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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Orange Man conspiracy theories beyond the Steele dossier were passed to FBI
2019-12-27
[Washington Times] British ex-spy Christopher Steele spread other accusations against President Trump not included in his well-publicized election dossier, according to the Justice Department’s recent report on FBI misconduct.

The report by Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz shows at least three little-noticed Steele assertions that went to Crossfire Hurricane, the bureau’s Trump probe headquarters. And like 13 of his dossier’s accusations of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, those three didn’t pan out either.

The three allegations had to do with supposed Trump campaign cash from Moscow via Azerbaijan, a Russian intelligence officer, and a purported intervention by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the next secretary of state.
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Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Where is Steele now?
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-27 23:44  

#9  John McCain's staff passed *6* Steele reports to Comey and the FBI. McCain's role as a traitor is revealed in the IG Report. McCain provided five additional Steele "Election Reports" to FBI, after FBI cut contact with Steele.
Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566   2019-12-27 22:26  

#8  ..we need to end the duplicitous judicial ruling that there are two classes, private and public, in direct contradiction to the 14th Amendment's equal standing before the law.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-12-27 20:00  

#7  IIUC: Recklessness + knowingly false material misstatements of fact + actual malice + real harm

Unfortunately it's an extremely high bar. We need to overhaul the defamation laws.
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-27 15:35  

#6  When do such "assertions" become libelous...? Especially when they are passed to the legal authorities as fact.
Posted by: magpie   2019-12-27 15:31  

#5  ...like the howling masses for the past three years, they wanted it to be true. Just find anything to throw against the wind.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-12-27 13:23  

#4  They got snookered.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-12-27 12:25  

#3  Their own money, that is, not ours.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-12-27 12:24  

#2  Yes, tw. But it is comforting to know that Hillary and the DNC spent good money on what turned out to be a load of crap.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-12-27 12:24  

#1  One hundred percent of sixteen unverifiable-because-false accusations? It’s time for the government to get our money back from the man. The contract as written was for verifiable information, no matter what the unspoken wink wink might have been.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-12-27 11:16  

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