Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland made a bombshell admission Wednesday at an otherwise quiet hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
It seems likely that then-special envoy Jonathan Winer knew about the Steele briefing that has now been revealed.
Winer admitted to meeting one-on-one with Steele to see the dossier; he admitted to writing up a two-page condensed version of Steele's opus and giving it to Nuland; he admitted to meeting his old friend Sidney Blumenthal who showed him dossier-like materials from notorious Clinton crank Cody Shearer.
"Based upon our review of the visitor logs at the State Department, Mr. Steele visited the State Department, briefing officials on the dossier in October of 2016," Burr said.
Let's see if we can sort this out: Nuland claims she actively chose not to be part of a briefing that she was not aware of until after it had happened.
Except if she thought dabbling in Steele's information was a violation of the Hatch Act, what could she possibly have thought of Steele himself presenting that information to State Department officials in State Department offices on State Department time? Wouldn't that amount to a large-scale violation of the Hatch Act? And knowing that, wouldn't she be obliged to do more than merely choose "Not to be part of that briefing."
We know now that State Department officials took a briefing from Christopher Steele in October 2016.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/eric-felten/victoria-nuland-cant-keep-her-steele-story-straight
It seems likely that then-special envoy Jonathan Winer knew about the Steele briefing that has now been revealed.
Winer admitted to meeting one-on-one with Steele to see the dossier; he admitted to writing up a two-page condensed version of Steele's opus and giving it to Nuland; he admitted to meeting his old friend Sidney Blumenthal who showed him dossier-like materials from notorious Clinton crank Cody Shearer.
"Based upon our review of the visitor logs at the State Department, Mr. Steele visited the State Department, briefing officials on the dossier in October of 2016," Burr said.
Let's see if we can sort this out: Nuland claims she actively chose not to be part of a briefing that she was not aware of until after it had happened.
Except if she thought dabbling in Steele's information was a violation of the Hatch Act, what could she possibly have thought of Steele himself presenting that information to State Department officials in State Department offices on State Department time? Wouldn't that amount to a large-scale violation of the Hatch Act? And knowing that, wouldn't she be obliged to do more than merely choose "Not to be part of that briefing."
We know now that State Department officials took a briefing from Christopher Steele in October 2016.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/eric-felten/victoria-nuland-cant-keep-her-steele-story-straight
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