"Decision to brief Trump on allegations brought a secret and unsubstantiated dossier into the public domain"
Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima, Karen DeYoung (contributions from Sari Horwitz and Julie Tate), The Washington Post, January 11, 2017
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Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima, Karen DeYoung (contributions from Sari Horwitz and Julie Tate), The Washington Post, January 11, 2017
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"The dossier was provided to multiple news outlets, including The Washington Post, which pursued numerous leads, including overseas, but could not substantiate its allegations."
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"... the FBI had obtained the dossier even before McCain's involvement and that U.S. officials had met with Steele at least twice - once in August and again in mid-October, after Clapper had released a public statement accusing Russia of interfering in the election."
"Those meetings were part of a broader effort by the FBI and OTHER AGENCIES to evaluate the claims about Russia and compromising material on Trump. The dossier also included claims of going, unexplained contacts between members of Trump's inner circle and allies of the Kremlin."
