Has The DOJ Closed Its Inquiry Into Dossier Fabulist Christopher Steele?

1. The FBI’s reliance on the “pending or prospective law enforcement proceeding” FOIA exemption came just four months after senators Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham sent a criminal referral for Steele to Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray.
2. In doing so, when Hardy reached the (b)(7)(A) exemption the FBI relied upon to redact block 19, the FBI resident FOIA expert dropped a footnote explaining that “[w]hen the Comey Memos were publicly disclosed, Exemption (b)(7)(A) was cited for redaction blocks 10-15 and 18.
3. Initially, the FBI denied CNN’s request for the records, stating that the materials requested were exempted from FOIA because they involved “a pending or prospective law enforcement proceeding.” However, after the DOJ provided redacted versions of the Comey memos to Senate and House committees, and following Congress’ disclosure of the memos to the media, the FBI released seven of the memos.
4. In his fifth declaration, Hardy explained that the FBI was relying on FOIA Exemptions (b)(1), (b)(3), (b)(7)(A), and (b)(7)(E) to redact information, and he provided a table summarizing the information the government sought to protect and the corresponding FOIA exemptions.

https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/15/doj-closed-inquiry-dossier-fabulist-christopher-steele/