"Did Steele do anything illegal? Not that we are aware of. "
The Steele piece in this is interesting, and still a little unclear. Pubs have said that Steele lied to the FBI. This would show the FBI was seriously incompetent and clueless in following Steele, and presenting some of his stuff to the FISA court. OTOH, we know the FBI says they ended their relationship with Steele and lost confidence in him.
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"But Steele's employer at the time, opposition research firm Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, testified to Congress that Steele ended his relationship with the FBI because he was concerned that the bureau wasn't doing enough to look into the Trump-Russia connection. "
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Conservative Kim Strassel kind of lays out the options below. Comey repeatedly described Steele as a "reliable source", but I've always wondered if the FBI really thought so, given that Steele was not acting as a British spy, but as a freelancer, now using previous experience and contacts for personal gain.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/did-steele-really-snooker-the-fbi-1517777715
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/02/05/republicans-are-uniting-to-impugn-ex-spy-christopher-steele-but-to-what-end/?utm_term=.e215f007f0b8
The Steele piece in this is interesting, and still a little unclear. Pubs have said that Steele lied to the FBI. This would show the FBI was seriously incompetent and clueless in following Steele, and presenting some of his stuff to the FISA court. OTOH, we know the FBI says they ended their relationship with Steele and lost confidence in him.
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"But Steele's employer at the time, opposition research firm Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, testified to Congress that Steele ended his relationship with the FBI because he was concerned that the bureau wasn't doing enough to look into the Trump-Russia connection. "
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Conservative Kim Strassel kind of lays out the options below. Comey repeatedly described Steele as a "reliable source", but I've always wondered if the FBI really thought so, given that Steele was not acting as a British spy, but as a freelancer, now using previous experience and contacts for personal gain.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/did-steele-really-snooker-the-fbi-1517777715
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/02/05/republicans-are-uniting-to-impugn-ex-spy-christopher-steele-but-to-what-end/?utm_term=.e215f007f0b8