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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 a [[fraud]] upon the [[FISA]] court, the media, and American people.
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. While originally using the dossier as "evidence" of collusion, Democrats eventually tried to deny or downplay this after it was found to be very unreliable and false.<ref>Scarborough, Rowan (February 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/21/christopher-steele-dossier-discarded-anti-trump-re/ Anti-Trump resistance discards once-celebrated dossier: 'They're trying to memory-hole it']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 22, 2019.</ref>
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