Nuland became special envoy for Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and then became [[State Department]] spokesperson in summer 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/16/victoria_nuland_to_be_state_department_spokesman|title=Victoria Nuland to be State Department spokesman|date=May 16, 2011|work=Foreign Policy}}</ref> Sometime in the latter half of 2014, [[Christopher Steele]], author of the infamous ''[[Steele dossier]]'' at the center of the [[Trump-Russia hoax]], began to informally provide reports he had prepared for a private client to the State Department. One of the recipients of the reports was Nuland.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/15/how-trump-walked-into-putins-web-luke</ref> | Nuland became special envoy for Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and then became [[State Department]] spokesperson in summer 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/16/victoria_nuland_to_be_state_department_spokesman|title=Victoria Nuland to be State Department spokesman|date=May 16, 2011|work=Foreign Policy}}</ref> Sometime in the latter half of 2014, [[Christopher Steele]], author of the infamous ''[[Steele dossier]]'' at the center of the [[Trump-Russia hoax]], began to informally provide reports he had prepared for a private client to the State Department. One of the recipients of the reports was Nuland.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/15/how-trump-walked-into-putins-web-luke</ref> |