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Line 33: + + − On October 31, 2016 ''[[New York Times]]'' published a story with the headline, ''Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link To Russia;''<ref>later FBI Director. James Comey, the name entrusted to investigate government leaks, admits to being an anonymous source for the ''New York Times''.+ − https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-election-donald-trump.html</ref> <!--The Clinton campaign fell into a tailspin as the FBI reopened the [[Hillary Clinton email scandal|Clinton email investigation]] over reports classified emails were going on [[Anthony Weiner]]'s computer. The same day the ''Times'' article appeared DNC operative David Corn of ''Mother Jones'' magazine reported Steele’s [[fake news]] allegations under the headline,<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3571705/posts</ref> ''A Veteran Spy Has Given the FBI Information Alleging a Russian Operation to Cultivate Donald Trump: Has the bureau investigated this material?''.
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Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story from the joint Obama FBI/FusionGPS operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]. A story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress sourced to the FBI and not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele was based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref>
Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story from the joint Obama FBI/FusionGPS operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]. A story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress sourced to the FBI and not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele was based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref>
<!--On October 31, 2016 ''[[New York Times]]'' published a story with the headline, ''Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link To Russia;''<ref>later FBI Director. James Comey, the name entrusted to investigate government leaks, admits to being an anonymous source for the ''New York Times''.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-election-donald-trump.html</ref> <!--The Clinton campaign fell into a tailspin as the FBI reopened the [[Hillary Clinton email scandal|Clinton email investigation]] over reports classified emails were going on [[Anthony Weiner]]'s computer. The same day the ''Times'' article appeared DNC operative David Corn of ''Mother Jones'' magazine reported Steele’s [[fake news]] allegations under the headline,<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3571705/posts</ref> ''A Veteran Spy Has Given the FBI Information Alleging a Russian Operation to Cultivate Donald Trump: Has the bureau investigated this material?''.-->
Christopher Steele swore under oath that he met with multiple at least eight need organizations in September, mid-October, and late-October 2016: “at Fusion’s instruction“.
January 10, 2016, [[James Clapper]] leaked the phony ''Steele dossier'' to [[CNN]] & BuzzFeed who jointly made it available to the public. Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, who with the DNC paid for the dossier, secretly met with Simpson.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/us/politics/john-tony-podesta-mueller-russia-investigation.html?mtrref=t.co</ref> The dossier alleges Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. Steele personally was paid $168,000 to write the phony dossier.
January 10, 2016, [[James Clapper]] leaked the phony ''Steele dossier'' to [[CNN]] & BuzzFeed who jointly made it available to the public. Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, who with the DNC paid for the dossier, secretly met with Simpson.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/us/politics/john-tony-podesta-mueller-russia-investigation.html?mtrref=t.co</ref> The dossier alleges Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. Steele personally was paid $168,000 to write the phony dossier.