Thread by @MattOrtega

Trump supporters refer to the Steele memos as "discredited" or "debunked." News organizations often refer to it as "unverified." However, claims for which there's publicly available information have held up quite well. Annotated memos: corrupt.af/dossier

Here's a thread of claims made in the Steele memos with publicly available information from reputable sources.

"Source B asserted that the TRUMP operation was both supported and directed by Russian President Vladimir PUTIN."

U.S. intelligence concluded that Putin himself ordered the attack on the 2016 election. nytimes.com/2017/01/06/us/…

"Its aim was to sow discord and disunity both within the US itself..."

Mueller's indictment of the Russian troll farm explains that the aim of the operation set out in 2014 to sow discord in the U.S. political system. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"... but more especially within the Transatlantic alliance which was viewed as inimical to Russia’s interests."

Merkel says Europe cannot rely on the U.S.: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Trump questions core mission of NATO: nytimes.com/2018/07/18/wor…

"The Moscow Ritz Carlton episode involving TRUMP reported above... S/he believed it had happened in 2013."

Trump lied about staying overnight at the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/comey-m…

"TRUMP advisor Carter PAGE holds secret meetings in Moscow with SECHIN and senior Kremlin Internal Affairs official, DIVYEKIN"

Page admitted in testimony that he met with an aide to Igor Sechin, CEO of Rosneft who is under sanctions. businessinsider.com/carter-page-co…

Page emailed J.D. Gordon that he received "incredible insights and outreach ... from a few Russian legislators and senior members of the presidential administration."

It is unclear who it was to which he was, specifically, referring: businessinsider.com/carter-page-co…

"Further evidence of extensive conspiracy between campaign team and Kremlin, sanctioned at highest levels and involving Russian diplomatic staff based in the US"

Sergey Kislyak, Russian ambassador based in the U.S., met with several campaign aides. themoscowproject.org/explainers/tru…

"TRUMP associate admits Kremlin behind recent appearance of DNC e-mails on WikiLeaks, as means of maintaining plausible deniability"

Two months after this report, U.S. intelligence concludes the Kremlin was behind the hack of the DNC. dni.gov/index.php/news…

"... the operation had been conducted with the full knowledge and support of TRUMP..."

Don Jr. receives email with a non-ambiguous offer of dirt on Clinton from Russia: "is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump." cnn.com/interactive/20…

Michael Cohen says Trump knew in advance of and approved the Trump Tower meeting in June 2016 where Russians were offering dirt on Clinton. cnn.com/2018/07/26/pol…

"... and senior members of his campaign team."

George Papadopoulos tipped off about Clinton "dirt" in April 2016. nytimes.com/2017/12/30/us/…

Papadopoulos said he "can't guarantee" he didn't tell Trump campaign about Russian "dirt" offer cnn.com/2018/09/07/pol…

Papadopoulos emailed Stephen Miller that he had received "interesting messages" from Moscow the next day. businessinsider.com/george-papadop…

Papadopoulos, who was trying to arrange a Trump-Putin meeting, said "I actively sought to leverage my contacts with the professor to host this meeting. The campaign was fully aware what I was doing." abcnews.go.com/beta-story-con…

"In return the TRUMP team had agreed to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a campaign issue..."

NPR reported a year ago that Trump directed the change to the Republican Party platform that softened language on Ukraine. npr.org/2017/12/04/568…

"... to raise US/NATO defense commitments in the Baltics and Eastern Europe..."

During the campaign and now his presidency, Trump has continuously undermined NATO.

"Source E claimed that the intelligence network being used against CLINTON comprised three elements... Firstly there were agents/facilitators within the Democratic Party structure itself..."

There's no evidence of this as of yet.

"... secondly Russian emigre ... based in the U.S."

There's no evidence of this as of yet.

"... associated offensive cyber operators based in the U.S.;"

Mueller's indictment: "as early as 2014, Russian nationals physically entered the U.S., and, hiding their true identities, gathered intelligence, organized political rallies" politico.com/story/2018/02/…

"Source E claimed that Russian diplomatic staff in key cities such as New York, Washington DC and Miami were using the émigré ‘pension’ distribution system as cover."

Mueller's indictment noted cryptocurrency, made no mention of the Russian émigré pension distribution system.

"Russians meanwhile keen to cool situation and maintain ‘plausible deniability’ of existing/ongoing pro-TRUMP and anti-CLINTON operations. Therefore unlikely to be any ratcheting up offensive plays in immediate future"

There were no new releases from late July until October.

"Educated US youth to be targeted as protest (against CLINTON) and swing vote in attempt to turn them over to TRUMP"

Russia targeted American youth as part of a broader, social media-focused misinformation propaganda campaign. wsj.com/articles/russi…

"... the tactics would be to spread rumours and misinformation about the content of what already had been leaked and make up new content."

Russia used all the major social media platforms to spread leaked material as well as fake news. washingtonpost.com/technology/201…

"TRUMP campaign insider reports recent DNC e-mail leaks were aimed at switching SANDERS (protest) voters away from CLINTON and over to TRUMP"

This is self-explanatory.

"Russians do have further ‘kompromat’ on CLINTON (e-mails) and considering disseminating it after Duma (legislative elections) in late September."

Emails from John Podesta's personal email account were released the following month in October.

"Substance included offer of large stake in Rosneft in return for lifting sanctions on Russia. PAGE confirms this is TRUMP’s intention"

Trump administration set out to almost immediately lift sanctions on Russia. yahoo.com/news/trump-adm…

"Kremlin insider highlights importance of TRUMP’s lawyer, Michael COHEN in covert relationship with Russia."

Cohen plead guilty for lying to Congress about Trump Tower Moscow project. wsj.com/articles/cohen…

"... he offered PAGE/TRUMP’s associates the brokerage of up to a 19 per cent (privatised) stake in Rosneft in return."

Two months after this report, Russia sold a 19.5% stake, roughly $11 billion, in Rosneft. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"Kremlin insider reports TRUMP lawyer COHEN’s secret meeting/s with Kremlin officials in August 2016 was/were held in Prague"

Just today it was reported that a cell phone associated with Michael Cohen briefly activated near Prague in late summer 2016. mcclatchydc.com/news/investiga…

There are more claims made in the memos but, thus far, there's been no reporting or court filings, as far as I know, which lend credence to or outright refutes them as of now.

However, these claims taken together with these citations, that's remarkably accurate.