However, documents previously declassified by the Senate Judiciary Committee revealed the Primary Sub-source told the FBI that he “ has no idea ” where some of the language attributed to him came from or that his contacts “ never mentioned ” some of the information attributed to them.The FBI told Congress that the Primary Sub-source “ did not cite any significant concerns with the way his reporting was characterized in the dossier to the extent he could identify it. Īmong the most misleading statements from the FBI: This FBI briefing to Members of Congress occurred after the FBI had learned that the Steele dossier was unreliable in 2017. The document includes talking points from the FBI’s briefing of the Senate Intelligence Committee in February 2018 and details the FBI’s assessment of the primary source of the information contained in the Steele dossier. I’m also very appreciative of the Department of Justice’s release of the FBI document used to brief the Senate Intelligence Committee.” Inspector General Horowitz and his team deserve great credit for uncovering systematic fraud at Department of Justice surrounding the Carter Page FISA warrant. “Inspector General Horowitz’s team found this briefing document. “What does this mean? That Congress as well as the FISA Court was lied to about the reliability of the Russian sub-source. I will be asking FBI Director Wray to provide me all the details possible about how the briefing was arranged and who provided it. The characterizations regarding the dossier were completely out of touch with reality in terms of what the Russian sub-source actually said to the FBI. The FBI did to the Senate Intelligence Committee what the Department of Justice and FBI had previously done to the FISA Court: mischaracterize, mislead and lie. “This document clearly shows that the FBI was continuing to mislead regarding the reliability of the Steele dossier. He has also been Congress’ most vocal proponent of releasing President Trump’s tax returns in order to reveal any potential conflicts of interest, including those with Russian entities.WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today released a newly declassified FBI document that indicates the Bureau misled the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2018 about the Steele dossier’s Primary Sub-source and, therefore, the reliability of the Steele dossier. Pascrell led 12 of his colleagues in the House of Representatives in a letter urging President Trump to confront the Russian President on the following transgressions around the world. Preceding Trump’s first meeting with Vladmir Putin in July of that same year, Rep. Pascrell led the call for an independent congressional investigation of President Trump’s connections to Russia. The entirety of his speech can be viewed here. Pascrell proceeded to read claims of the Dossier followed by reports and information backing-up said claims. Aim, endorsed by Putin, has been to encourage splits and divisions in western alliance.’ Truth: A January 6, 2017, intelligence community assessment released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence stated that Russian leadership favored Trump’s candidacy over Clinton’s, and that Putin personally ordered an ‘influence campaign’ to harm Clinton’s electoral chances and ‘undermine public faith in the US democratic process,’ as well as ordering cyber-attacks on ‘both major U.S. Pascrell continued, “Dossier Claim, : ‘Russian regime has been cultivating, supporting and assisting Trump for at least 5 years. “To ensure the American people and future Congresses know how we got here, today I will read parts of the Trump–Russia dossier, also known as the Christopher Steele dossier, and enter its entirety into the Congressional Record.” “The President, his family members, his campaign staff, and his close associates have repeatedly lied about their multiple contacts with Russian officials and close associates of Putin,” said Rep. The dossier is a collection of short reports produced in 2016 alleging, among other things, multiple contacts and connections between the Trump Campaign and Russia-linked operatives before, during, and after the 2016 Presidential Election. (D-NJ-09) took to the floor of the House of Representatives to officially read the “Steele Dossier” into the Congressional Record. Yesterday, after months of misleading statements by President Trump and his associates regarding their contacts with Russian officials, U.S.
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