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>As far as I'm aware there hasn't been any Russian-created content found that supported Clinton. Well, there is the Steele dossier, which FusionGPS was paid tw

>As far as I'm aware there hasn't been any Russian-created content found that supported Clinton. Well, there is the Steele dossier, which FusionGPS was paid twice for - once by a Republican PAC, then second by Clinton's Perkins & Coie - before providing it to the FBI directly. You could say that it's MI5/MI6 (once a <three letter agency> operative, always a <three letter agency> operative, amirite?) intel, but the unverified parts of it are from Russian sources.

steve_musk 8y ago
This didn’t become public until after Trump was in office though.
- equalunique 8y ago
  It was key factor in the previous administration's ability to get a surveillance warrant on Trump's campaign.
  - steve_musk 8y ago
    No it was not. It was part of the evidence presented to the FISA judge by the FBI to obtain a warrant to monitor Carter Pages communications AFTER he left the campaign, and the FBI had been interested in Page before the Trump campaign even existed.[1] The investigation into Trump's campaign and its Russian contacts was NOT started by the dossier. The FBI was not given the dossier until December of 2016. By this time there was no campaign anymore since Trump was president-elect. In fact the investigation had already started months prior when Papadopolous made suspicious comments to a diplomat about the campaign's knowledge of information related to Hillary's emails. [2] [1] https://www.wired.com/story/why-trump-wont-stop-talking-about-carter-page/ https://www.wired.com/story/why-trump-wont-stop-talking-abou... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Russia_dossier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Russia_dossier
    - pwned1 8y ago
      The FISA warrant application in October 2016 identifies Steele/Fusion GPS as the source of the allegations against Page. https://www.scribd.com/document/384413862/Carter-Page-Fisa https://www.scribd.com/document/384413862/Carter-Page-Fisa
      - steve_musk 8y ago
        Ah, it seems McCain gave the dossier he received to the FBI in December but the "FBI confidential human source" had already provided the information to them. But October 2016 is still after Page left the Trump campaign, and after the Russian investigation had started.

steve_musk 8y ago

This didn’t become public until after Trump was in office though.

equalunique 8y ago
It was key factor in the previous administration's ability to get a surveillance warrant on Trump's campaign.
- steve_musk 8y ago
  No it was not. It was part of the evidence presented to the FISA judge by the FBI to obtain a warrant to monitor Carter Pages communications AFTER he left the campaign, and the FBI had been interested in Page before the Trump campaign even existed.[1] The investigation into Trump's campaign and its Russian contacts was NOT started by the dossier. The FBI was not given the dossier until December of 2016. By this time there was no campaign anymore since Trump was president-elect. In fact the investigation had already started months prior when Papadopolous made suspicious comments to a diplomat about the campaign's knowledge of information related to Hillary's emails. [2] [1] https://www.wired.com/story/why-trump-wont-stop-talking-about-carter-page/ https://www.wired.com/story/why-trump-wont-stop-talking-abou... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Russia_dossier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Russia_dossier
  - pwned1 8y ago
    The FISA warrant application in October 2016 identifies Steele/Fusion GPS as the source of the allegations against Page. https://www.scribd.com/document/384413862/Carter-Page-Fisa https://www.scribd.com/document/384413862/Carter-Page-Fisa
    - steve_musk 8y ago
      Ah, it seems McCain gave the dossier he received to the FBI in December but the "FBI confidential human source" had already provided the information to them. But October 2016 is still after Page left the Trump campaign, and after the Russian investigation had started.