Friday, August 9, 2019

FBI 302 Interviews with Bruce Ohr on Spygate Released To Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch today released 34 pages of "302" report material from FBI interviews with Bruce Ohr, who was removed from his position as U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General in December 2017.

Ohr tells the agents that State Department official Katheen Kavalec spoke with "Steele several times prior to the U.S. Presidential election and believed Steele's reporting to have [been] generated mainly from [REDACTED]. On Feb. 14, 2017, Ohr tells the FBI that Steele communicated with him via Facetime that Steele was"beginning to worry about his business.

According to Ohr, "The letter requested answers to the following questions:. Had Steele provided information to the US Government? What was the scope of Steele's investigation? Did Steele have any additional information to provide?In May, 2017, Ohr was asked by the FBI to ask"Steele if he would be willing to have a conversation with FBI agents in the UK." Steele responded that he would, but he would need to check with a redacted name.

"These new Bruce Ohr FBI 302s show an unprecedented and irregular effort by the FBI, DOJ, and State Department to dig up dirt on President Trump using the conflicted Bruce Ohr, his wife, and the Clinton/DNC spies at Fusion GPS," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

In June, Judicial Watch uncovered documents showing the removal of Bruce Ohr November 13, 2016, Ohr was given a performance award of $28,000.

Judicial Watch uncovered emails from Ohr showing that he remained in regular contact with former British spy and Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele after Steele was terminated by the FBI in November 2016 for revealing to the media his position as an FBI confidential informant.

Judicial Watch is suing the DOJ for communications between two of the pivotal players in the Deep State, anti-Trump collusion - former FBI official Peter Strzok and Ohr (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-fbi-302-interviews-with-bruce-ohr-on-spygate-released-to-judicial-watch/

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