That's the big revelation from the transcript of the testimony Justice Department official Bruce Ohr gave Congress in August.
The Ohr testimony is also further evidence that the FBI misled the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in its Page warrant application.
The FISA application additionally claimed the FBI was "Unaware of any derogatory information pertaining" to Mr. Steele, that he was "Reliable," that his "Reporting" in this case was "Credible." and that the FBI only "Speculates" that Mr. Steele's bosses "Likely" wanted to "Discredit" Mr. Trump.
Speculates? Likely? Mr. Ohr makes clear FBI and Justice officials knew from the earliest days that Mr. Steele was working for the Clinton campaign, which had an obvious desire to discredit Mr. Trump.
Mr. Ohr specifically told investigators that they had every reason to worry Mr. Steele's work product was tainted.
First, it further demonstrates the accuracy of the House Intelligence Committee Republicans' memo of 2018-which noted Mr. Ohr's role and pointed out that the FBI had not been honest about its knowledge of the dossier and failed to inform the court of Mrs. Ohr's employment at Fusion GPS. The testimony also destroys any remaining credibility of the Democratic response, in which Mr. Schiff and his colleagues claimed Mr. Ohr hadn't met with the FBI or told them anything about his wife or about Mr. Steele's bias until after the election.
The Ohr testimony is evidence the FBI itself knows how seriously it erred.
https://outline.com/ANjgbL
The Ohr testimony is also further evidence that the FBI misled the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in its Page warrant application.
The FISA application additionally claimed the FBI was "Unaware of any derogatory information pertaining" to Mr. Steele, that he was "Reliable," that his "Reporting" in this case was "Credible." and that the FBI only "Speculates" that Mr. Steele's bosses "Likely" wanted to "Discredit" Mr. Trump.
Speculates? Likely? Mr. Ohr makes clear FBI and Justice officials knew from the earliest days that Mr. Steele was working for the Clinton campaign, which had an obvious desire to discredit Mr. Trump.
Mr. Ohr specifically told investigators that they had every reason to worry Mr. Steele's work product was tainted.
First, it further demonstrates the accuracy of the House Intelligence Committee Republicans' memo of 2018-which noted Mr. Ohr's role and pointed out that the FBI had not been honest about its knowledge of the dossier and failed to inform the court of Mrs. Ohr's employment at Fusion GPS. The testimony also destroys any remaining credibility of the Democratic response, in which Mr. Schiff and his colleagues claimed Mr. Ohr hadn't met with the FBI or told them anything about his wife or about Mr. Steele's bias until after the election.
The Ohr testimony is evidence the FBI itself knows how seriously it erred.
https://outline.com/ANjgbL
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