A review of publicly available information causes a reasonable person to wonder whether Bruce Ohr broke the law by promoting his wife's anti-Trump research to the FBI when he was working at the Justice Department.
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok has confirmed Ohr fed the FBI documents pertinent to the investigation into Trump's Russia ties, and The Hill reported the FBI used Ohr to continue collecting information from Steele, even after it terminated him as a source for leaking word of the investigation to the media.
Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson disclosed in a sworn declaration that Fusion GPS paid Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, a Russia expert, to help research and analyze potential opposition research on Trump.
Ohr's promotion of his wife's research to the FBI potentially helped stoke continued demand for her services.
The DOJ had a legal right to know that Ohr's wife was personally profiting from the research he promoted to the FBI. One question that remains unanswered is whether Ohr also had a role in approving or overseeing the Trump-Russia investigation from within the DOJ. As noted by The Daily Mail, he "Worked closely" with both Sally Yates, former assistant attorney general, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
If either Yates or Rosenstein consulted Ohr on the propriety of those applications, Ohr would have been in a position to endorse the validity of research for which his spouse was paid.
Ohr promoted his work in spite of the fact that Steele made no secret to Ohr that he was desperate to stop Trump from becoming president.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/16/bruce-ohr-may-broken-law-pushing-wifes-opposition-research-fbi/
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok has confirmed Ohr fed the FBI documents pertinent to the investigation into Trump's Russia ties, and The Hill reported the FBI used Ohr to continue collecting information from Steele, even after it terminated him as a source for leaking word of the investigation to the media.
Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson disclosed in a sworn declaration that Fusion GPS paid Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, a Russia expert, to help research and analyze potential opposition research on Trump.
Ohr's promotion of his wife's research to the FBI potentially helped stoke continued demand for her services.
The DOJ had a legal right to know that Ohr's wife was personally profiting from the research he promoted to the FBI. One question that remains unanswered is whether Ohr also had a role in approving or overseeing the Trump-Russia investigation from within the DOJ. As noted by The Daily Mail, he "Worked closely" with both Sally Yates, former assistant attorney general, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
If either Yates or Rosenstein consulted Ohr on the propriety of those applications, Ohr would have been in a position to endorse the validity of research for which his spouse was paid.
Ohr promoted his work in spite of the fact that Steele made no secret to Ohr that he was desperate to stop Trump from becoming president.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/16/bruce-ohr-may-broken-law-pushing-wifes-opposition-research-fbi/
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