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As head of FBI [[counterintelligence]], Priestap would have to sign off on the use of [[FusionGPS]] (aka: Bean LLC, aka, [[Glenn Simpson]]), [[Crowdstrike]], and/or any FBI contractor who was allowed access to, or received information from, the FBI database.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/22/fbi-shadow-figure-surfaces-to-protect-president-obama-amid-released-fbi-text-messages/</ref> Priestap would have needed to authorize [[Peter Strzok]] to engage with [[Christopher Steele]] over the ''[[Steele dossier]]''. Priestap would have to approve the underlying documents that were used for both [[FISA]] applications (June/July and Sept/Oct). Priestap would be the person to approve of paying, or reimbursing, Christopher Steele for the ''Steele dossier'' used in the FBI counterintelligence operation and subsequent FISA application.
As head of FBI [[counterintelligence]], Priestap would have to sign off on the use of [[FusionGPS]] (aka: Bean LLC, aka, [[Glenn Simpson]]), [[Crowdstrike]], and/or any FBI contractor who was allowed access to, or received information from, the FBI database.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/22/fbi-shadow-figure-surfaces-to-protect-president-obama-amid-released-fbi-text-messages/</ref> Priestap would have needed to authorize [[Peter Strzok]] to engage with [[Christopher Steele]] over the ''[[Steele dossier]]''. Priestap would have to approve the underlying documents that were used for both [[FISA]] applications (June/July and Sept/Oct). Priestap would be the person to approve of paying, or reimbursing, Christopher Steele for the ''Steele dossier'' used in the FBI counterintelligence operation and subsequent FISA application.
Former FBI general counsel [[James Baker (DOJ)]] who accepted the fraudulent materials from [[Hillary Clinton]] attorney [[Michael Sussmann]] and passed them on to FBI agents for investigation, is cooperating with Special Counsel [[John Durham]]’s investigation into the origins of [[Russiagate]], along with Priestap, who provided prosecutors contemporaneous notes about what led the bureau to open an investigation into the allegations Trump used Alfa Bank as a conduit between his campaign and Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] to steal the election.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/23/biden_security_adviser_sullivan_tied_to_16_clinton_plan_to_co-opt_cia_and_fbi_to_tar_trump_795498.html?</ref>
Priestap was agent Peter Strzok's immediate boss; however, it is unknown how much influence Priestap held over the activity of Strzok. Released text messages indicate Strzok was reporting more to [[Andrew McCabe]] during both the [[Clinton email whitewash]] and Trump [[FISA abuse]] operations.
Priestap was agent Peter Strzok's immediate boss; however, it is unknown how much influence Priestap held over the activity of Strzok. Released text messages indicate Strzok was reporting more to [[Andrew McCabe]] during both the [[Clinton email whitewash]] and Trump [[FISA abuse]] operations.