Joesph Pientka told the Senate that he wanted to do an additional source review of Steele in November 2016. Word came down that it was tabled because Priestap was concerned about leaks.
This is one of several examples of Priestap stepping in to block info related to Steele. Others:
*Priestap told the IG that he agreed with the Brits not to disseminate derogatory info on Steele. Because of that, the FISA court was never told of concerns about Steele's judgement
*Priestap briefed Senate Intel in Feb. 2018 about the FBI's interviews with primary dossier source Igor Danchenko. Senate was not told about discrepancies between Danchenko and Steele.
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