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at Trump Tower.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/complaint-firm-behind-dossier-former-russian-intel-officer-joined-lobbying-effort</ref> On June 20, 2016 Christopher Steele filed his first report entitled ''Company Intelligence Report''.<ref>The report consisted solely if the infamous 'pep-pee memo. http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/10-takeaways-from-glenn-simpsons-fusion-gps-senate-testimony/ </ref> Peter Strzok of the FBI Counterintelligence Division exchanged information with Steele days later.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref>
at Trump Tower.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/complaint-firm-behind-dossier-former-russian-intel-officer-joined-lobbying-effort</ref> On June 20, 2016 Christopher Steele filed his first report entitled ''Company Intelligence Report''.<ref>The report consisted solely if the infamous 'pep-pee memo. http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/10-takeaways-from-glenn-simpsons-fusion-gps-senate-testimony/ </ref> Peter Strzok of the FBI Counterintelligence Division exchanged information with Steele days later.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref>
Throughout July, August and September of 2016 FusionGPS paid [[journalist]]s from the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[ABC News]], Ken Dilanian of [[NBC News]], David Corn of ''Mother Jones'', Michael Isikoff of Yahoo! News and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shop the ''Steele dossier'' to them. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref> Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's counterintelligence of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23 the first [[fake news]] story of the Obama administration's [[surveillance]] appeared in the [[mainstream media]] in a story by Michael Isikoff for Yahoo! News based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''. The article was about an FBI briefing for Congress, and the allegations sourced to the FBI, not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref>
Throughout July, August and September of 2016 FusionGPS paid [[journalist]]s from the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[ABC News]], Ken Dilanian of [[NBC News]], David Corn of ''Mother Jones'', Michael Isikoff of Yahoo! News and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shop the ''Steele dossier'' to them. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref>
Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's counterintelligence of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23 the first [[fake news]] story of the Obama administration's operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]. A story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress sourced to the FBI and not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele was based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref>
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==See also==