Senior DOJ Official Aided Trump Dossier Author, Documents Show “Back Door” Communication Network

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Bruce Ohr is the former United States associate deputy attorney general served as a U.S. Department of Justice contact for Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent commissioned by the opposition research firm Fusion GPS to author the Trump–Russia dossier. Fusion GPS also hired Bruce Ohr’s wife Nellie to conduct research on Donald Trump. The Nunes memo stated that Steele had told Ohr that he “was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being president.” Mr. and Mrs. Ohr’s relationship to Steele was not included in the FISA applications for surveillance of Carter Page. The Steele dossier was part of the basis for the extension of the FISA warrant. Ohr was not assigned to work in counterintelligence operations or known to be involved in obtaining this warrant. ] Ohr was demoted by the Department of Justice amid the discovery of meetings with Steele and Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson. (Nunes memo)

According to Chuck Ross reporting: “Congress recently got a trove of Bruce Ohr emails which include exchanges with Chris Steele and others. Source says emails show that Ohr is more significant player in dossier component of FBI/DOJ investigation than originally thought.”

John Solomon  over at The Hill isays he will post the leaked documents shortly.  Read the whole thing here.

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Hundreds of pages of previously unreported emails and memos provide the clearest evidence yet that a research firm, hired by Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to find dirt on and defeat Donald Trump, worked early and often with the FBI, a Department of Justice (DOJ) official and the intelligence community during the 2016 presidential election and the early days of Trump’s presidency.

Fusion GPS’s work and its involvement with several FBI officials have been well reported.

But a close review of these new documents shows just how closely Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr, who reported to Obama-era Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, maintained contact with Fusion — and, in particular, its primary source, former British spy Christopher Steele — before, during and after the election.

(The Hill) […] They show Bruce Ohr had contact with Steele in the days just before the FBI opened its Trump-Russia probe in summer 2016, and then engaged Steele as a “confidential human source” (CHS) assisting in that probe.

They also confirm that Ohr later became a critical conduit of continuing information from Steele after the FBI ended the Brit’s role as an informant.

“B, doubtless a sad and crazy day for you re- SY,” Steele texted Ohr on Jan. 31, 2017, referencing President Trump’s firing of Sally Yates for insubordination.

Steele’s FBI relationship had been terminated about three months earlier. The bureau concluded on Nov. 1, 2016, that he leaked information to the news media and was “not suitable for use” as a confidential source, memos show.

The FBI specifically instructed Steele that he could no longer “operate to obtain any intelligence whatsoever on behalf of the FBI,” those memos show.

Yet, Steele asked Ohr in the Jan. 31 text exchange if he could continue to help feed information to the FBI: “Just want to check you are OK, still in the situ and able to help locally as discussed, along with your Bureau colleagues.”

“I’m still here and able to help as discussed,” Ohr texted back. “I’ll let you know if that changes.”

Steele replied, “If you end up out though, I really need another (bureau?) contact point/number who is briefed. We can’t allow our guy to be forced to go back home. It would be disastrous.” Investigators are trying to determine who Steele was referring to.Conservative Treehouse))

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Senior DOJ Official Aided Trump Dossier Author

Epoch Times, August 8, 2018:

Congressional investigators are reviewing new documents that suggest senior Justice Department official Bruce Ohr assisted a firm that conducted Clinton-funded opposition research on Donald Trump—along with a former British spy working for that firm—before, during, and after the 2016 presidential election.

Ohr was communicating with former UK intelligence officer Christopher Steele about then-candidate Trump at least a month before the FBI officially opened its investigation into alleged coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, the documents suggest.

“There is something separate I wanted to discuss with you informally and separately,” Steele wrote in a July 1, 2016, email to Ohr. “It concerns our favorite business tycoon.”

Steele is the author of the infamous and unverified dossier of opposition research on Trump.

Steele was paid about $170,000 for the dossier by Fusion GPS, the same research firm that hired Ohr’s wife, Nellie Ohr. The Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee hired Fusion GPS to collect dirt on Trump.

The documents also show that Ohr maintained contact with Steele until at least March 2017—four months after the FBI cut ties with Steele, because he disclosed his association with the FBI to the media. That’s a violation of the bureau’s rules for confidential sources.

“B, doubtless a sad and crazy day for you re-SY,” Steele wrote to Ohr on Jan. 31, 2017.

“Just wanted to check you are OK, still [in position] and are able to help locally as discussed, along with your Bureau colleagues, with our guy if the need arises?” Steele wrote in the same message.

“Yes, a crazy day,” Ohr replied the same day. “I’m still here and able to help as discussed. I’ll let you know if that changes.”

The “SY” is an apparent reference to Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, who was terminated by Trump a day earlier for insubordination. Before she was terminated, Yates signed a renewal application for a warrant to spy on Carter Page, a Trump campaign volunteer. Steele’s dossier formed the core of that application. The officials involved in the application failed to disclose that the Clinton campaign ultimately funded Steele’s research.

The emails also show that Bruce and Nellie Ohr met with Steele in Washington on July 30, the day before the FBI officially opened its Russia investigation and four days before FBI agent Peter Strzok traveled to London.

“Great to see you and Nelly this morning Bruce. Let’s keep in touch on the substantive issues/s. Glenn is happy to speak to you on this if it would help,” Steele wrote to Ohr on July 30, 2016.

Both Strzok and Steele have proven biases against Trump. Ohr told the FBI that Steele “was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being president,” while Strzok believed that Hillary Clinton would win “100,000,000 to 0,” discussed an “insurance policy” in case Trump was elected, and mentioned impeachment in the days after joining special counsel Robert Mueller’s team.

In a reply, Steele requests a backup contact at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in case Ohr is removed from his post.

“Thanks. You have my sympathy and support. If you end up out though, I really need another (Bureau?) contact point/number who is briefed,” Steele wrote to Ohr. “We can’t allow our guy to be forced to go back home. It would be disastrous all round, though his position right now looks stable.”

The identity of “our guy” in the message is yet unknown, but congressional investigators are likely to demand information on his role in the Russia probe.

The messages between the pair in March 2017 show that Steele was growing worried about congressional inquiries into his role in the Russia investigation.

“Would it be possible to speak later today please? We’re very concerned by the Grassley letter and its possible implications for us, our operations and our sources. We need some reassurance,” Steele wrote on March 7, 2017.

A day prior to that, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote a letter to then-FBI Director James Comey, asking why the FBI paid Steele during the election to investigate Trump. Grassley demanded a range of documents and posed a series of related questions.

“The idea that the FBI and associates of the Clinton campaign would pay Mr. Steele to investigate the Republican nominee for President in the run-up to the election raises further questions about the FBI’s independence from politics, as well as the Obama administration’s use of law enforcement and intelligence agencies for political ends,” Grassley wrote at the time.

A portion of the new documents was first made public by award-winning investigative journalist John Solomon. According to Solomon, who reviewed more documents than were made public, contact between Steele and Ohr dates back to 2002.

Ohr’s notes also indicate that he met with Strzok and then-FBI lawyer Lisa Page—who was romantically involved with Strzok—on Nov. 21, 2016, almost three weeks after the bureau had terminated Steele as a source. As with Steele and Strzok, Page also expressed animus toward Trump.

Text messages between Strzok and Page are at the core of criticism of the Russia investigation. Their meeting with Ohr suggests they used the senior DOJ official as a back channel for information from Steele.

“Critical development: NEW emails obtained by Congress show Chris Steele was secretly funneling information to the FBI in 2017 through senior DOJ official, Bruce Ohr, even after the FBI claimed Steele was ‘terminated’ for leaking to the media in November 2016,” Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) wrote on Twitter on Aug. 7.

“NEWSFLASH: New emails show even though the FBI fired Christopher Steele for leaking, they still used him for information. They just got it through a cut out—Bruce Ohr,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) wrote on Twitter.

The timing of the meeting is especially problematic since by March 2017, Steele was working for Fusion GPS with $50 million in backing from wealthy donors in New York and California. That means that privately funded anti-Trump research from an ex-spy who was already terminated by the FBI for media leaks was making its way to biased operatives at the bureau through a DOJ official whose wife worked for the same firm as Steele.

The FBI declined to comment. The DOJ didn’t respond to a request for comment by press deadline.

 

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Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago

He is part of corrupt dem/clinton mafia so going after Trump with fake cases .

Clinton mafia still active after Trump takeover as they kill another witness to email investigation http://tinyurl.com/y8p9cv5l

They know their hold overs in FBI / DOJ /NSC will help them out !

Unless they are totally purged including Left/Liberal judges to keep out their bias …its uphill task to prosecute them.

AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
5 years ago

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felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

Endless meetings.
Endless ignored subpoenas.
Endless political posturing.
Endless investigations that go nowhere.
Endless encouraging headlines that fade away.

Should I get excited over this?

Chairman Goodlatte Prepares Subpoenas For DOJ/FBI ‘Steele Dossier’ Conspiracy Group…
Posted on August 9, 2018 by sundance

According to a report in The Hill, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte is preparing to issue subpoenas and appearance requests for current and former members of the FBI and DOJ teams who were engaged in constructing, and advancing, the Clinton-Steele dossier.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/08/09/chairman-goodlatte-prepares-subpoenas-for-doj-fbi-steele-dossier-conspiracy-group/#more-152732

Goodlatte is retiring. I can only hope he cares about our country.
I am feeling discouraged… Sundance is encouraged so I guess I should be too.
I am getting very impatient too!

turkeychoker
turkeychoker
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

I keep my spirits up by fantasizing p-ing in Obama`s bed while Obama is in it . I do however relate to your impatience. I want to p in Obamas` (if thats his name) bed.

SFTOBEY
SFTOBEY
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

I would like to know why Grassley / Goodlatte haven’t issued subpoenas to the 20-25 FBI personnel who WANT to testify about what has been going on over there; but don’t want to just come forward as “whistleblowers” for fear of retribution.

Why hasn’t THIS been done?!?!!!!!

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

Arrest them! If you don’t want to do that, take away their pensions and bar them from any government work. Better yet – HANG THEM!

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
5 years ago

The entire Mueller collusion charade is nothing more than a diversionary tactic to take the focus off the more obvious deserving targets for investigation and prosecution, namely the Clintons, their crime family foundation, and the deep state actors at the FBI and DOJ.

SK
SK
5 years ago

I don’t care what party you are affiliated with. This corruption should bother you.

sarad
sarad
5 years ago

The entire Mueller collusion charade is nothing more than a diversionary tactic to take the focus off the more obvious deserving targets for investigation and prosecution, namely the Clintons, their crime family foundation, and the deep state actors at the FBI and DOJ.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
5 years ago
Reply to  sarad

Wow! I’m coming up in the world. I have been plagiarized verbatim.

Ed Newbold
Ed Newbold
5 years ago

More dirty FBI work against a Presidential Candidate surfacing daily. The entire DOJ/FBI cartel should be cleaned out. Fire them all and re-staff them with vetted people loyal to the United States; not just a political party! I know… I know… that would take DECADES of work, and still might not work!

1984  George Orwellesque
1984 George Orwellesque
5 years ago

Appoint a Special Council.

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