Danilow
2017-11-20 18:00:48 UTC
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fbi-has-not-verified-trump-dossier/article/2641207
FBI and Justice Department officials have told congressional
investigators in recent days that they have not been able to verify or
corroborate the substantive allegations of collusion between Russia and
the Trump campaign outlined in the Trump dossier.
The FBI received the first installment of the dossier in July 2016. It
received later installments as they were written at the height of the
presidential campaign, which means the bureau has had more than a year
to investigate the allegations in the document. The dossier was financed
by the Hillary Clinton campaign and compiled by former British spy
Christopher Steele.
An August 24, 2017 subpoena from the House Intelligence Committee to the
FBI and Justice Department asked for information on the bureau's efforts
to validate the dossier. Specifically, the subpoena demanded "any
documents, if they exist, that memorialize DOJ and/or FBI efforts to
corroborate, validate, or evaluate information provided by Mr. Steele
and/or sub-sources and/or contained in the 'Trump Dossier.'"
According to sources familiar with the matter, neither the FBI nor the
Justice Department has provided documents in response to that part of
the committee's subpoena. But in face-to-face briefings with
congressional staff, according to those sources, FBI and DOJ officials
have said they cannot verify the dossier's charges of a conspiracy
between the Russian government and the Trump campaign.
FBI and Justice Department officials have told congressional
investigators in recent days that they have not been able to verify or
corroborate the substantive allegations of collusion between Russia and
the Trump campaign outlined in the Trump dossier.
The FBI received the first installment of the dossier in July 2016. It
received later installments as they were written at the height of the
presidential campaign, which means the bureau has had more than a year
to investigate the allegations in the document. The dossier was financed
by the Hillary Clinton campaign and compiled by former British spy
Christopher Steele.
An August 24, 2017 subpoena from the House Intelligence Committee to the
FBI and Justice Department asked for information on the bureau's efforts
to validate the dossier. Specifically, the subpoena demanded "any
documents, if they exist, that memorialize DOJ and/or FBI efforts to
corroborate, validate, or evaluate information provided by Mr. Steele
and/or sub-sources and/or contained in the 'Trump Dossier.'"
According to sources familiar with the matter, neither the FBI nor the
Justice Department has provided documents in response to that part of
the committee's subpoena. But in face-to-face briefings with
congressional staff, according to those sources, FBI and DOJ officials
have said they cannot verify the dossier's charges of a conspiracy
between the Russian government and the Trump campaign.