first.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/trump-russia-collusion-fbi-cody-shearer-memo
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I think you meant corroborate but collaborate does seem more appropriate. Cody Shearer was a Clinton campaign bag man, a memo from him is worth less than nothing. Whoever wrote that in the Guardian is a damned fool. The guy behind anything Shearer was putting out was Blumenthal who was so corrupt he couldn't even get a clearance from State. Hillary used him as a back channel to get information and also transmitted classified information to him via e-mail. They are more rabidly partisan than Steele will ever be on the worst day of his life.
 
j-mac said:
No, you have it wrong....While it is true that FusionGPS was hired by a DC center right group of news outlet types to compile information on Donald Trump, (probably for either Jeb, or Rubio), once the nomination was secured, they dropped the oppo research effort, and later when the Hillary/DNC picked it up, THAT'S when Steele was hired....
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I have heard almost every liberal on this board pedal that lie when I thought it was pretty easy to discover that talking point is false and has been known as such for months. Yet, it keeps popping up.
 
j-mac said:
No, you have it wrong....While it is true that FusionGPS was hired by a DC center right group of news outlet types to compile information on Donald Trump, (probably for either Jeb, or Rubio), once the nomination was secured, they dropped the oppo research effort, and later when the Hillary/DNC picked it up, THAT'S when Steele was hired....
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No I have it right, while Jeb and Rubio may seem 'DC center right' to you (please can I you 'and your ilk'????) I'd say they are very much right wing, just not trump bat **** crazy...

But to be correct the DNC picked up a work in progress, started by the GOP... seldom is any dossier been authored by one person.... :peace
 
j-mac said:
The actual refferal....

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/im...to DOJ FBI (Unclassified Steele Referral).pdf

From Page 6:

"(U) One memorandum by Mr. Steele that was not published by Buzzfeed is dated October19, 2016. The report alleges , as well as. Mr. Steele's memorandum states that his company "received this report fromUS State Department," that the report was the second in a series, and that the report wasinformation that came from a fore~gn sub-source who "is in touch with , a contactof , a friend of the Clintons, who passed it to ." It is troubling enoughthat the Clinton Campaign funded Mr. Steele's work, but that these Clinton associates werecontemporaneously feeding Mr. Steele allegations raises additional concerns about hiscredibility."

This is troubling...it looks like the so called dossier, was just a circular pile of BS put out by the Hillary campaign....Now, Steele may be in trouble for lying to the FBI, and the foundation that this whole ****storm seems to be built on, is falling apart..
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You guys will believe anything no matter how stupid and obvious it is. THis is just more completely obvious deflection ploys. I know, without deflections you guys would have nothing to post, but that doesn't make what you say anywhere close to reality.

Funding of research doesn't mean the research is made up. The people doing the research have a reputation to uphold. The patheticness of righties really knows no bounds.
 
notquiteright said:
No I have it right, while Jeb and Rubio may seem 'DC center right' to you (please can I you 'and your ilk'????) I'd say they are very much right wing, just not trump bat **** crazy...

But to be correct the DNC picked up a work in progress, started by the GOP... seldom is any dossier been authored by one person.... :peace
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So, you're saying that the group from the right hired Steele?
 
Sampson Simpson said:
You guys will believe anything no matter how stupid and obvious it is. THis is just more completely obvious deflection ploys. I know, without deflections you guys would have nothing to post, but that doesn't make what you say anywhere close to reality.

Funding of research doesn't mean the research is made up. The people doing the research have a reputation to uphold. The patheticness of righties really knows no bounds.
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Oh come on...Don't we already have enough lefties on this board whom ignore everything that doesn't comport to their own ideological talking point blather?
 
j-mac said:
So, you're saying that the group from the right hired Steele?
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Sigh, you must be related to Nunes... :doh

FUSION hired Steele. But let's be a bit more honest about the history of the dossier. FIRST REPUBLICANS hired Fusion for some dirt on Trump, they dropped the project after Trump got the nomination. SECOND DEMOCRATS hired Fusion to continue the work. FUSION hired Steele to COMPILE the memos, and reports comprising the dossier. The Dems DROPPED the project after the election and FUSION continued the work INDEPENDENTLY of any political party...

So three parties funded the creation of what is referred to as the Steele Dossier but typical partisan Trumpinations see only the one party they wish to attack so the useful idiots that take the trump bait (most call it stink bait) and wail about only the middle party, not the instigator or the final party, and of course not the company who actually hired Steele... :peace
 
Now we've got memo vs memo so the blowback begins.

The one thing the Republican Conservative Gowdy will not do is to smear FBI...



Trey Gowdy breaks with Trump: FISA memo doesn't have 'any impact' on Robert Mueller's investigation

Rep. Trey Gowdy broke with President Trump on where the controversial House Intelligence Committee memo leaves special counsel Robert Mueller and his Russia inquiry.

Pressing the point, CBS News White House and senior foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan asked: "The memo has no impact on the Russia probe?"

"Not to me, it doesn't — and I was pretty integrally involved in the drafting of it," Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor, said. "There is a Russia investigation without a dossier. So to the extent the memo deals with the dossier and the FISA process, the dossier has nothing to do with the meeting at Trump Tower. The dossier has nothing to do with an email sent by Cambridge Analytica. The dossier really has nothing to do with George Papadopoulos' meeting in Great Britain. It also doesn't have anything to do with obstruction of justice. So there's going to be a Russia probe, even without a dossier."

Trey Gowdy breaks with Trump: FISA memo doesn't have 'any impact' on Robert Mueller's investigation


The Dossier Boyz have run out of gas. Long ago in fact. Whatever FBI did or didn't do is irrelevant and immaterial.
 
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