WaPo, NYT, WSJ: Steele dossier's political motivation disclosed in FISA application

[DonViejo]

By Sophie Tatum

Updated 2:07 PM ET, Sat February 3, 2018

Washington (CNN) A central pillar of Rep. Devin Nunes' memo alleging wrongdoing by the FBI -- that the government did not disclose the political bias of a source when seeking a surveillance warrant -- is unfounded, the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal have reported.

President Donald Trump on Friday declassified a memo spearheaded by the California Republican that alleges the FBI abused its authority in applying for a FISA warrant to conduct surveillance on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

The GOP memo claims that ex-British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, who authored a disputed opposition research dossier on Trump that was used in the FISA warrant application, harbored anti-Trump financial and ideological motivations -- including that research that went into the dossier was funded in part by Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee. The memo alleges that those motivations were not included in the FISA application, and that senior Justice Department officials knew about Steele's anti-Trump bias.

"Neither the initial application in October 2016, nor any of the renewals, disclose or reference the role of the DNC, Clinton campaign, or any party/campaign in funding Steele's efforts, even though the political origins of the Steele dossier were then known to senior and FBI officials," the memo alleges.

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/memo-dossier-christopher-steele-carter-page/index.html

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Who ordered the Steele Dossier orginally?

RNC mega donor supporting Rubio. It does not change does it,the Media is still going anti Hillary when it comes to this Dossier.

David Corn from Mother Jones said this would be the Narrative of the Printed Media as well as the Electronic Media. They do not want to admit they put Asshole Trump and his Gang in Office.