John Durham and the Steele Dossier

The dossier consists of 17 now-discredited reports written by Steele at various times, which collectively allege that Trump was subject to blackmail by the Kremlin and that his campaign operatives were conspiring with the Russians to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.

In Report 112, Steele stated that a "[t]op level Russian official confirms current closeness of Alpha [sic] Group-Putin relationship.

In his deposition, Steele testified that, during a meeting on July 29, 2016, Sussmann told him about suspicious internet traffic between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank.

In addition to being deposed, Steele was interviewed by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General as part of its review of the FBI's investigation of the Trump campaign.

According to the OIG's report, Steele was hired by Fusion GPS to investigate, among other things, "Whether there were any ties between the Russian government and Trump or his campaign. Steele's work for Fusion GPS resulted in his producing numerous election-related reports." With Fusion GPS's authorization, he "Directly provided more than a dozen of his reports to the FBI between July and October 2016, and several others to the FBI through Ohr and other third parties."

Now hit the pause button and ask yourself: Why would Sussmann feed the Trump-Alfa Bank hoax to Steele? The obvious answer is that Steele had an established track record and credibility with the FBI. What better way to get the government to investigate the hoax than to feed it to the FBI through a trusted source?

The OIG report states that Steele played a "Role in a September 23, 2016 Yahoo News article entitled, U.S. intel officials probe ties between Trump advisor and Kremlin."

https://spectator.org/john-durham-steele-dossier/