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[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The Obama administration tried to convince the American people through US intelligence agencies and the mainstream media that [[Vladimir Putin]] had colluded with the Trump campaign to elect Donald Trump, using the ''Steele dossier'' as evidence. The falsified document was bought and paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.<br>''Illustration on the Steele Dossier by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times''<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/7/hillary-clinton-democrats-deluded-themselves/</ref>]]

[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The Obama administration tried to convince the American people through US intelligence agencies and the mainstream media that [[Vladimir Putin]] had colluded with the Trump campaign to elect Donald Trump, using the ''Steele dossier'' as evidence. The falsified document was bought and paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.<br>''Illustration on the Steele Dossier by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times''<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/7/hillary-clinton-democrats-deluded-themselves/</ref>]]

===Fusion GPS===

===Fusion GPS===

[[Christopher Steele]] began the infamous ''[[Steele dossier]]'' in a series of conversations with top [[U.S. Justice Department]] official [[Bruce Ohr]] between December 2015 and February 2016 about securing evidence against Manafort. The FBI set up shop in the U.S. embassy in Kiev to assist its Ukraine–Manafort inquiry while using Steele as an informant at the start of its Russia probe. [[Nellie Ohr]], wife of Bruce Ohr and a researcher for Fusion GPS, testified to Congress that some of Fusion GPS's research came from a Ukrainian member of parliament.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/06/nellie-ohr-fusion-gps-leshchenko-ukraine/</ref> The Clinton campaign was using [[Perkins Coie]] law firm to pay [[FusionGPS]] for Steele's work to stop Trump from winning the presidency, at the same time Steele was a paid FBI informant.

[[Christopher Steele]] began the infamous ''[[Steele dossier]]'' in a series of conversations with top [[U.S. Justice Department]] official [[Bruce Ohr]] between December 2015 and February 2016 about securing evidence against Manafort. The FBI set up shop in the U.S. embassy in Kiev to assist its Ukraine–Manafort inquiry while using Steele as an informant at the start of its Russia probe. Nellie Ohr, wife of [[Bruce Ohr]] and a researcher for Fusion GPS, testified to Congress that some of Fusion GPS's research came from a Ukrainian member of parliament.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/06/nellie-ohr-fusion-gps-leshchenko-ukraine/</ref> The Clinton campaign was using [[Perkins Coie]] law firm to pay [[FusionGPS]] for Steele's work to stop Trump from winning the presidency, at the same time Steele was a paid FBI informant.

The charges against Paul Manafort originated with Serhiy Leshenka, a Ukrainian member of parliament, and Artem Sytnyk, director of Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). Leshenko provided the information to Clinton campaign staffer [[Alexandra Chalupa]],<ref>The DNC paid Chalupa $412,000 from 2004 to June 2016, according to Federal Election Commission records.</ref>  who passed the information to [[Michael Isikoff]] of Yahoo News. Isikoff reported  the story on August 18, 2016, one of the first public mentions of supposed “[[Russia collusion]]” by the Trump team.  

The charges against Paul Manafort originated with Serhiy Leshenka, a Ukrainian member of parliament, and Artem Sytnyk, director of Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). Leshenko provided the information to Clinton campaign staffer [[Alexandra Chalupa]],<ref>The DNC paid Chalupa $412,000 from 2004 to June 2016, according to Federal Election Commission records.</ref>  who passed the information to [[Michael Isikoff]] of Yahoo News. Isikoff reported  the story on August 18, 2016, one of the first public mentions of supposed “[[Russia collusion]]” by the Trump team.