New FBI docs released today show that the Bureau confirmed that Steele’s reporting on Michael Cohen going to Prague was Russian disinformation.
From my sources I’ve heard that a main source for the McClatchy reporting on Cohen/Prague was @20committee
This is based on talking with multiple people in different lines of work. Schindler introduced sources to McClatchy that were bunk and the paper ran the stories.
Paul Wood was also pushing this story hard behind the scenes. I believe Schindler and Wood were both key to the false reporting.
Steele whiffed on Prague and Rosneft. 2 of the most explosive reports in his dossier. Note: this was raw intelligence not meant for public consumption.
Note #2: the dossier was not the origin of the Russia probe
Russian disinformation is POWERFUL. Steele, a seasoned intel official, fell for some of it. It works.
