GOP senators raise more questions about Steele and dossier
7 years, 1 month ago

GOP senators raise more questions about Steele and dossier

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Two influential Republican senators have injected new information into the partisan dispute over the government’s secret surveillance of a former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump, revealing more details about how the FBI and Justice Department used research compiled by a former British spy whose work was funded by Democrats. They also appear to agree with their House GOP colleagues, who have accused the FBI and Justice Department of not telling the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court enough about Steele’s anti-Trump sentiments or that his work was funded in part by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee. According to the senators, the media contact in September wasn’t disclosed by the FBI and the Justice Department in its application to obtain a warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, to spy on former Trump adviser Carter Page. ___ A KEY FOOTNOTE Since the release of the GOP memo from the House intelligence committee, the burning question has been: Did the FBI and Justice Department tell a federal judge enough about Steele’s political bias and Democratic funding?

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GOP senators break with Trump following his 'bizarre' Sean Hannity interview
2 years, 6 months ago

GOP senators break with Trump following his 'bizarre' Sean Hannity interview

Raw Story  

Republican senators are breaking from Donald Trump after his widely-panned claim he could declassify documents just "by thinking about it." On Wednesday evening, Trump told Fox News personality Sean Hannity that the documents the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago had been declassified. IN OTHER NEWS: Mike Lindell swiftly denied by judge after seeking restraining order against FBI over seized phone Several …

DNC, Clinton campaign agree to Steele dossier funding fine
2 years, 11 months ago

DNC, Clinton campaign agree to Steele dossier funding fine

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee have agreed to pay $113,000 to settle a Federal Election Commission investigation into whether they violated campaign finance law by misreporting spending on research that eventually became the infamous Steele dossier. The Clinton campaign hired Perkins Coie, which then hired Fusion GPS, a research and intelligence firm, …

Forget the Steele dossier: Mueller report release shows why Trump-Russia inquiry was required
3 years, 3 months ago

Forget the Steele dossier: Mueller report release shows why Trump-Russia inquiry was required

Salon  

The last few weeks we have seen the media work itself into something of a frenzy in an attempt to force a "reckoning" on the matter of the Steele Dossier, the opposition research document prepared by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele about then-candidate Donald Trump. Trump had been seeking to do business in Russia for years and was found …

Bipartisan Senate Intel report details Trump campaign contacts with Russia in 2016, adding to Mueller findings
4 years, 7 months ago

Bipartisan Senate Intel report details Trump campaign contacts with Russia in 2016, adding to Mueller findings

CNN  

CNN — The Senate Intelligence Committee released Tuesday the most comprehensive and meticulous examination to date explaining how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and the Trump campaign welcomed the foreign adversary’s help, revealing new information about contacts between Russian officials and associates of President Donald Trump during and after the campaign. The committee says it obtained “some information …

Bipartisan Senate Intel report details Trump campaign contacts with Russia in 2016, adding to Mueller findings
4 years, 7 months ago

Bipartisan Senate Intel report details Trump campaign contacts with Russia in 2016, adding to Mueller findings

CNN  

CNN — The Senate Intelligence Committee released Tuesday the most comprehensive and meticulous examination to date explaining how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and the Trump campaign welcomed the foreign adversary’s help, revealing new information about contacts between Russian officials and associates of President Donald Trump during and after the campaign. The committee says it obtained “some information …

New information adds to questions about Russia probe dossier
4 years, 11 months ago

New information adds to questions about Russia probe dossier

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Newly released material raises the possibility that Russian disinformation made its way into a dossier of opposition research that the FBI relied on when applying for warrants to eavesdrop on a former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump. The new material, contained in footnotes to a Justice Department watchdog report that were recently declassified by the Trump administration, …

Christopher Steele told additional information about him will be made public with DOJ IG report
5 years, 3 months ago

Christopher Steele told additional information about him will be made public with DOJ IG report

CNN  

CNN — Christopher Steele, the former British spy who compiled a controversial dossier on President Donald Trump, has been told information on him that had originally been redacted has now been declassified and will be included in the Justice Department inspector general’s report Monday, according to two people familiar with the matter. Steele was informed before midnight in the UK …

FBI should have done more to fight 2016 Russian disinformation, Senate Committee suggests
5 years, 5 months ago

FBI should have done more to fight 2016 Russian disinformation, Senate Committee suggests

CNN  

CNN — The FBI was caught flat-footed by Russia’s disinformation campaign in 2016, a new bipartisan report issued by the Senate Intelligence Committee has found. The report echoes criticisms from former Obama administration officials who said the US intelligence community could have done more to stop Russian interference through social media in 2016. Lawmakers determined that Russian-backed activity on social …

This is what the Steele dossier got wrong
5 years, 11 months ago

This is what the Steele dossier got wrong

Salon  

The 35-page dossier that purported to outline Russian interference in the election and the Trump campaign’s alleged role in that interference is facing renewed scrutiny following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, according to the New York Times. Reporters Scott Shane, Adam Goldman and Matthew Rosenberg note that the Steele dossier “sketched out a hair-raising story” in which …

Who sees it? Senators, staff to have access to FBI report
6 years, 5 months ago

Who sees it? Senators, staff to have access to FBI report

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — All 100 senators, and a handful of Senate staff, will be able to read the FBI’s new report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. To accommodate the senators, and to guard the sensitive information, the FBI’s report is expected to be held in a secure room normally reserved only for classified matters. Senate Judiciary …

Conservatives grumble about House GOP’s handling of investigation into FBI
6 years, 9 months ago

Conservatives grumble about House GOP’s handling of investigation into FBI

CNN  

CNN — Last October, two House Republican committee chairmen announced their plans to get to the bottom of the FBI’s decision-making in 2016 – namely its handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. We keep playing this game, and it’s starting to look like it’s a low-energy investigation if we don’t start holding people in contempt and beginning impeachment proceedings …

What You Need To Know About The Russia Investigations: The Dossier
6 years, 11 months ago

What You Need To Know About The Russia Investigations: The Dossier

NPR  

What You Need To Know About The Russia Investigations: The Dossier Enlarge this image toggle caption Simone Golob/Getty Images Simone Golob/Getty Images Updated on March 15, 2019 What is the dossier? During the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, the leaders of the conservative news outlet Washington Free Beacon hired a private intelligence company, Fusion GPS, to conduct research into the candidates, …

Text of declassified GOP memo targeting FBI’s Russia probe
7 years, 1 month ago

Text of declassified GOP memo targeting FBI’s Russia probe

Associated Press  

House Republicans released a formerly classified memo regarding the early stages of the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia in early February. 1) The “dossier” compiled by Christopher Steele on behalf of the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign formed an essential part of the Carter Page FISA application. For example, in September 2016, Steele admitted …

Redacted Democratic Response To Nunes Memo Defends FBI Surveillance Of Trump Aide
7 years, 1 month ago

Redacted Democratic Response To Nunes Memo Defends FBI Surveillance Of Trump Aide

NPR  

Redacted Democratic Response To Nunes Memo Defends FBI Surveillance Of Trump Aide Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images Updated at 9:30 p.m. "FBI and DOJ officials did not 'abuse' the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act process, omit material information, or subvert this vital tool to spy on the Trump campaign," the Democratic memo asserts. "DOJ cited …

A new Senate document on Russia probe spying explained
7 years, 1 month ago

A new Senate document on Russia probe spying explained

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Two influential Republican senators have injected new information into the partisan dispute over the government’s secret surveillance of a former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump, revealing more details about how the FBI and Justice Department used research compiled by a former British spy whose work was funded by Democrats. They also appear to agree with their House …

House Intel could vote Monday to release Dem memo rebutting GOP allegations against FBI
7 years, 1 month ago

House Intel could vote Monday to release Dem memo rebutting GOP allegations against FBI

CNN  

CNN — Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are expected to push for a vote at a Monday committee meeting to release their memo rebutting allegations of FBI surveillance abuses in a memo by their GOP counterparts, a move that could put the issue back on President Donald Trump’s desk this week. Republicans have since said they’d vote to release …

Gowdy: Nunes memo has no impact on Russia probe
7 years, 1 month ago

Gowdy: Nunes memo has no impact on Russia probe

CNN  

Washington CNN — South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy said the recently released, controversial GOP memo alleging FBI abuses of its surveillance authority does not have “any impact on the Russia probe,” and even without the Steele dossier, there would be a Russia investigation. “There is a Russia investigation without a dossier,” Gowdy said in an interview that aired Sunday …

Trump claims memo “vindicates” him in Mueller probe
7 years, 1 month ago

Trump claims memo “vindicates” him in Mueller probe

Salon  

Donald Trump broke silence on Twitter about the GOP-Nunes memo following its release on Friday claiming that it vindicates him in the Russia probe, and once again turned it into an opportunity to deny any alleged obstruction and collusion with Russia. The partisan document—which has been described as “worse than a nothing burger”— was released by the chairman of the …

The Russia Investigations: 5 Takeaways About The Inescapable Nunes Memo
7 years, 1 month ago

The Russia Investigations: 5 Takeaways About The Inescapable Nunes Memo

NPR  

The Russia Investigations: 5 Takeaways About The Inescapable Nunes Memo Enlarge this image toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Susan Walsh/AP This week in the Russia investigations: The much-talked-about memo finally made its public debut. Sponsor Message The NPR Politics Podcast GOP Releases Memo Alleging FBI Surveillance Abuses GOP Releases Memo Alleging FBI Surveillance Abuses Listen · 19:25 19:25 By drawing attention …

The Nunes Memo Is a Complete Flop
7 years, 1 month ago

The Nunes Memo Is a Complete Flop

Slate  

The heavily hyped classified memo produced by House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes to discredit the Russia investigation was released on Friday. The memo starts off claiming to update the Intelligence Committee on “significant facts relating to the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the and their use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act during the 2016 presidential election cycle.” That investigation, …

Q&A: How a secret GOP memo became a bitter point of conflict
7 years, 1 month ago

Q&A: How a secret GOP memo became a bitter point of conflict

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In the two weeks since the #Releasethememo hashtag first sprouted on Twitter, a secret congressional report on the Russia investigation has gone from an obscure, classified document to a bitter point of conflict between not only Democrats and Republicans but also the White House and the FBI. But Republicans involved in producing it say it will show surveillance …

Donald Trump said to approve releasing GOP memo alleging FBI abuses
7 years, 1 month ago

Donald Trump said to approve releasing GOP memo alleging FBI abuses

Live Mint  

Washington: President Donald Trump has decided to allow publication of a Republican memo arguing the Federal Bureau of Investigation abused its surveillance powers in its Russia probe, and is unlikely to redact any of the contents of the document, a White House official said on Thursday. Not a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy.” Republican Senator Jeff …

Nunes Memo: What's In It And What's Not
7 years, 1 month ago

Nunes Memo: What's In It And What's Not

NPR  

Nunes Memo: What's In It And What's Not Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP Updated at 5:43 p.m. Sponsor Message The document alleges that the FBI and Justice Department relied on the unverified Russia dossier compiled by a former British spy, Christopher Steele, to obtain court approval for surveillance on former Trump campaign foreign policy aide Carter Page. Sponsor …

FBI clashes with Trump, has ‘grave concerns’ on Russia memo
7 years, 1 month ago

FBI clashes with Trump, has ‘grave concerns’ on Russia memo

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a remarkably public clash of wills with the White House, the FBI declared Wednesday it has “grave concerns” about the accuracy of a classified memo on the Russia election investigation that President Donald Trump wants released. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday night placed the blame on House Speaker Paul Ryan, saying that if Ryan “cares …

What You Need To Know About The GOP Snooping Memo Controversy
7 years, 1 month ago

What You Need To Know About The GOP Snooping Memo Controversy

NPR  

What You Need To Know About The GOP Snooping Memo Controversy Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Wilson/Getty Images Mark Wilson/Getty Images Updated at 9:31 a.m. It's a secret document prepared by the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. No one knows precisely what it says – it's still classified – but it has been described …

House Republicans Vote To Release Classified Memo They Wrote Attacking Russia Probe
7 years, 1 month ago

House Republicans Vote To Release Classified Memo They Wrote Attacking Russia Probe

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Republican allies in Congress advanced their monthslong assault on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election on Monday, voting along partisan lines to release a classified memo slamming officials from the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation who have investigated the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. …

Intel Committee Votes To Release Secret GOP Memo, Withhold Democrats' Rebuttal
7 years, 1 month ago

Intel Committee Votes To Release Secret GOP Memo, Withhold Democrats' Rebuttal

NPR  

Intel Committee Votes To Release Secret GOP Memo, Withhold Democrats' Rebuttal Enlarge this image toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Win McNamee/Getty Images The House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines Monday to release a controversial memo aimed at bolstering Republicans' attacks against the FBI and Justice Department, over the objections of both. Republicans on Nunes' committee and others, including the …

The Memo, The Bureau And The Missing Texts: Get Caught Up On The War Over The FBI
7 years, 2 months ago

The Memo, The Bureau And The Missing Texts: Get Caught Up On The War Over The FBI

NPR  

The Memo, The Bureau And The Missing Texts: Get Caught Up On The War Over The FBI Enlarge this image toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Win McNamee/Getty Images Updated at 3:39 p.m. EST on Jan. 24 The hottest thing on Capitol Hill this week is a document that no one in the outside world is allowed to see. Sponsor Message …

Republicans find the true villain of the Russia probe: Dossier author Christopher Steele
7 years, 2 months ago

Republicans find the true villain of the Russia probe: Dossier author Christopher Steele

Salon  

A pair of top Republican senators have asked for a special counsel to be appointed to investigate Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer behind the controversial Trump-Russia dossier. On Friday, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and senior committee member Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for …

Firm That Contracted Steele Dossier Says It Was 'Shocked' By Findings on Trump
7 years, 2 months ago

Firm That Contracted Steele Dossier Says It Was 'Shocked' By Findings on Trump

NPR  

Firm That Contracted Steele Dossier Says It Was 'Shocked' By Findings on Trump Enlarge this image toggle caption Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP The founders of the political research firm that commissioned the infamous Russia dossier on Donald Trump say they were "shocked" by the things they say it uncovered and want their full story to be public. Glenn …

FBI investigation into Donald Trump's ties to Russia takes on British spy's leaked dossier
7 years, 5 months ago

FBI investigation into Donald Trump's ties to Russia takes on British spy's leaked dossier

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The special counsel investigating …

Trump’s lawyer to publicly testify in Senate next month
7 years, 6 months ago

Trump’s lawyer to publicly testify in Senate next month

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s lawyer will return to Capitol Hill for a public hearing next month after the Senate intelligence committee abruptly canceled a closed-door staff interview Tuesday morning. Senate intelligence committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, issued a sharp statement saying the panel had asked Cohen to “refrain from …

Democrats worry GOP trying to bury torture report
7 years, 9 months ago

Democrats worry GOP trying to bury torture report

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers and rights groups criticized the Republican head of the Senate intelligence committee on Friday for seeking the return of copies of a report on CIA treatment of detainees after 9/11, saying he is trying to “erase history” by making it harder for the public to ever see the classified document. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said federal …

Senate Russia investigators ask Comey, seek memos
7 years, 10 months ago

Senate Russia investigators ask Comey, seek memos

CNN  

Story highlights The House intelligence committee already formally requested similar documents from the FBI Senators want those documents too and also want former FBI Director James Comey to testify CNN — Two Senate committees are seeking memos former FBI Director James Comey wrote related to whether President Donald Trump asked him to end an investigation into former national security adviser …

GOP senator fights to ensure that full torture report never sees the light of day
10 years, 2 months ago

GOP senator fights to ensure that full torture report never sees the light of day

Salon  

The newly installed chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is demanding that the Obama administration hand over its copies of the committee's full report on the Central Intelligence Agency's torture of terrorism suspects, likely as part of a bid to ensure that the report never becomes public. The Washington Post reports that Burr sent a letter to President Obama urging …

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