The FBI pushed in 2016 to include the discredited dossier into the official intelligence community assessment that Russia interfered in the election to help Donald Trump and hurt Hillary Clinton, two former senior officials said.
The two former officials declined to discuss motives for why the FBI wanted to elevate the dossier from outside political research to part of the official government record.
The FBI relied greatly on the dossier to persuade a judge to sign a wiretap warrant on Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page in October 2016.
Former FBI Assistant Director Peter Strzok, who led the Trump investigation, text-messaged his lover that the dossier allowed him to open new avenues of investigation.
Mr. Comey's dossier history includes the day in January 2017 when he requested a private meeting with President-elect Trump at Trump Tower to brief him on the dossier's most salacious item - that he had engaged with Russian prostitutes in Moscow in 2013.
Mr. Comey, Mr. Clapper and Mr. Brennan had just briefed Mr. Trump on the ICA. Mr. Clapper urged Mr. Comey go further and tell him about the dossier.
Mr. Comey wrote that Mr. Trump telephoned him to complain about a "Leak" after the entire dossier emerged Jan. 10, 2017, on the news website BuzzFeed.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/19/james-comeys-fbi-pushed-anti-trump-dossier-officia/
The two former officials declined to discuss motives for why the FBI wanted to elevate the dossier from outside political research to part of the official government record.
The FBI relied greatly on the dossier to persuade a judge to sign a wiretap warrant on Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page in October 2016.
Former FBI Assistant Director Peter Strzok, who led the Trump investigation, text-messaged his lover that the dossier allowed him to open new avenues of investigation.
Mr. Comey's dossier history includes the day in January 2017 when he requested a private meeting with President-elect Trump at Trump Tower to brief him on the dossier's most salacious item - that he had engaged with Russian prostitutes in Moscow in 2013.
Mr. Comey, Mr. Clapper and Mr. Brennan had just briefed Mr. Trump on the ICA. Mr. Clapper urged Mr. Comey go further and tell him about the dossier.
Mr. Comey wrote that Mr. Trump telephoned him to complain about a "Leak" after the entire dossier emerged Jan. 10, 2017, on the news website BuzzFeed.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/19/james-comeys-fbi-pushed-anti-trump-dossier-officia/
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