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Glenn Simpson, head of Fusion GPS • Christopher Steele, former intelligence operator
Glenn Simpson, head of Fusion GPS • Christopher Steele, former intelligence operator
It corroborated the suspicion that the FBI's application to spy on an American citizen hinged on a dressed-up Clinton attack ad: the 35-page dossier compiled by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele for an opposition research firm, Fusion GPS, that was paid millions by the Clinton campaign to dig up dirt on Trump.
The FBI regularly receives raw, unproven, ax-to-grind material. Its job is to independently investigate such allegations to determine if there is any there there. That was especially crucial in this case because Steele was not a witness to any of claims he relayed, but merely conveyed hearsay. Instead of identifying and interviewing those figures, the government committed a gross dereliction of duty by simply trusting Clinton's henchman. No one has challenged former FBI Director James Comey's description of the Steele dossier as "salacious and unverified."
The DOJ then misled the court when it said, "the FBI speculates" that GPS Fusion was "likely looking for information to discredit Trump." In fact, as liberal reporters Michael Isikoff and David Corn write in their new book, Russian Roulette, the FBI "knew from the outset that Steele [and GPS Fusion] had an agenda and that he was likely working for the Democrats."
Comment: 'The Trump/Russia probe is, in fact, a long national nightmare.' The norm for investigations at this level of government, for reasons we are not privy to, take years to conclude and often with no significant results. Consider Whitewater - over two years and no results, Bill Clintons' Lewinsky indiscretions investigation: 1995-1999 and a meaningless impeachment. Meanwhile, those in power remain in power. Once the Trump-Russia collusion investigation farce has concluded, we should expect and demand a massive counter-investigation into the current accusatory side. As Zane said: the new norm.