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Barr says primary ‘source’ of anti-Trump dossier faced FBI probe for possible Russia ties
The primary "source" of the anti-Trump Steele dossier was the subject of an FBI counterintelligence investigation from 2009 to 2011 for suspected contact with Russian intelligence officers, Fox News has learned.
Barr says primary ‘source’ of anti-Trump dossier faced FBI probe for possible Russia ties
The primary "source" of the anti-Trump Steele dossier was the subject of an FBI counterintelligence investigation from 2009 to 2011 for suspected contact with Russian intelligence officers, Fox News has learned.
Attorney General Bill Barr penned a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Thursday, responding to requests as part of the panel's review into the origins of the Russia probe.
"In connection with your Committee's investigation of these matters and ongoing hearings, you have been asking us to accelerate this process and to provide any additional information relating to the reliability of the work of Christopher Steele and the so-called 'Steele dossier,' as long as its release would not compromise U.S. Attorney John Durham's ongoing criminal investigation," Barr wrote.
"A footnote in the Inspector General's report contains information, which up till now has been classified and redacted, bearing on the reliability of the Steele dossier," Barr wrote. "The FBI has declassified the relevant portion of the footnote, number 334, which states that 'the Primary Sub-source was the subject of an FBI counterintelligence investigation from 2009 to 2011 that assessed his or her contacts with suspected Russian intelligence officers.'"
Barr added that at his request, the FBI has prepared a declassified summary of certain information from the counterintelligence investigation into the source, which he has shared with the committee. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON OUR TOP STORY.
In other developments:
- Lindsey Graham: Latest bombshell tied to Russia investigation 'makes me mad'
- Hannity: Steele dossier sub-source revelation is 'irrefutable evidence of massive FISA court fraud'
- Durham assumed parts of John Huber's Clinton Foundation review: source
In other developments:
- Lindsey Graham: Latest bombshell tied to Russia investigation 'makes me mad'
- Hannity: Steele dossier sub-source revelation is 'irrefutable evidence of massive FISA court fraud'
- Durham assumed parts of John Huber's Clinton Foundation review: source
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