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2023-05-18 Government Corruption
Durham report: Ex-DOJ official and wife had bigger roles in Steele dossier than known
[Heartlander] While it’s bad enough the debunked dossier the FBI used to spy on the Trump campaign was paid for by the Clinton campaign and authored by a foreign FBI informant and his carousing researcher, the newly released report of Special Counsel John Durham strongly suggests a top Justice Department official and his wife had an early hand in shaping the political rumor sheet.

According to the 306-page report, former Justice Department prosecutor Bruce Ohr’s wife Nellie Ohr first plowed the ground for the dossier with a series of research reports she wrote for Fusion GPS, the D.C.-based opposition research firm the Clinton campaign commissioned to dig up dirt on Trump and Russia.

Obtained by Durham, her reports zeroed in on Sergei Millian and his connections to Russia and Trump, falsely portraying him as a key intermediary between the Kremlin and the Republican candidate. They would later provide the foundation for the dossier’s many fictions.

"Fusion GPS records demonstrate that Nellie Ohr first identified Millian," Durham states in his report. "All told, Ohr prepared at least 12 reports that discussed Sergei Millian."

She wrote her first Millian report in April 2016, the month before Fusion GPS hired former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele to put his imprimatur as a supposed former "spy" and "Russian insider" on the dossier.
Nellie Ohr, the Ray Epps of Crossfire Hurricane.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-18 02:57|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top

#1 Just a bit too obvious. Many knew she was Klingon-Clinton soiled at the time. Too many Russia-DoS connections, writer-researcher, RU travel, RU linguist, contacts, etc. Some suspected her role in 5 minutes. Durham investigation and eventual gov't discovery took over 4 years.

The 'Memory Hole' simply couldn't keep this one down.

* My all time favorite Nellie Ohr HAM radio graphic. Humorously photoshopped of course.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-18 03:09||   2023-05-18 03:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Amen on the graphic
Posted by Frank G 2023-05-18 07:02||   2023-05-18 07:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Some suspected her role in 5 minutes.

Think we covered that pretty well right here.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-18 07:56||   2023-05-18 07:56|| Front Page Top

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