Michael Isikoff wrote the [[fake news]] article for ''Yahoo News'' based on information given to him personally by [[Christopher Steele]] of [[FusionGPS]] that [[Sally Yates]] of the Department of Justice and [[James Comey]] of the [[FBI]] used to hoax the [[FISA Court]] into granting a [[FISA]] warrant on the [[2016 Trump campaign]]. The fake news article was presented to the court as supposed independent corroboration by an investigative journalist of the FBI's own investigation of the same false information gathered from the same source - Christopher Steele in the ''[[Steele dossier]]''. Steele was paid by both the [[2016 Clinton campaign]] and the FBI to invent lies about Donald Trump and the Trump campaign, then [[leak]]ed the fake news rumor to [[liberal media|leftwing media]] outlets that Donald Trump was an agent of [[Russia]] and under investigation by the FBI. | Michael Isikoff wrote the [[fake news]] article for ''Yahoo News'' based on information given to him personally by [[Christopher Steele]] of [[FusionGPS]] that [[Sally Yates]] of the Department of Justice and [[James Comey]] of the [[FBI]] used to hoax the [[FISA Court]] into granting a [[FISA]] warrant on the [[2016 Trump campaign]]. The fake news article was presented to the court as supposed independent corroboration by an investigative journalist of the FBI's own investigation of the same false information gathered from the same source - Christopher Steele in the ''[[Steele dossier]]''. Steele was paid by both the [[2016 Clinton campaign]] and the FBI to invent lies about Donald Trump and the Trump campaign, then [[leak]]ed the fake news rumor to [[liberal media|leftwing media]] outlets that Donald Trump was an agent of [[Russia]] and under investigation by the FBI. |