| | The [[FISA]] court was not told that the dossier was a [[2016 Clinton campaign|Clinton campaign]] opposition-research project, and that its author, Christopher Steele, had been terminated as an informant for lying to the FBI about his contacts with the media. | | The [[FISA]] court was not told that the dossier was a [[2016 Clinton campaign|Clinton campaign]] opposition-research project, and that its author, Christopher Steele, had been terminated as an informant for lying to the FBI about his contacts with the media. |
| − | The dossier is named after former [[MI6]] officer [[Christopher Steele]], <ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/christopher-steele-ex-british-intelligence-officer-said-to-have-prepared-dossier-on-trump-1484162553 Christopher Steele, Ex-British Intelligence Officer, Said to Have Prepared Dossier on Trump], [[Wall Street Journal]]</ref> who was paid $168,000 by Hillary Clinton and the Democrats for the smears and used by the Obama Justice Department to perpetrate [[fraud]] upon the [[FISA]] court, American media, and public opinion. | + | The dossier is named after former [[MI6]] officer [[Christopher Steele]], <ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/christopher-steele-ex-british-intelligence-officer-said-to-have-prepared-dossier-on-trump-1484162553 Christopher Steele, Ex-British Intelligence Officer, Said to Have Prepared Dossier on Trump], [[Wall Street Journal]]</ref> who was paid $168,000 by Hillary Clinton and the Democrats for the smears and used by the Obama Justice Department to perpetrate a [[fraud]] upon the [[FISA]] court, the media, and American people. |