Smoky Mountain Journal -Clinton Associates Were "Feeding" Allegations To Former British Spy Christopher Steele At Same Time He Was Compiling Fake Dossier Paid For By DNC




The Great Smoky Mountain Journal Source: Fox News Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:31 PM

Clinton Associates Were "Feeding" Allegations To Former British Spy Christopher Steele At Same Time He Was Compiling Fake Dossier Paid For By DNC
Clinton associates were "feeding" allegations to former British spy Christopher Steele at the same time he was compiling the controversial anti-Trump dossier paid for by the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign, according to an unclassified memo from senior Senate Republicans who recently made a criminal referral. Those Republicans, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., had asked the Justice Department in January to investigate Steele based on evidence they say suggests he lied to the FBI about his contacts with the media (a violation of 18 USC 1001) -- or the FBI misrepresented Steele’s statements. The lawmakers are now asking the FBI for an emergency review of their criminal referral so it can be made public, with limited redactions. Steele already is under scrutiny over the unverified Trump dossier, which a House Intelligence Committee document released last Friday alleged was at the heart of the FBI and DOJ’s request for a surveillance warrant for a Trump associate. The memo from Grassley and Graham, which is now public for the first time, provides new insight into Steele’s circle of contacts during that time. While heavily redacted, the memo states Steele said he received information that came from "a foreign sub-source who 'is in touch with (redacted), a contact of (redacted), a friend of the Clintons, who passed it to (redacted).”