Then-CIA Director John O. Brennan endorsed the Christopher Steele dossier when he acquired a copy in December 2016, saying it matched the Russia collusion charges from his sources, according to "Fear," a Bob Woodward book on the Donald Trump presidency that debuted Tuesday.
The dossier, reviled by President Trump as a hoax, is mostly ignored by Mr. Woodward in terms of its pervasive influence on the media and FBI investigators.
There is no discussion of Carter Page and how the FBI used the unproven dossier to persuade judges to place a yearlong wiretap on the Trump campaign volunteer.
Mr. Woodward does disclose that one of Mr. Trump's most virulent critics, Mr. Brennan, endorsed the dossier.
Mr. Steele wrote of an "Extensive conspiracy" between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin to interfere in the election, including Russian computer hacking.
Mr. Steele said Trump attorney Michael Cohen secretly traveled to Prague in August 2016 to meet with Vladimir Putin aides and orchestrate a hacking cover-up.
Mr. Brennan, as a paid analyst on MSNBC, has suggested that Mr. Putin is blackmailing Mr. Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/11/john-brennan-endorsed-anti-trump-steele-dossier-bo/
The dossier, reviled by President Trump as a hoax, is mostly ignored by Mr. Woodward in terms of its pervasive influence on the media and FBI investigators.
There is no discussion of Carter Page and how the FBI used the unproven dossier to persuade judges to place a yearlong wiretap on the Trump campaign volunteer.
Mr. Woodward does disclose that one of Mr. Trump's most virulent critics, Mr. Brennan, endorsed the dossier.
Mr. Steele wrote of an "Extensive conspiracy" between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin to interfere in the election, including Russian computer hacking.
Mr. Steele said Trump attorney Michael Cohen secretly traveled to Prague in August 2016 to meet with Vladimir Putin aides and orchestrate a hacking cover-up.
Mr. Brennan, as a paid analyst on MSNBC, has suggested that Mr. Putin is blackmailing Mr. Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/11/john-brennan-endorsed-anti-trump-steele-dossier-bo/
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