Disgraced FBI Director [[James Comey]] illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization. However, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story from the joint Obama FBI/FusionGPS operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]; a story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress with anonymous FBI sources. The briefing material came from [[Hillary Clinton]]'s opposition research, written by Christopher Steele.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref> When the Obama DOJ applied for a FISA warrant the following month, they used the ''Steele dossier'' as evidence and offered the Yahoo article to corroborate itself. | Disgraced FBI Director [[James Comey]] illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization. However, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story from the joint Obama FBI/FusionGPS operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]; a story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress with anonymous FBI sources. The briefing material came from [[Hillary Clinton]]'s opposition research, written by Christopher Steele.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref> When the Obama DOJ applied for a FISA warrant the following month, they used the ''Steele dossier'' as evidence and offered the Yahoo article to corroborate itself. |