Thread by @HansMahncke

1/ One of the interesting upshots from the Sussmann indictment is that we now have a very tangible example of the Steele m.o., i.e. where Steele takes orders from the Hillary campaign and just make up shit made from whole cloth, tailor made in accordance with the orders given.

2/ Specifically, Steele met Sussmann on July 29, 2016 and was told about Alfa. At some point, either through Sussmann or Simpson, Steele was then told to write up another one of his bullshit reports to coincide with Sussmann taking the fabricated Alfa "evidence" to the FBI.

3/ The result was the infamous report 112 issued on Sep 14, 2016, five days before Sussmann pulled the trigger with Baker from the FBI.

Report 112 is the subject of the ongoing Alfa v Simpson lawsuit.

This was all known but the indictment still provides helpful confirmation.

4/ Essentially, the indictment confirms that Steele (Danchenko) just wrote up whatever bullshit Hillary's campaign wanted at any given time.

@climateaudit @FOOL_NELSON, @walkafyre and I have long held the view that Danchenko was given tasks and would then go and google stuff.

5/ The Alfa case provides great evidence for that. Steele (Danchenko) claimed that Alfa employee Oleg Govorun was the conduit between Alfa and Putin when he was deputy mayor of St Petersburg.

Problem is that Govorun's role at Alfa and Putin's mayorship NEVER OVERLAPPED.

6/ Putin left St Petersburg in June 1996. Govorun took up his position at Alfa in March 1997.

But if you look at old Wikipedia entries for Govorun, it appears like there was an overlap. In other words, Steele (Danchenko) built their tale around false Wikipedia info.

7/ Btw, Wikipedia editing history suggests that the false information on Govorun was cleaned up in Jan of this year.